OTTAWA – The CRTC will not license any new radio stations in the northern Ontario markets of Cochrane and Iroquois Falls. After receiving applications for broadcasting licences in the two communities,... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - Canwest Global subsidiary, Canwest Media Inc. has entered into an extension agreement with the members of an ad hoc committee of 8% noteholders who own approximately 70% of... Continue Reading
MORALE BUILDING FOR soldiers fighting wars has long been a staple of western armies. Bob Hope was one of the most famous of such giving entertainers, gathering his friends for... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Telefilm Canada said that their priority this year will be the transition toward “a new model of support for the television and interactive-media industries”, also known as the Canadian... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The use of podcasting has grown to the point where one in five Canadian Anglophones report listening to a podcast on a monthly basis, and HDTV screens and... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Total revenue increased 39% in the second quarter at Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., the parent company of XM Canada. Revenue for the quarter ended February 28, 2009... Continue Reading
TORONTO – ACTRA said that it is “concerned” by media reports that the government may offer financial support to local television programming, but not to the “struggling” CBC. The Canadian... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER - Adbusters Media Foundation, the publisher of Adbusters magazine, has won its appeal in its case against the CBC and the Global Television Network. Adbusters sued the two media... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Animation channel Teletoon is the latest Canadian broadcaster to make its content available on Apple’s digital media player iTunes. Beginning Tuesday, select tween-targeted and adult-orientated programming from Teletoon... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Barring an epic economic turnaround, CanWest Global is unlikely to continue in its current form, according to a report to investors by BMO Capital Markets media analyst Tim... Continue Reading
