TORONTO – The CBC officially announced its controversial revamp of its Radio 2 network today with the introduction of more popular and cross cultural music and a de-emphasizing its classical... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Astral Media Radio, has announced the closure of its on-line and television classified ad division TATV, previously Télé-Annonces. The decision to shut down the service takes effect immediately... Continue Reading
TORONTO - CBC Television attracted its largest audience yet for the Olympic Games last night (Mon. Aug. 25), as an average of 1.590 million viewers tuned into Olympic Prime (6... Continue Reading
TORONTO – “It’s all good” for CHNU-TV in Vancouver and CIIT-TV in Winnipeg which relaunch Sept. 1 under the new brand name Joytv. The stations, officially designated Joytv 10 in... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Ron Laidlaw, who helped create Canada’s first hour-long evening newscast has died. Laidlaw passed away last night in London. Ron Laidlaw was 88 years old. Ron served as... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON - Nearly 6.4 million “over-the-air” U.S.TV households, those that rely on an antenna for broadcast TV, have requested about 12 million coupons from the TV converter box coupon program according... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – French language viewers will soon be able to combine the thrills of wakeboarding with learning how to make the perfect omelette. The CRTC today approved two national Category... Continue Reading
TORONTO, - The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), has announced a number of internal staff promotions.Phillip Notley has been named vice-president, strategic marketing and communications; Chris Topping,... Continue Reading
TORONTO - ACTRA and the Directors Guild have both added their voices to the chorus condemning the federal government’s cuts to arts funding programs.“These cuts are shocking and short-sighted, and... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - This week the CAB filed its objections to SOCAN’s proposed tariffs for 2009 for commercial television (SOCAN Tariff 2.A), specialty and pay (SOCAN Tariff 17), radio (SOCAN Tariff... Continue Reading
