WINNIPEG – CoolTV, the first TV channel in Canada devoted to jazz, will cease broadcasting on July 21, according to a notice to subscribers on its website. The note states:... Continue Reading
TORONTO – After adding more than 250,000 subscribers since October 2007, Sirius Canada reported Thursday it now has surpassed the 750,000 mark. "Sirius has experienced a surge of growth in... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Just prior to Parliament’s summer break, the federal government tabled new amendments to the Copyright Act “that will bring it in line with advances in technology and current... Continue Reading
TORONTO – One of the most famous names – and voices – in Canadian radio, Alan Cross, is taking his act to another wing of the Corus Entertainment media empire.... Continue Reading
MINNEAPOLIS – Saying the Canadian broadcaster doesn’t have world wide rights to the three-letter tandem CTV, the National Arbitration Forum ruled that CTVglobemedia can’t force a Turkish company to give... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Popular CTV teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation will stay connected with its fans this summer through another “phenomenon in social entertainment,” vSide. The show is the first... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The federal government will table its much-delayed copyright bill today in the House of Commons. Expected to concentrate on new laws on illegal downloading and other online activity,... Continue Reading
TORONTO - CBC Radio has announced the new hosts for programs slated to begin airing this fall as part of the new schedule for Radio 2. “While classical music remains... Continue Reading
BANFF – Twentieth Century Fox Studios will be remaking the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie for broadcast in the U.S. market on the Fox network, the Canadian producer... Continue Reading
TORONTO - “National radio has now posted eight consecutive quarters of positive growth. That’s the longest stretch since Q1 of 2002,” said Patrick Grierson, president of Canadian Broadcast Sales. “What’s... Continue Reading
