TORONTO – CBC News will reorganize its entire newsgathering process, the Corp said today – “with particular attention to strengthening its ability to deliver on a 24-hour, seven day…
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TORONTO – TLN Telelatino has launched a national promotional campaign in support of the Red Cross’ efforts to assist those affected by the recent earthquake in the Abruzzo region of…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) has launched an on-line petition appealing to the federal government to “restore” the CBC.
Called ‘CBC: Now More Than Ever’, the campaign urges “concerned…
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OTTAWA – The Copyright Board of Canada has set the royalties for Canadian satellite radio services at approximately 6.2% starting in 2010, and is offering discount rates for prior years to…
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TORONTO – The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) has lost its executive director, Samantha Hodder, after three years with the organization.
No reason was provided for her resignation, and…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC will not license any new radio stations in the northern Ontario markets of Cochrane and Iroquois Falls.
After receiving applications for broadcasting licences in the two…
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WINNIPEG – Canwest Global subsidiary, Canwest Media Inc. has entered into an extension agreement with the members of an ad hoc committee of 8% noteholders who own approximately 70%…
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MORALE BUILDING FOR soldiers fighting wars has long been a staple of western armies.
Bob Hope was one of the most famous of such giving entertainers, gathering his friends…
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MONTREAL – Telefilm Canada said that their priority this year will be the transition toward “a new model of support for the television and interactive-media industries”, also known as the…
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TORONTO – The use of podcasting has grown to the point where one in five Canadian Anglophones report listening to a podcast on a monthly basis, and HDTV screens…
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