OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the CRTC on Wednesday during an election stop with a message aimed squarely at Quebecers who haven’t had a look at the…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC today approved two new category two digital specialty service licenses for YTV.
YTV OneWorld is to be a national, English-language channel that would offer programming…
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OTTAWA – Both Global National and CTV British Columbia were correct in reporting on a refugee case when they said the claimant was in Canada illegally, the Canadian Broadcast…
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OTTAWA – The early-bird rate for the Canadian Association of Broadcasters convention in Ottawa in November expires on Friday, September 19.
CAB Members and Industry Partners can save $120.00…
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IN THE SPACE OF a few days last week, I had the chance to listen to a pair of conventional broadcasters expound on the future of their industry and…
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OTTAWA – Publicly identifying a plaintiff in a lawsuit is not a breach of privacy, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said on Tuesday.
A January 2008 Global Edmonton (CITV-TV)…
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MONTREAL – Astral Media today announced that it will donate an additional $2 million worth of advertising space to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.
This amount is added…
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TORONTO – Former VJ, television and music executive Denise Donlon has been hired by the CBC to head up its radio division.
She will take up her role as…
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THERE’S NOTHING MYSTERIOUS about Rael Merson’s upcoming departure from his post as president of Rogers Broadcasting.
It goes like this: He’s been at the company for over 20 years,…
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TORONTO – ACTRA’s bargaining team has decided that after 17 slow months of negotiations with Canada’s ad agencies and advertisers, it will seek a strike mandate from its membership….
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