LEAVE IT TO SHAW to not only demand genre protection go away, but to use a lovely incendiary word that broadcasters have long used against cable: monopoly. When Shaw Communications’... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The CRTC must maintain its Canadian content spending requirements for Canadian pay and specialty TV services, the Coalition of Canadian Audio-Visual Unions (CCAU) stated Wednesday in a media... Continue Reading
WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE highest profile issue CRTC commissioners will tackle beginning next week’s policy hearings on broadcast distribution undertakings and specialty services is fee-for-carriage. That is, paying a new... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC will be questioning commercial radio station CJMS Saint-Constant over its failure to once again meet its contributions to Canadian content development. The CRTC has added the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The March 14 debut of the Canadian live-action series The Latest Buzz garnered the biggest-ever audience for a series premiere on Family Channel, it was announced Wednesday. The... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Musicians Elvis Costello and Elton John will collaborate on a new television co-production series that was conceived in Canada and will be broadcast later this year on CTV,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Chris Gordon has been appointed president of CTVglobemedia’s radio division, which consists of the CHUM radio stations it acquired, it was announced Wednesday. His appointment is effective immediately.... Continue Reading
BURBANK, CA – MVP: The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives, the CBC series that was cancelled in its first season three weeks ago, has been picked up by U.S. cable... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) on Tuesday launched a new monthly e-newsletter, called interacTVity, that celebrates Canadian TV successes. “This is a time of renaissance and revolution in Canadian... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, DC – Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins will give the opening keynote on April 14 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, organizers announced Tuesday.... Continue Reading
