WINNIPEG and SYDNEY – Canwest Global said late Wednesday it has agreed to sell its 51% ownership in Australian broadcaster Ten Network.
The buyer is Macquarie Capital Advisers Limited and…
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MONTREAL – There will be more consolidation in our industry, Corus Entertainment CEO John Cassaday told a group of investors on Wednesday at CIBC’s Annual Eastern Institutional Investor…
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TORONTO – Astral radio station NewsTalk 1010 CFRB is tweaking its name and programming in time for the new broadcast season.
Effective October 5, the station will be known simply as…
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TORONTO – The federal government has unveiled a new fund to support the creation of interactive cultural content and applications developed by Aboriginal and ethnocultural communities, official-language minority communities, and…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada staged its first annual public meeting Wednesday morning, allowing Canadians to tune in on-line to hear about its financial highlights from last year and its strategic direction for the…
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TORONTO – Can local television news be profitable? Or is it a public service that should be funded as such?
These were just two of the many questions that were debated…
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TORONTO – When viewers tune in to three of CBC’s popular prime time programs this Fall, they’ll notice familiar scene in the background: a TD Canada Trust bank branch. …
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TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet has overhauled its website to be more user and advertiser friendly.
The new sportsnet.ca now features widescreen format video (16:9), personalized headlines and improved stats and…
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TORONTO – Radio’s primary position in the media landscape has been confirmed by pre-currency data from the portable people meters (PPM), the Radio Marketing Bureau (RMB) says.
The RBM has…
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MONTREAL – The International Institute of Communications (IICOM) has chosen ‘Trends in global communications: wrestling with unpredictability’ as the theme of its 2009 annual conference.
Held October 26 – 27,…
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