TORONTO – With several reporters pursuing tips and rumours asking if and when Canwest Global will seek bankruptcy protection (this reporter, too), company CEO Leonard Asper sent a memo to... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CanWest Global Communications CEO Leonard Asper is desperately trying to secure hundreds of millions in new credit in an attempt to shore up the ailing newspaper and television... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CTV’s Dave Devall, and Peter Silverman from Citytv Toronto have been chosen as this year’s recipients of the Radio-Television News Directors’ Association (RTNDA) Lifetime Achievement Award by The Association of... Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES and TORONTO - CTV's original Canadian drama series ‘The Bridge’ has been picked up by CBS for broadcast in the US. In development since 2005, CTV originally commissioned... Continue Reading
TORONTO – ‘Harmonization in the Digital Age’ is the theme for this year’s North American Broadcasters Association's (NABA) annual conference to be held June 3-5 in Washington, DC. Other topics... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Gordon Ritchie had a lot more success negotiating the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement than he has had trying to inch Canada’s broadcasters toward a Terms of Trade agreement... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, DC - More than 70 new exhibitors, including Electronic Arts, Phillips 3D Solutions and 3ality Digital, will join 1,600 companies on the show floor at the 2009 NAB Show,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) has announced the winners of the 2009 Indie Awards. This second annual celebration of Canadian independent producers recognizes outstanding Canadian producer... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The Canadian production industry is facing two significant challenges - the current economic "crisis", and uncertainty over how Canadian content will reach audiences over digital platforms, according to the... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Ontario's public educational channel TVO will sell its children’s songs and music videos on Apple Inc.'s digital media player iTunes. "Partnering with iTunes offers TVO new potential to significantly increase... Continue Reading
