TORONTO – ACTRA says yesterday’s Dunbar-LeBlanc report validates what the actors’ union has been saying all along, that the drama incentives for Canadian broadcasters instituted by the CRTC don’t work.... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – After just over four months of study, A two-person Broadcast Policy Review Panel filed its report with the CRTC last week and the Commission will release it today,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Industry protests over recommendations in the just-released Dunbar-Leblanc report are bound to follow fast and furious in the next few days. After all, the report recommends the CRTC... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Astral Television Networks announced a pair of appointments this week. Mark Waschulzik has been promoted to the position of Director, Affiliate Marketing. Most recently he has been managing... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Canadian Satellite Radio, owners of XM Radio Canada has raised $20 million in a private placement of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures due September 12, 2014. "We are very... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Insight Sports has hired Craig Purcell as president, sports and entertainment, a brand new position for the company. He will begin his duties with Insight Sports effective immediately. “I’m... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Established to support Alberta's independent production community, the CanWest Alberta Fund (CAF) will offer $10.5 million over the next seven years to finance the production of drama, documentaries,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – CBC-owned digital music service Galaxie turns 10 years old this week and is available in more than six million households in Canada through their cable or satellite or... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Quebec’s TV industry kicked off the new fall season Sunday by honouring its top shows and best performers from the past year, during the prime time awards show,... Continue Reading
EDMONTON – Yet-to-be-launched digital pay service Superchannel said today it has signed a deal with Maple Pictures, where Superchannel will be the exclusive broadcaster of Maple Pictures’ latest theatrical features... Continue Reading
