Radio / Television News

CAB to be dramatically downsized

OTTAWA – The official announcement will come Wednesday morning we’re told, but Cartt.ca has learned that the Canadian Association of Broadcasters will go forward as a very different, far smaller,... Continue Reading

S-Vox sells The Christian Channel

TORONTO and ST. CATHARINES - Digi-net The Christian Channel has been sold to World Impact Ministries (WIM), owner S-Vox said today. WIM is a St. Catharines, Ont.-based Christian charity known for... Continue Reading

Canadian to keynote NAB

WASHINGTON, DC – Elmira, Ontario’s Malcolm Gladwell will present a morning keynote discussion with NAB president and CEO David Rehr at the 2009 NAB Show on Wednesday, April 22nd in... Continue Reading

Weather leads TV sites

OAKVILLE, Ont. – Among Canadian TV web brands, The Weather Network sets the pace. The company set a new record for unique viewers in December as 6.86 million Canadians visited... Continue Reading

Canwest gets even more frugal

TORONTO – In a memo to employees on Friday, CanWest Global’s interim TV president Peter Viner froze all salaries and expenditures until the end of the fiscal year as well... Continue Reading

No new stations for Guelph

GATINEAU – The CRTC today said that there won’t be any new radio stations allowed in the Guelph, Ont., market. Three companies had applied to launch new FM stations in... Continue Reading

GolTV goes to MLSE

TORONTO – Toronto FC soccer team owner Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment said today that it will buy majority ownership of GolTV from Insight Sports. The agreement to purchase, the price... Continue Reading