OTTAWA – We’d almost forgotten about it, but the federal government just might release its decision on the Canadian Television Fund next week.
A source with knowledge of the…
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OTTAWA – Episodes of the crime drama series ‘Law & Order: Criminal Intent’ and ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ did not violate the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB)…
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MONTREAL – Saying it’s “deeply concerned about the public broadcaster’s future”, the Syndicat des communications de Radio-Canada (SCRC) is calling on the federal government to provide “adequate funding for…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has dismissed a complaint against Canwest Media made by the Communications, Energy and Paperworks Union (CEP), alleging that Canwest breached local programming commitments, and the…
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TORONTO – The Association of Canadian Advertisers (ACA) is asking that the proposed amendments to the Competition Act be removed from federal budget legislation for further study.
The amendments, included…
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TORONTO – Shane Harris has joined broadcast management systems provider Specialty Data Systems (SDS) as its Director of Sales, based in Boise, Idaho.
In this role, Harris will be…
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OTTAWA – The “erosion” of local programming at CTV’s A-Channel stations “flies in the face of promises made when the company purchased the network”, says the Communications, Energy and…
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TORONTO – CTV has cut 118 jobs and pulled the plug on local programming at its conventional ‘A’ stations Tuesday, part of its on-going efforts to cut costs.
Effective immediately,…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) has bumped up its program commitments for 2009-2010 by almost 14% over last year.
The increases will be directed to the following…
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TORONTO – CTV specialty channel Fashion Television will be in free preview for the month of March on most television service providers.
Dedicated to architecture, photography, fashion and design, the…
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