TORONTO – The Banff World Television Festival will hand out a new prize this year at its annual television awards called ‘Best Francophone Grand Prize’.
The award will honour the…
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TORONTO – XM Canada reported a 53% increase in quarterly revenue to $12.5 million due to subscriber growth and an increase in average monthly subscription revenue per subscriber (ARPU)….
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IROQUOIS, ON – Ross Video has promoted Jan Mills to director of marketing communications.
Mills was previously Ross’ media marketing manager, and has been with the company for 31…
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TORONTO – Canadian actor Sandra Oh will receive the ACTRA Award of Excellence in recognition of her contribution to Canada’s film and television industry.
ACTRA’s national president Richard Hardacre will…
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MONTREAL – So far, so good in fiscal 2009, reported Astral Media Wednesday morning.
The radio, pay & specialty TV and outdoor advertising company reported 24% revenue growth, a…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment saw consolidated revenues for its first quarter grow by only 1% to $216.8 million, while consolidated segment profit dropped 2% to $81.3 million.
Net income for…
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WINNIPEG – Saying their first quarter results reflect “the slower economy and lower advertising volume”, Canwest Global Communications posted a loss of $33 million, compared with a profit of…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada has asked the CRTC to review regulations that apply to direct-to-home satellite BDUs “to ensure that official-language minority communities have access to the public broadcaster’s full…
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TORONTO – Family Channel is launching a contest called “Phineas and Ferb Spot the Diff ” where viewers are encouraged to track the differences between original and modified segments…
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OTTAWA – The financial losses reported by Canwest Global Communications Wednesday should “provoke real concern about the overall crisis in Canada’s media companies” says the Canadian arm of…
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