TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet has inked a three-year agreement with the National Football League to be the exclusive Canadian broadcaster of the NFL Network’s eight-game schedule this Fall.
RSN’s first…
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TORONTO – CBC digital channels bold and documentary will be available in free preview for Rogers digital customers as of Friday.
Bold can be seen on Rogers’ channel 277 from September 11 – 13,…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has denied a request by Rogers Broadcasting to amend the broadcasting licence for the Outdoor Life Network (OLN).
Rogers had proposed to add categories to the…
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OTTAWA – Men TV has received CRTC approval to amend its broadcasting licence so as to draw programming from the categories of sports and music videos.
The Cat 1 specialty…
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WINNIPEG – Canwest Global Communications subsidiary Canwest Limited Partnership has struck a forbearance agreement with its senior lenders while they continue discussions regarding a potential recapitalization transaction.
Under the agreement,…
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CALGARY – MoboVivo Inc. has announced platform compatibility with BlackBerry cell phones, and a secure video-on-demand (VOD) service available at the iTunes store.
The Calgary-based company that licenses and distributes…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment has begun a multifaceted media campaign to promote its newly branded specialty service Dusk, formerly known as Scream.
The re-launch includes a new look and an…
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MONTREAL – Roxane Girard has been named director of the television business unit for Telefilm Canada.
She was previously director of television for the French market, a position she had…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has denied a request by Canwest-owned Slice network to amend its conditions of licence relating to levels of Canadian content and Canadian programming expenditures.
The female…
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KELOWNA – The newest member of the Global TV network issued layoff notices to 11 staff members late last week.
A CHBC-TV spokesperson confirmed to Cartt.ca that the layoffs “were not…
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