WINNIPEG – Canwest Broadcasting has aligned its sales representation for its conventional and specialty stations in the US under one firm.
Starting September 1st, Canadian Television Sales will expand their…
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TORONTO – Showcase will debut a new logo and on-air look starting Monday, and will roll out a national consumer marketing campaign promoting itself as “the home of bold hits”.
Over the…
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OTTAWA – Channel Zero has received CRTC approval to assume ownership of former Canwest E! stations CHCH TV Hamilton and CJNT TV Montreal.
The independent specialty service operator, which owns…
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VICTORIA – It could be a very long weekend for the employees of CHEK-TV, as they wait to hear whether current owner Canwest Global will accept their offer…
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OAKVILLE, ON – The Weather Network is making its WeatherEye Mobile application available for Windows Mobile and Google Android.
The free app, which provides weather information for over 10,000 cities…
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MONTREAL – Astral’s French-language music channel MusiquePlus will now allocate its annual contributions in support of music video development and production to MaxFACT.
MusiquePlus’ annual contributions match 3.4% of the…
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OTTAWA – Comments made by the hosts of Quebec City radio station CHOI-FM about homosexuality were neither abusive, unduly discriminatory, or unduly sexually explicit, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central is offering Bell TV subscribers a dedicated interactive scheduling channel called Movie Central Interactive (MCi).
The service features in-depth and long lead scheduling information…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s private radio broadcasters saw operating revenues of $1.6 billion (current dollars) for 2008, a 5.6% increase from 2007 totals, according to Statistics Canada.
Profits before interest and…
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AS SUMMER draws to a close, the conventional TV networks are cranking up their PR machines in support of their new and returning shows.
Global is premiering the musical comedy Glee…
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