TORONTO - Joanne Deer will take over as ACTRA’s new national director, public policy and communications on September 8, 2008. Deer is a seasoned media and communications specialist and will oversee... Continue Reading
WHITE PLAINS, NY - The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has announced ambitious plans to create 3-D mastering standards for content that will enable 3-D feature films... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Having taken control of the Citytv network but not the local news cable channel Citytv Toronto fed in Hogtown, CP24, Rogers Media has asked the CRTC for a... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Telling immigrants to go home if they don’t like it here and saying that pit bulls – along with their “white trash” owners – ought to be put... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Q107 Toronto – and numerous other Corus Radio stations – have in the past touted the fact their listeners are never more than two minutes away from music.... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – It’s time for Corus Entertainment to jettison its stable of 15 Quebec radio stations, says an analyst’s report. “Admittedly, Corus Radio’s performance in (fiscal) 2008 has been disappointing... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CFTPA has added one of the architects of the Canada-U.S. free trade agreement, Gordon Ritchie, to its negotiating team, just prior to beginning talks on program rights... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Ontario’s public educational broadcaster TVO has unveiled its new online video player this week. Created using the Brightcove Internet TV platform, TVO has initially launched the player on... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Richard Gray, head of news at the A-Channel network, has been appointed vice-president of Ottawa Radio and A-Channel Ottawa, parent company CTVglobemedia announced this morning. Gray takes over... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The MTV2 brand is coming back to the Canadian TV landscape on August 1st. CTVglobemedia’s Much MTV Group announced today that the channel will take “a bite out... Continue Reading
