TORONTO - Team Canada's gold medal victory at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship on Monday night made ratings history for TSN, checking in as the most-watched broadcast of all time on the... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The 16th annual Canadian Broadcast Distributors Association conference (formerly the CSUA annual gathering) will get under way in less than two weeks, on January 19th at the Toronto... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – More job cuts in the media could “hobble high-quality journalism” in Canada, says the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ). In a statement released Monday, the CAJ says that... Continue Reading
TORONTO - ACTRA members have voted to accept the terms of the CBC television and radio agreement, and the local and regional addendum to the national commercial agreement. Each agreement... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Canadian Music Week has extended its nomination deadline for the Canadian music and broadcast industry awards until midnight on January 7, 2009. The awards recognize “industry trailblazers and... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC has sided with CTV in finding that Shaw Cablesystems and Bell TV did not perform simultaneous program substitution for the network’s HD broadcast of the 2008... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Stingray Digital Group has received CRTC approval for a new national pay audio service. The service, to be known as Stingray, proposed initially offering 45 audio channels which... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CBC has asked the CRTC to delay proceedings on a proposed regulatory framework for video-on-demand (VOD) undertakings.The Commission issued a call for comments in October, seeking to... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Peter Charbonneau has been appointed to the Board of Directors of CBC/Radio-Canada.Charbonneau has been one of three general partners at Skypoint Capital Corporation since 2001, where he is... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) said it "welcomed" the Supreme Court of Canada's decision on Thursday to hear its appeal regarding the Part II licence fee issue. As reported... Continue Reading
