OTTAWA - The profit position for Canada's film, television and video post-production industry improved slightly in 2006, according to Statistics Canada. Even though operating revenues edged down, the industry's operating... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Saying that two proposed purchases would violate its common station ownership policy, the CRTC has denied Jim Pattison Broadcast Group’s application to purchase two more stations in British... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Reply comments filed with the CRTC on Friday on its broadcasting distribution undertakings and specialty services policy review don’t show anyone has changed their minds. They’ve mostly dug... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Four unnamed suitors have submitted bids for Quebec’s financially strapped TQS television network, but neither Rogers Communications nor RNC Média (Radio Nord Communications), who have been rumoured as... Continue Reading
MEDICINE HAT – The region is a country hotbed but today Rogers Broadcasting launched new FM radio station Rock 105.3 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The first rock station in the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The simple act of making sure advertisers mention their web address in their radio ad will boost those clients’ sales says a further analysis of the Foundation Research... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Linda Black, Mary McNeil, and Brian Mitchell have been added to the board of directors of CBC/Radio-Canada announced Josee Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – After being ordered by the Federal Court of Canada to re-examine its decision on increasing the rates radio stations pay for music, the Copyright Board of Canada decided... Continue Reading
REGINA - After three weeks of testing its signal, Regina’s True Country, Big Dog 92-7 officially launched Wednesday with ‘Gone Country’, the mega-hit from country music superstar Alan Jackson. For... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein didn’t touch much on the Canadian Television Fund (CTF), but did announce Thursday morning that the Commission would hold a hearing on new... Continue Reading
