TORONTO – Sports network The Score is embarking upon a nation-wide search for the best “undiscovered” sports broadcaster in Canada, and will make the process in to a reality show.... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Rogers’ radio-thon in support of shelters for abused women raised almost $500,000 earlier this month. This was the fifth consecutive year that Rogers was the media partner for ‘Shelter... Continue Reading
TORONTO – VisionTV has issued a call for proposals for original, Canadian half-hour comedy-drama series to be broadcast in the Fall of 2010. Canada’s multi-faith and multicultural television network is... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - Canwest Global Communications subsidiary, Canwest Media, is selling its interests in four Turkish radio stations. Terms of the sale of Super FM, Metro FM, Joy Turk, and Joy... Continue Reading
TORONTO – TSN2 has finally found a home on the Rogers cable lineup. The companies reached an agreement over the weekend after months of negotiation. TSN2 will be available to... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - Canwest Global Communications said that the CRTC’s preliminary determinations relating to its 2009 conventional television licence renewal announced last week “represent a significant positive step forward for local television”. The... Continue Reading
WITH THE ENTIRE TV industry in turmoil, all of us supposedly pondering structural reform while audience fragmentation proliferates as the economy sputters and advertising budgets shrivel, everyone is wondering what Canadian... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - Canadian convention broadcasters have had their licenses renewed for a year, won’t face a one-to-one foreign-Canadian programming spend requirement – and will have a LOT of regulatory work... Continue Reading
TORONTO – ACTRA said that its “pleased” and “optimistic” by the CRTC’s announcement that it will consider reinstating programming expenditures for Canadian programming this Fall. But the actors union also... Continue Reading
TORONTO – In what could be its last actions, the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) has announced the renewal of its digital media program and production incentive program for the 2009-2010... Continue Reading
