LAS VEGAS – it’s easy to be on the sidelines and criticize where we are – or more precisely, aren’t – when it comes to digital radio.
The European standard…
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COLOR US A LITTLE MIFFED. After a number of days asking and re-asking Industry Minister Tony Clement for clarification on the digital television transition question, we were told it…
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TORONTO – CTV National plus a number of its local news stations received an Edward R. Murrow award from the Radio-Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) this week.
CTV stations received…
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TORONTO – XM Canada saw its second quarter revenue grow by 9% year-over-year, marking the satellite radio company’s 18th consecutive quarter of revenue growth.
For the quarter ended February 28,…
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MONTREAL – Double digit growth from its outdoor advertising division helped to shore up Astral Media’s second quarter profits, which increased 24% year-over-year, the company reported Thursday.
Consolidated net earnings…
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TORONTO – Global TV must be hoping that CTV is on Santa’s naughty list.
With eight months to go until Christmas, CTV trumpeted a three-year exclusive broadcast sponsorship of The Santa…
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TORONTO – As part of its campaign to flog the return of its hit series Glee, Global will take over a Toronto radio station for a day, replacing…
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NEW YORK – An uptick in auto sales helped to influence Moody’s Investors Service’s decision to improve its industry sector outlook for the U.S. Broadcast TV sector to ‘positive’…
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GENEVA – The international broadcasting community will soon have an alternative dispute resolution service to address format plagiarism or the unauthorized copying of television formats.
The World Intellectual Property Organization…
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TORONTO – BBM Analytics will debut a radio commercial tracking service later this month, thanks to a partnership with Adease Media Research.
The service will launch in Montreal before eventually…
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