MONTREAL – Seems as though in the burgeoning new media world, holding a broadcast license is less of “a license to print money.”
Quebec broadcaster TQS today said it…
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TORONTO – Radio ad time sales is shooting upwards, reports Canadian Broadcast Sales.
National radio sales climbed 9.5% in the first quarter of fiscal 2008, ended November 30th (the…
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TORONTO – LeafsTV has emptied the digital duffel bag and rediscovered a hockey gem: Peter Puck.
After a 28-year hiatus, the beloved 1970s hockey puck icon will return to…
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TORONTO – Long-time sales executive Dan Hamilton is leaving Citytv, the Rogers TV Sales Group announced today. His last day will be February 15th, 2008.
“It has been a…
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TORONTO – CTVglobemedia’s Lesley Conway-Kelley took over as the new chair of the Radio Marketing Bureau this week.
Conway-Kelley of CTV’s CHUM Radio Sales is the first female chair…
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OTTAWA – A new federal copyright bill was supposed to be introduced this month in the House of Commons by Industry Minister Jim Prentice, but the ruling Conservative Party…
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OTTAWA – Shaw Communications is again in hot regulatory water over the sponsorship messages that have appeared on its cable community channels out west.
Last week, the CRTC issued…
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OTTAWA – About a year after receiving the original application for a new national over-the-air high definition television network, the CRTC called a hearing today, set for February…
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TORONTO – Programming from CTV and its specialty channels The Comedy Network and MTV are now available for sale on the iTunes Store in Canada (www.itunes.ca).
The addition of…
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TORONTO – With British soap EastEnders experiencing 311% AMA growth in Adults 25-54 from summer 06-07, BBC Canada is launching its biggest single marketing campaign to date.
Phase one…
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