TORONTO - CTV said today it has ordered a second season of hit summer series Flashpoint from Toronto-based Pink Sky Entertainment and Avamar Entertainment. A total of 13 new episodes... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CBC called the final Olympics it will broadcast for at least six years “one of the most successful Games in the network’s history.” From August 8-24, CBC provided... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC has approved a new English and Aboriginal-language Native Type B FM station and a new English-language commercial FM station to serve the Winnipeg area.Evanov Communications will air an adult... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - With the very future of the Canadian Television Fund in question, the CBC along with the independent production community are urging the CRTC to postpone its plans to... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - CanWest Broadcasting is rebranding Lonestar, a Western-themed cable channel, as MovieTime, a digital offering of popular Hollywood movies. CanWest says that MovieTime, which goes live Oct. 6, will... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER - Global National announced today the appointment of five veteran Canadian correspondents to its new international bureaus launching in London, Beijing, New Delhi and Jerusalem.“Canadians recognize that events on... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Teletoon did not provide adequate advisories when it broadcast the movie Team America: World Police says the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. The animated movie featured coarse language, violence... Continue Reading
TORONTO - 680News has launched its new website at 680news.com designed to provide listeners with more content, easier navigation and personalized traffic reports. “680news.com is one of the most visited websites of... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) has expanded support of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) for its mobile/handheld (M/H) standard-setting process. The ATSC M/H Standard will... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Jon Dube, director of digital media for CBCNews.ca, is leaving to become the new vice-president at ABCNews.com. He leaves the CBC effective Aug. 25."In his three years with... Continue Reading
