OTTAWA – Comments made by the hosts of Quebec City radio station CHOI-FM about homosexuality were neither abusive, unduly discriminatory, or unduly sexually explicit, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central is offering Bell TV subscribers a dedicated interactive scheduling channel called Movie Central Interactive (MCi).
The service features in-depth and long lead scheduling information…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s private radio broadcasters saw operating revenues of $1.6 billion (current dollars) for 2008, a 5.6% increase from 2007 totals, according to Statistics Canada.
Profits before interest and…
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AS SUMMER draws to a close, the conventional TV networks are cranking up their PR machines in support of their new and returning shows.
Global is premiering the musical comedy Glee…
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TORONTO – Global News has overhauled its news portal News.GlobalTV.com to include video reports, blogs, mobile feeds and live coverage of major news events.
The new multimedia design includes improved…
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TORONTO – As the very best Canadian hockey players gather in Calgary this week, CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca are offering Canadians the chance to pick Team Canada with the launch…
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TORONTO – Extreme sports channel Rush HD is sponsoring a car in this weekend’s AUTOPRO 100 race, and will shoot a documentary about the driver’s experience from the race…
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TORONTO – MuchMusic’s digital stations – MuchVibe, MuchLOUD, MuchMoreRetro and PunchMuch, are going commercial-free starting August 31.
“MuchMusic created the music video niche on TV and these digital channels let…
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TORONTO – Television and film production company Comweb Group/William F. White International has named Cyril Drabinsky and Jay Switzer to its board of directors.
Cyril Drabinsky is president and…
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TORONTO – Digital media distribution company Yangaroo saw a 48% year-over-year jump in revenues, but still recorded a net loss of $725,650 for its second quarter ended June 30,…
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