GATINEAU – Canada’s largest media union had some harsh words for broadcasters and the CRTC itself at today’s hearing into BDU and specialty services policies.
Broadcasters must be held…
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GATINEAU – The main attraction on Tuesday, day 10 of the hearing into the policies governing specialty channels and their carriers, was a posse of independent broadcasters arguing that…
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OTTAWA – CTVglobemedia has penned its own letter to the Prime Minister asking that Stephen Harper not follow the advice of Shaw Communications CEO Jim Shaw and instead let…
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MONTREAL – GM Optimum announced today it is launching a “telescopic” advertising campaign on etc.tv’s ads-on-demand network in Quebec.
Developed by Cossette Media, the campaign allows TV viewers to…
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OTTAWA – A 2007 episode of the dramatic action program 24 – in which terrorists use a drill to torture Carlo Rota’s character – did not violate the Canadian…
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OF ALL THE CONFLICTING complaints we’ve heard so far about the hearing still ongoing in Gatineau which will decide the future policies to govern specialty channels and BDUs, the…
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TORONTO – Recognizing that the digital transformation is changing fundamentally how audiences consume and interact with audiovisual media, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) announced a new five-year…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters is moving to a new home this week. As of April 28, the CAB’s offices will be located at 700-45 O’Connor St.,…
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TORONTO – It’s fitting that DiscoveryChannel.ca chose Earth Day to launch ExpeditionGreen.ca, its new environmental adventure site. Discovery Channel Canada calls ExpeditionGreen.ca the brand’s “new online destination for adventure-based…
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GATINEAU, Que. – The very existence of small and independent broadcasters depends on the CRTC maintaining the rules and regulations that enable specialty channels to provide niche programming for…
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