GATINEAU – While Canadian private broadcasters are increasingly spending big on American programming, their profitability took a huge hit in the 2008 broadcast year, ended August 31st, CRTC numbers…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC decided Wednesday to eliminate restrictions on the broadcast of hits by English-language FM radio stations in English-language markets, but to uphold the restrictions in the…
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TORONTO – Radio reaches 90% of Canadian adults over 18 years of age every week, and 56% of them listen to the radio seven days a week, particularly business…
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TORONTO – The recent cutbacks and sharp shift in focus for the Canadian Association of Broadcasters is something that should be re-thought, say its independent broadcast members.
Readers will…
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TORONTO – McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada has signed a multi-platform sponsorship agreement with Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
The integrated media activation…
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OTTAWA – The Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) has launched its first call for proposals for Canadian community-oriented broadcasters and associations.
Applications will be accepted under the categories ‘Radio Talent…
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TORONTO and VANCOUVER – The official “digital hubs” for live coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games – websites CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca – went live on Monday, pledging to…
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TORONTO – Dan Price, founder and president of the award winning U.S. radio production company Oink Ink Radio Inc., has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at this year’s…
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OTTAWA – Comments made by Ottawa radio host Lowell Green about Islam and its practitioners have violated the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC)…
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OTTAWA – A caller’s “hostile” comments on a Maritime radio show did not promote violence, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled.
A listener complained that a comment made…
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