OTTAWA – The defunct Doc Mailloux’s open-line talk show on Montreal’s CKAC violated several broadcaster codes with its explicit sex talk, its degrading remarks about women, and racist comments, the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CTV on Thursday launched a new user-generated news website, MyNews.ctv.ca. Canadians are now able to upload interesting video or images to MyNews.CTV.ca for consideration for broadcast on local... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – A fund aimed at supporting not-for-profit, local radio that launched Thursday will dole out $1.4 million over seven years. Seed money for the fund, called the Community Radio... Continue Reading
HAMILTON – Corus Radio’s Y108 will be the first Canadian FM station to simulcast a CFL football game when it picks up the feed of Hamilton Tiger-Cats games from brother... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Corner Gas star Brett Butt will be awarded The Comedy Network Sir Peter Ustinov Award on June 9 at the 29th Banff World Television Festival, running June 8-11.... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The Canadian Broadcasting Corp./Radio-Canada asked the CRTC this week to order satellite TV distributor Star Choice to immediately include RDI in its digital basic to subscribers in Anglophone... Continue Reading
TORONTO – North America’s first user-generated mobile picture messaging service on broadcast television has launched on CTV Inc.’s digital channel PunchMuch. Viewers can now send pictures to be broadcast on... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) blasts Canadian broadcasters in a media release Wednesday as they gear up to spend millions on U.S. film... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Women in Film and Television-Toronto (WIFT-T) on Wednesday announced four new members were added to its 2008 Board of Directors: Gaye McDonald (Vice-President of Brand Partnerships at Canwest),... Continue Reading
TORONTO – U.S. Internet TV leader Sanjay Desai headlines the “Putting the Network into the Net: New Digital Business Models for Broadcasters” session scheduled for May 22 in Toronto. Desai is... Continue Reading
