GATINEAU – While several television producers who produce shows for CanWest and may be beneficiaries of the deal’s benefits package, voiced their support for the CanWest Global and Goldman Sachs... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Erica Benson has been named as vice-president of programming for Movie Central and SCREAM, while Ted Elis becomes vice-president of programming and production for CMT and Max Trax,... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – “No amount of tinkering” can save this deal in the minds who run ACTRA, the actors union, whose president, Richard Hardacre addressed the CRTC this morning during day... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Women in Film and Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) and the Directors Guild of Canada – Ontario announced Tuesday that Alison Reid is the winner of the 2007 DGC... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – In its final appearance back in front of the CRTC this afternoon, CanWest Global responded to requests and demands raised by the Commission panel and interveners over the... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – CBC Radio’s “The Sunday Edition” is planning a special taping to mark its 500th episode with a program featuring Giller Prize winner Elizabeth Hay, actors R.H. Thomson and... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Score Television Network will for the first time broadcast the 2007 Desjardins Vanier Cup in high definition on November 23 at 7:30 p.m. The game will also... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – That sentence was one of the first few spoken by CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein this morning as the hearing into CanWest Global`s proposed purchase of the regulated... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – “Is this really the best deal we can get from a public interest point of view?” asked Alain Pineau of the Canadian Conference for the Arts this afternoon... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Four Canadian unions protested on Monday outside the CRTC public hearings, calling on the regulator to deny CanWest Global’s acquisition of Alliance Atlantis because it’s backed by U.S.... Continue Reading