TORONTO - Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has a message for the Conservative party convention taking place in Winnipeg today: don’t cut funds to the CBC.The broadcast watchdog group has launched... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Radio host Louis Champagne’s “disparaging” comments about homosexuals contravene the Human Rights Clause of the CAB’s Code of Ethics, the CBSC ruled this week. The remarks occurred during... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - CanWest should divest itself of some of its media holdings rather than its employees, said Canada's largest media union today. "CanWest is a company too heavily burdened by... Continue Reading
TORONTO – After reading the internal memo sent to the employees of Canwest’s broadcasting division on Wednesday - which explained the job cuts - a few times, one thing is certain:... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Radio and TV broadcasters in Toronto need to dig into digital – in a hurry – because we’re falling behind the rest of the world, CRTC vice-chair, broadcasting,... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – A total of 15 applications have been submitted to the CRTC for new radio stations serving the Ontario cottage country communities of Orillia, Gravenhurst and Bracebridge. A number... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Political party leaders can’t fish for votes wherever they like on television, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled yesterday. The CBSC received a complaint over an episode of... Continue Reading
TORONTO – TVO has partnered with YouTube to bring more content to the web, the provincial educational broadcaster announced today.Launched as a "channel hub", viewers will be able to create... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Canwest has been announced as the official broadcaster of the 23rd Annual Gemini Awards Broadcast Gala, to be held November 28 in Toronto. Hosted this year by Canadian... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - Canwest Global let go 560 employees today as part of an effort to cut the broadcast and newspaper company’s annualized operating costs by approximately $61 million. Of that... Continue Reading
