GATINEAU - “Overall, television itself as an advertising medium, remains very strong,” the Association of Canadian Advertisers vice-president of policy and research, Bob Reaume, told the CRTC this morning. The... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – Slow ad sales caused partly by the writers’ strike south of the border led Canwest Global Communications Corp. to post a $33.9 million loss in the second quarter ended... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Revenues from its broadcasting businesses boosted Corus Entertainment’s net income for the second quarter ended February 29 to $35.4 million from $19.5 million in the same quarter a... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CBC Sports has signed a three-year broadcast deal with the Calgary Stampede that runs from July 2008 to 2010. The public broadcaster will air more than 90 total... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Canwest Broadcasting announced Thursday that it will have three new digital transmitters up-and-running in Ontario and B.C. on April 18. As a result, Global Ontario, Global BC and... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Bell Canada offered a potential solution to the cost problems facing the build-out of high definition by local Canadian broadcasters. All conventional broadcasters have complained that replacing their... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Score Media Inc. said Thursday its coverage of NCAA March Madness resulted in more people watching on all platforms, including TV, online and mobile. Score Media is the... Continue Reading
REGINA – CTV’s comedy series Corner Gas will end with the upcoming sixth season, creator and star Brent Butt announced Thursday. When the last episode airs sometime in the spring... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Global Television did not err by broadcasting an advertisement for the horror flick SkinWalkers at 8 p.m. on July 26, 2007, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) said... Continue Reading
LONDON, UK – KidsCo, the family-oriented channel that’s partially owned by Corus Entertainment Inc., has inked a deal to be broadcast on African platform operator, Gateway Broadcast Services (GTV), it... Continue Reading
