CORNWALL, ON, – Canada’s first internationally distributed “green” broadcast programming has been launched on-air and online. “Eco Echo,” a series of on-air/online vignettes, is aimed at spreading the awareness and education…
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OTTAWA – The CAB is urging Industry Canada to take the lead in establishing a government/industry working group to oversee the implementation and transition to digital television. It wants…
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LONDON – A-Channel London has confirmed that News at 6 anchor Kathy Mueller is leaving the station to pursue other initiatives overseas. Mueller has been with the station for 13…
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TORONTO – Internet-based television provider JumpTV reported a second-quarter loss of $11.5 million, nearly doubling the $6.5 million loss it reported last year.
JumpTV subscriptions also increased 128 percent from…
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TORONTO – Kathy Dore, president of Canwest Broadcasting, will not be renewing her contract with the company, it was announced today.
Dore joined Canwest in October 2004 and will…
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TORONTO – The Fight Network has undergone a number of changes behind the scenes this summer, including the departure of founder Mike Garrow, Cartt.ca has learned.
The channel terminated…
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OTTAWA – A TQS news item about an Ontario pedophile didn’t contain any material that exploited kids, but should have been preceded by a viewer advisor, the Canadian Broadcast…
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TORONTO – Due to a wide range of issues, CanWest CEO Leonard Asper is mulling a move to take CanWest private, according to a story in The Globe and…
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TORONTO – Chris Fuoco, vice-president of distribution and account marketing for Canwest Broadcasting, has left the company, it was announced late last week.
“We greatly appreciate all of Chris’s…
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TORONTO – While revenues for Canada’s private broadcasters increased slightly in 2007, they cut their spending on Canadian programming slightly too, pointed out ACTRA, the actors union, in a…
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