TORONTO – Today, it’s the new marketing folks who are front and centre in a Canwest personnel release, post Alliance Atlantis merger. Walter Levitt, Chief Marketing Officer at Canwest Broadcasting... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has asked the CRTC for a license for new, must-carry, English and French amateur sport television channels. If approved, the proposed Canadian Amateur... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Television in Canada continues to outperform all other media, the Television Bureau of Canada reports today. Despite concerns in some circles regarding the effect an ongoing writer’s strike... Continue Reading
TORONTO – WFN: World Fishing Network and Canadian National Sportsmen’s Shows have announced a strategic partnership for the 2008 season that will see both companies team up to promote their... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Barbara Williams, Canwest Broadcasting’s executive vice-president, content, made official her new direct reports last week, pulling together the assets of both Global Television and the newly acquired Alliance... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – With the public hearing on the Canadian Television Fund Task Force Report beginning Monday (Cartt.ca will be there, of course), the CTF launched a new web site today... Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES – CBS will broadcast a new CTV original Canadian drama series currently in pre-production as the American network has picked up Flashpoint (working title, a.k.a. Sniper) for broadcast... Continue Reading
WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK with S-Vox president and CEO Bill Roberts, who says independent broadcasters are the “canaries in the coal mine” and will be first to detect if the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The line of direct reports to Errol Da-Ré, executive vice president, sales at Canwest Broadcasting has been clarified. This announcement follows the CRTC’s recent approval of Canwest’s acquisition... Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES and EDMONTON - Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution and Allarco Entertainment have signed a multi-year feature film output agreement. Under this new deal, a broad selection of Fox... Continue Reading
