TORONTO – A Channel Windsor/Wingham will be closed, station owner CTV Inc. announced today.
Thanks to the “ongoing structural problems facing the conventional television sector in Canada and the…
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HAMILTON – While the vultures encircle a faltering Canwest Global Communications, most of whom are trying to pry the company’s valuable specialty channels away, the 100 or so people…
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TORONTO – Chum Radio has cut 40 staff positions as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce operating expenses.
The CTV-owned company issued a statement Thursday, saying that the…
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OTTAWA – New media regulation that is “moderate and constructive, but resolute” is needed to promote and safeguard Quebec’s musical culture, the Association québécoise de l’industrie du disque, du spectacle…
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A GROWING SENTIMENT AMONG many industry folks is that the carefully (and sometimes not-so-carefully) constructed, heavily regulated, TV system we have built here in Canada can not withstand the…
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DARTMOUTH, NS – Radio company Newfoundland Capital Corporation (NewCap) saw a fourth quarter net loss of $3.9 million, which contributed to a $4.4 million net loss for its fiscal…
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TORONTO – The financial picture isn’t looking any brighter for Canwest Global Communications, as both Moody’s Investors Service and DBRS downgraded the media conglomerate’s ratings this week.
Moody’s downgraded Canwest Media’s corporate…
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NEW YORK, NY – The average American is watching more than 151 hours of television per month, an all-time high, says a new report from The Nielsen Company.
Also,…
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TORONTO – Canwest Global Communications’ subsidiary CW Media is selling its stake in Score Media Inc., parent company of The Score television network.
The companies announced Tuesday that CW…
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OTTAWA – As the CRTC considers how the scope of April’s OTA licence renewal hearings might be “significantly narrowed or reduced”, given the severe economic fallout on broadcasters’ balance…
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