TORONTO – Approximately 200 jobs will be lost as CanWest Global announced today it will build four new broadcast centres in each of Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto, consolidating all... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Devine Entertainment Corporation on Wednesday announced an expansion of its multi-year distribution agreement with Carrere Group, which will market Devine’s film and TV series in France and other... Continue Reading
THE NEXT NEW REALITY show for The Fight Network? How about placing the communications departments of CTV and Global Television in the same room to see what happens? We see... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CTV has launched a new promo campaign for its national news program in Toronto. The campaign includes the running of 15- and 30-second public service announcements, custom station... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The deadline for nominating someone for a 2008 Canadian Women in Communication Award is October 9 at 5 p.m. EST. The five annual awards are aimed at raising... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Law firm Heenan Blaikie LLP has issued a media release stating that CanWest Global Communications Corp.’s takeover of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. shouldn’t necessarily be barred because American... Continue Reading
EDMONTON – The mini-series Broken Trail will air on upstart national pay TV channel Superchannel Canada, it was announced Wednesday. The program is a co-production between Nomadic Pictures of Calgary,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – A new group called the Digital Television Technology Group (DTV-TG) has been formed to collaborate on technical and operational issues surrounding the roll-out of digital television in Canada.... Continue Reading
TORONTO – More moves were announced at CTVglobemedia, this time in CTV’s communications department with Mike Cosentino shifting to the position of CTV Networks senior vice-president of program scheduling. Scott... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The producers of Little Mosque on the Prairie, Canadian comedian and author Don Harron, producer, writer and director John Kastner, the writing team behind Mr. Dressup, broadcast journalist... Continue Reading
