TORONTO – Ron Laidlaw, who helped create Canada’s first hour-long evening newscast has died.
Laidlaw passed away last night in London. Ron Laidlaw was 88 years old. Ron served…
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WASHINGTON – Nearly 6.4 million “over-the-air” U.S.TV households, those that rely on an antenna for broadcast TV, have requested about 12 million coupons from the TV converter box coupon…
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OTTAWA – French language viewers will soon be able to combine the thrills of wakeboarding with learning how to make the perfect omelette. The CRTC today approved two national…
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TORONTO, – The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), has announced a number of internal staff promotions.
Phillip Notley has been named vice-president, strategic marketing and communications; Chris…
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TORONTO – ACTRA and the Directors Guild have both added their voices to the chorus condemning the federal government’s cuts to arts funding programs.
“These cuts are shocking and short-sighted,…
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OTTAWA – This week the CAB filed its objections to SOCAN’s proposed tariffs for 2009 for commercial television (SOCAN Tariff 2.A), specialty and pay (SOCAN Tariff 17), radio (SOCAN…
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TORONTO – Can there be a thing as too many major league sports? Well, definitely if you can’t broadcast them all. TSN had that problem. The solution, launch a…
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., – The worldwide online video market, particularly purchased/rented video, is experiencing explosive growth, reports In-Stat Worldwide online video revenue is expected to eclipse $4.5 billion by…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC today approved four new national, English-language Category 2 specialty television channels. The new channels include Baseball TV from Rogers (sports), Northern Peaks (adult), eScapes (nature)…
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MONTREAL – The Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) and the Association des producteurs de films et de television du Québec (APFTQ) have called for an urgent meeting…
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