TORONTO – Is the advertising market on the rebound? Astral Media thinks so.
Speaking at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Toronto Wednesday, president and CEO Ian Greenberg said that…
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QUIETLY POSTED TUESDAY on the CRTC’s web site were the 2009 aggregate financial data of the large Canadian broadcasters and BDUs. And, as we all knew, the BDUs are…
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GATINEAU – With a light dusting of snow outside and a grey beginning to yet another week of talking about paying for conventional television signals, you’ll hopefully forgive us…
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OTTAWA – The CEOs from three of Canada’s biggest broadcasters have thrown their support behind the skinny basic concept, calling it a “consumer-first solution”.
In a press release issued after their…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment is adding Sundance Channel to its portfolio of Canadian specialty services.
After finalizing a licensing agreement with Cablevision’s Rainbow Media, Corus announced Tuesday that the channel will launch on…
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OTTAWA – Calling Canadians’ local television needs “fundamentally important objectives of Canada’s broadcasting policy”, the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) said that the upcoming analog-digital…
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TORONTO – Nickelodeon in Canada will offer over eight million households a chance to sample its kid friendly programming over the holidays thanks to a month long free preview.
From December…
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MONTREAL – Telefilm Canada will finance 17 English-language feature films this year under the Canada Feature Film Fund.
Five regional projects will proceed, as well as six projects under the…
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MONTREAL – Stingray Digital has signed a multi-platform agreement with EMI Music Canada to add the label’s music video content to Stingray’s Galaxie Music Videos on Demand service.
The music…
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OTTAWA – Ottawa news veteran Max Keeping is stepping down from CTV Ottawa’s flagship newscast after 37 years in the anchor chair.
Keeping’s last day is set for March 31,…
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