OTTAWA – The CRTC has approved the transfer of CHEK TV’s assets from Canwest to a numbered company owned by station employees, a local investment group and the Communications…
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NOW THAT high definition television is mainstream, the industry has turned its sights to the commercialization of Ultra-High Definition (UHD), says In-Stat.
In a report called ‘The Market Opportunity…
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TORONTO – News station CP24 is riding the rails with its newest talk show On The Rocket which will be broadcast live from a working streetcar in Toronto.
The one-hour…
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TORONTO – A trio of independent broadcasters is urging the CRTC not to introduce a fee-for-carriage regime without also taking steps to offset the potential impact on their business.
The…
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TORONTO – Not to be left out of the current fee-for-carriage debate, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has asked the CRTC to consider re-regulating cable’s basic rates, and to ensure…
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TORONTO – Phil Lind delights in telling everyone that Rogers Television, the big cableco’s community TV arm, is 100% local and 100% Canadian “unlike the big broadcasters who say…
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TORONTO – High Fidelity channels Oasis HD, Equator HD, Treasure HD and Rush HD have begun a month long free preview.
Available on Rogers, Bell TV, EastLink, Sasktel and Source…
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OTTAWA and TORONTO – A pared-down basic programming package, with its content and pricing determined by the CRTC, could be the solution to affordability if fee-for-carriage is implemented, the…
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TORONTO – Seeking to protect its rights as a co-owner of Canwest Global’s stable of specialty channels, U.S. investment banking firm Goldman Sachs has filed a motion against a…
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TORONTO – Mobile marketing technology company Silverback Media has named Tyler Nelson as its CEO and chairman of the board.
Nelson was formerly head of global business development at Research…
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