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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TORONTO – Recent research finds that combining radio and the Internet may just give advertisers the best bang for their buck.
The 2009 Foundation Research by the Radio Marketing Bureau…
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TORONTO – The Prairie region of the Association of Electronic Journalists selected Hal Gardiner and Carl Worth as their 2009 RTNDA Canada Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.
The Lifetime Achievement…
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TORONTO – Corus Radio is launching public service announcements and on-air content to encourage listeners to “shop local” and support local businesses in their communities.
The campaign, designed to…
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TORONTO – Access Communications and SaskTel are adding Family Channel’s on demand platform to their digital lineups.
Astral’s Family OnDemand offers programming from both Family Channel and Playhouse Disney,…
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OTTAWA – Before the “economic downturn,” before the impressive decline in advertising revenues and even before the 2008 upfront ad sales began in earnest, the volume of Canadian television…
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TORONTO – With several reporters pursuing tips and rumours asking if and when Canwest Global will seek bankruptcy protection (this reporter, too), company CEO Leonard Asper sent a memo…
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