Radio / Television News

UPDATE: TVA quits the CAB

MONTREAL and OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) has lost its most influential French-language member. Quebecor Media-owned Le Groupe TVA, the country’s largest private French-language TV broadcaster,… Continue Reading

TVA quits the CAB

MONTREAL – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters has lost its most influential French-language member. Quebecor Media-owned Le Groupe TVA, the country’s largest private French-language TV broadcaster, informed the CAB… Continue Reading

Audiences not Xtreme enough

TORONTO – CanWest Global will pull the skateboard out from under its alternative sports channel, Xtreme, on October 9th. The seven year old channel wasn’t doing too badly, though,… Continue Reading

HiFi shot down

GATINEAU – The CRTC on Thursday shot down three applications for new digi-nets by High Fidelity HDTV. The channels were to be called Diversion HD, Diversion SD and Canada… Continue Reading

Out of the hotel and onto the street

TORONTO – Cable sports channel The Score launched its state of the art, street front, high-definition studio this week, taking the channel out of its long-time home deep inside… Continue Reading