OTTAWA – The CRTC is updating their website to provide “a more user-friendly experience” and make it easier to search for information.
The redesigned site will feature a new…
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TORONTO – Team Canada’s gold medal victory at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship on Monday night made ratings history for TSN, checking in as the most-watched broadcast of all time on…
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TORONTO – The 16th annual Canadian Broadcast Distributors Association conference (formerly the CSUA annual gathering) will get under way in less than two weeks, on January 19th at the…
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OTTAWA – More job cuts in the media could “hobble high-quality journalism” in Canada, says the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ).
In a statement released Monday, the CAJ says…
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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…
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TORONTO – Canadian Music Week has extended its nomination deadline for the Canadian music and broadcast industry awards until midnight on January 7, 2009.
The awards recognize “industry trailblazers…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has sided with CTV in finding that Shaw Cablesystems and Bell TV did not perform simultaneous program substitution for the network’s HD broadcast of the…
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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…
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OTTAWA – The CBC has asked the CRTC to delay proceedings on a proposed regulatory framework for video-on-demand (VOD) undertakings.
The Commission issued a call for comments…
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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…
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