TORONTO – Moses Znaimer’s ZoomerMedia is buying VisionTV’s broadcasting assets in a deal worth $25 million.
VisionTV (VTV) operates the multi-faith and multicultural channel by the same name that is…
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WINNIPEG – An agreement in principle on the recapitalization of Canwest Global Communications was due today, but in keeping with recent history, yet another dollar deadline has been moved….
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OTTAWA and GATINEAU – Canada’s AM and FM radio stations generated $1.58 billion in revenues for the broadcast year ending August 31, 2008, an increase of just over 5%…
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BANFF – Canwest Global will be shutting down its Fine Living Canada specialty TV channel and replacing it on the dial with a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) TV service.
“We have…
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BANFF – With Flashpoint, The Listener, The Bridge and Copper, all Canadian shows airing or about to broadcast on a U.S. conventional network, Canada’s creative community was given the…
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BANFF – Home Box Office’s (HBO) John Adams was the big winner on Monday as it picked up the Grand Jury Prize as the best of the best –…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada offered its congratulations to the new appointees to the board of the Canada Media Fund (CMF), and wished them well as they set to tackle the…
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DUBLIN – International pay sports television brand Setanta is facing serious financial trouble in the U.K.
Reports out of London and other places say that the…
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TORONTO – TSN will air all 77 CFL games this season, including the playoffs and the Grey Cup which this year will be played in Calgary.
Coverage kicks off on…
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BANFF – The financial crisis is shaping trends in drama programming in a major ways, according to panelists at the View from the Top: Drama Forecast session at the…
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