Radio / Television News

ACTRA accepts two agreements

TORONTO – ACTRA members have voted to accept the terms of the CBC television and radio agreement, and the local and regional addendum to the national commercial agreement. Each… Continue Reading

Stingray gets nod from CRTC

OTTAWA – Stingray Digital Group has received CRTC approval for a new national pay audio service. The service, to be known as Stingray, proposed initially offering 45 audio channels… Continue Reading

Charbonneau joins CBC BoD

OTTAWA – Peter Charbonneau has been appointed to the Board of Directors of CBC/Radio-Canada. Charbonneau has been one of three general partners at Skypoint Capital Corporation since… Continue Reading

CTF releases new guidelines

TORONTO – The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) has released its 2009-2010 funding guidelines, which outline the application process, criteria, and deadlines for all CTF-supported programs. Some of the revisions… Continue Reading

Radio sales dip in Q1

TORONTO – National radio sales fell 1.2% in Q1, according to information supplied by Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS). “September, October and November were difficult months in the world economy and… Continue Reading

Ten Network reports Q1 decreases

WINNIPEG – Canwest Global Communications, which owns approximately 57% of Ten Network Holdings, announced that the Australian company saw decreases in revenue and EBITDA in their first quarter of… Continue Reading