OTTAWA – Add CPAC to Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.
The Cable Public Affairs Channel received CRTC approval late last week to carry the V network’s French-language coverage of the…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications announced this morning that it intends to purchase control of CanWest Global Communications.
The Calgary-based cable company has entered into agreements with Canwest and certain 8%…
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OTTAWA – More than 2,560 Canadians have weighed in on the role of community television in Canada, according the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Status (CACTUS).
The comments…
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WINNIPEG – Three members of the Canwest board of directors, including siblings David and Gail Asper, have resigned to pursue other interests and to help reduce the board’s size…
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MONTREAL – Astral Media and the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation have partnered on a new academic program to be rolled out to Aboriginal high schools across the country to…
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TORONTO – Corus-owned YTV has teamed up with the YMCA to champion healthy and active children.
The ‘Strong Kids’ program, which kicks off February 15, is an annual fundraising effort…
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TORONTO – A new study on the TV viewing habits of Canadians claims that it has uncovered what women really watch.
Canwest Broadcasting commissioned Solutions Research Group to conduct the…
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VANCOUVER – For the first time in Canadian television history, a domestic Canadian broadcaster will produce and deliver its own coverage of an Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.
The Vancouver 2010…
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BANFF, AB – British comedian and recent Golden Globe host Ricky Gervais will receive the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award at this year’s Banff World Television Festival.
The award acknowledges outstanding…
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TORONTO – Tom Hastings has been appointed head of drama for CBC Television, effective immediately.
He replaces Sally Catto, who was recently made executive director of arts and entertainment.
Hastings joined…
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