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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OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) said it "welcomed" the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision on Thursday to hear its appeal regarding the Part II licence fee issue.
As…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) has released its 2009-2010 funding guidelines, which outline the application process, criteria, and deadlines for all CTF-supported programs.
Some of the revisions…
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TORONTO – National radio sales fell 1.2% in Q1, according to information supplied by Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS).
“September, October and November were difficult months in the world economy and…
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WINNIPEG – Canwest Global Communications, which owns approximately 57% of Ten Network Holdings, announced that the Australian company saw decreases in revenue and EBITDA in their first quarter of…
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HAMILTON – Cartt.ca has added industry veteran Lesley Hunter as a senior writer.
A graduate of the Carleton University journalism program, Hunter has been in the TV biz for a…
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