OTTAWA – Canada’s most recognized and accomplished local news anchors will gather in the nation’s capital tomorrow as CTV and A-Channel officially celebrate the accomplishments of local news. This will…
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LAS VEGAS – The results of an unprecedented partnership (which, ironically, includes a Canadian company) aimed at dramatically boosting the rollout of HD Radio across the U.S. by taking…
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LONDON – TV executive staff turnover in the global TV industry reached a 25 year high last year, with almost a third (31.3%) of the sector’s staff changing their…
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OTTAWA – Canadian Heritage has announced that Yvon Belanger is joining the board of Telefilm Canada as a part-time member.
During his career, he worked for major accounting firms,…
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LAS VEGAS – Of course, next February’s transition to digital over-the-air television is a big deal here on the show floor at the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention….
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has ruled that ARTV did not comply with the “watershed hour clause” when it broadcast an NFB documentary about rape at 7:30 p.m. (Broadcasting Decision…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s independent producers on Thursday called on a Senate committee to amend Bill C-10 so that the Criminal Code becomes the standard for determining what’s “contrary to…
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GATINEAU – What would have been fun, was a debate.
Day three of the CRTC hearings into BDU and specialty service regulations featured the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and…
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GATINEAU – “Overall, television itself as an advertising medium, remains very strong,” the Association of Canadian Advertisers vice-president of policy and research, Bob Reaume, told the CRTC this morning….
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WINNIPEG – Slow ad sales caused partly by the writers’ strike south of the border led Canwest Global Communications Corp. to post a $33.9 million loss in the second quarter…
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