CHARLOTTE, N.C.- Speed has promoted Hawley Chester to vice president of Canadian sales and marketing for the motor sports and automotive lifestyle network.
Chester, who has been the director…
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TORONTO – CTV announced that Canadian Idol will "rest" for the 2009 broadcast year "as a result of the current economic climate."
But the popular amateur singing contest has not…
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TORONTO – The Radio Marketing Bureau and BBM will sponsor a PPM Symposium as part of Canadian Advertising Week next month in Toronto.
The event, scheduled for January 29, 2009,…
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DARTMOUTH – Radio is not thought of as a sexy media any more. It’s now called "traditional media" or "old media," or worse.
Despite its easy ubiquity, many mouthy…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has dismissed complaints against TSN2 from rival sports networks, saying the sports channel does have the authority to time-shift the programming it offers on its…
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OTTAWA – Canadian Association of Broadcasters president and CEO Glenn O’Farrell announced today he will be leaving the association early in 2009.
He has been CEO of the organization…
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GENEVA – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has accepted the first global standard offering an in-home, high-speed network capable of delivering room-to-room HDTV.
The standard, published under the G.hn…
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TORONTO – Independent all-high definition Canadian broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV today announced the new HD Nature & Adventure Package has been launched on Rogers Digital Cable in Ontario.
The…
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TORONTO – The Television Bureau of Canada (TVB) has announced their 2009 board of directors.
Along with TVB president Theresa Treutler, the board’s executive committee is:
Rita Fabian, Chair,…
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TORONTO – Rogers has received CRTC approval to launch a local, 24-hour news channel in the Greater Toronto Area.
Programming for the new channel will consist of local news, traffic,…
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