TORONTO – Can local television news be profitable? Or is it a public service that should be funded as such?
These were just two of the many questions that were debated…
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TORONTO – When viewers tune in to three of CBC’s popular prime time programs this Fall, they’ll notice familiar scene in the background: a TD Canada Trust bank branch. …
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TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet has overhauled its website to be more user and advertiser friendly.
The new sportsnet.ca now features widescreen format video (16:9), personalized headlines and improved stats and…
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TORONTO – Radio’s primary position in the media landscape has been confirmed by pre-currency data from the portable people meters (PPM), the Radio Marketing Bureau (RMB) says.
The RBM has…
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MONTREAL – The International Institute of Communications (IICOM) has chosen ‘Trends in global communications: wrestling with unpredictability’ as the theme of its 2009 annual conference.
Held October 26 – 27,…
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TORONTO – In advance of its official television launch, the AUX music channel will stage a live webcast later this week to preview its new programming and on-air hosts.
The…
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TORONTO – Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings, the parent company of XM Canada, has re-purchased US $9M of its senior notes in an effort to save annual interest.
"This is in…
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OTTAWA – Astral Media Radio has offered to donate $750,000 to make up for a 2008 Canadian content development (CCD) contribution shortfall impacting 65 of its commercial radio stations.
According…
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TORONTO – Television production veteran Paul Graham has joined TSN as its executive producer of live productions.
He will oversee TSN and TSN2’s slate of more than 300 live productions…
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HOLDING A HEARING ON fee-for-carriage one month after a hearing on fee-for-carriage sounds stupid to the extreme, on the face of it, anyway.
However, in a very political move, Heritage…
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