TORONTO – CanWest Global will pull the skateboard out from under its alternative sports channel, Xtreme, on October 9th. The seven year old channel wasn’t doing too badly, though, when... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Even if you don’t like a firefighters’ strike or their alleged tactics, you’re not allowed to tell them “F**k you” on the air, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Astral Media Radio today said it has hired Sherry O’Neil as vice-president, general manager of its Toronto market stations and as chief planning officer of Astral Media Radio.... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Despite complaints about the CRTC’s decision to allow the new owners of Quebec private conventional TV broadcaster to dramatically cut local programming, Minister of Canadian Heritage Josee Verner... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The CRTC on Thursday shot down three applications for new digi-nets by High Fidelity HDTV. The channels were to be called Diversion HD, Diversion SD and Canada HD... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Personal video recorders are not yet affecting how most Canadians watch television, says the Television Bureau of Canada. According to a recent BBM Analytics omniVU study released by... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Cable sports channel The Score launched its state of the art, street front, high-definition studio this week, taking the channel out of its long-time home deep inside The... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Tom Hearne has been hired as Score Media's new chief financial officer. "Tom Hearne is a well-rounded leader with a great deal of experience and will be a... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER - S-VOX officially named the senior management team of Christian broadcast station Joytv 10, which launched Sept. 1 in Vancouver, B.C. Before S-VOX bought it earlier this year, the... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The CRTC will put off a review of its benefits policy until after the federal government renders its views on the Canadian Television Fund. The Commission issued a... Continue Reading
