OTTAWA – Calling him “a new leader for challenging times”, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) has named industry veteran Norm Bolen as its new president and…
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WINNIPEG – Aboriginal broadcaster APTN has re-launched its website, and is exploring ways to offer its content across multiple platforms such as mobile and “various video delivery systems”.
The site features…
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TORONTO – Digital media distribution company Yangaroo said it was successful in its goal of making the 2009 Juno Awards cheaper and a little greener.
Using its digital…
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TORONTO – Television news channel CP24 will debut a new morning news show and radio station beginning Thursday morning.
Called ‘CP24 Breakfast’, the 3.5 hour news program pledges to deliver…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada employees looked around the various rooms in which they heard the news today, wondering which of them will be among the 800 or so without a…
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TORONTO – Sports and entertainment company Insight Sports staged a “management buyout” of some of its assets, plus undertook a corporate restructuring of its event, web and broadcast properties….
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TORONTO – The Canadian production company who brought us prime time TV fare like Project Runway Canada, Canadian Idol, and Deal or No Deal Canada, has launched its own…
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TORONTO – Current economic uncertainty caused national radio sales to dip by 5% in the second quarter of 2009, reports Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS).
Telecommunications spending in the quarter…
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TORONTO – Perhaps in preparation for its Olympic Game coverage next year, CTV has lined up an “unparalleled” broadcast plan for the 2009 Juno Awards on Sunday, offering coverage…
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TORONTO – Canada’s most famous ‘hosers’, Bob and Doug McKenzie, are planning a return to television as part of a new animated series on Global aptly entitled Bob &…
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