Radio / Television News

Interactive video comes to on-line retail

OTTAWA – A new e-commerce product is promising to help on-line retailers harness the opportunity provided by video e-commerce. Overlay.TV for Retail is designed to allow for a seamless integration of… Continue Reading

Ross appoints Borg to XPression team

IROQUOIS, ON – Ross Video has named Niels Borg as marketing product manager for its XPression 3D character generator product. Ross Video’s XPression 2D/3D character generator and motion graphics platform… Continue Reading

TV advertising delivers, survey finds

TORONTO – Television remains the best medium for advertisers to reach the critical and hard to reach 18-34 year-old demographic, according to a new Angus Reid survey. Commissioned by… Continue Reading

National radio sales down 13.9%

TORONTO – National radio sales fell 13.9% in the third quarter of 2009, according to data from Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS). Over 82% of the shortfall occurred in four major… Continue Reading

Penthouse Channel signs with Rogers

OTTAWA – The Penthouse Channel will be joining the Rogers Cable lineup after completing a multi-year distribution agreement. Currently available to Shaw Cable customers, the adult programming network is distributed… Continue Reading

ATN granted ten more broadcast licenses

OTTAWA – Asian Television Network International Ltd. (ATN) received CRTC approval for ten new TV channels on Thursday. ATN already operates 14 multicultural TV channels, and now holds national licenses… Continue Reading

GlassBOX’s AUX launching on Rogers

TORONTO – GlassBOX Television will launch its cross-platform AUX music channel as a new digital channel on Rogers Cable beginning this Fall. AUX, which calls itself “Canada’s music discovery… Continue Reading