TORONTO – CTV and Rogers today announced new three-year television deals with the National Football League beginning next season, shutting out CanWest Global, which has carried American football for decades.Financial... Continue Reading
TORONTO – With Canadian broadcasters in Los Angeles now viewing this fall's potential U.S. hits (not to mention the great big misses) – and making commitments to buy, too, Canada's actors... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Like every other conventional television broadcaster in English Canada, Quebec’s Télévision Quatre-Saisons (TQS) had argued for the CRTC’s acceptance of carriage fees to help OTAs compete with fee-supported... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - "It’s a missed opportunity," says Guy Mayson, summing up the Canadian Film and Television Production Association’s overall reaction to the CRTC's new over-the-air TV policy. Speaking to Cartt.ca... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – As we told you on Monday, the CRTC will release its new policy on conventional, over-the-air television. In fact, it will be released today. The primary issue is... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Saying the need for new subscriber fees wasn't demonstrated by conventional broadcasters, the CRTC's new convention television policy does not include a boost in Canadians' cable or satellite... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – The CBC reached into the private broadcast pool of talent for a new leader in British Columbia. M Channel's vice-president of programming, Johnny Michel, has been hired by... Continue Reading
DARTMOUTH, NS - Newcap Inc. said today that it will buy Standard Radio Inc.'s 23.66% minority interest in 22 Alberta radio stations for $11 million. The original 76.34% was acquired... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Global Television launched a new, personalized weather forecast for its on line viewers today. "Forecast 4 Me", which the company says is "the first personalized online local weather... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Perhaps stung a little by the tough line of questioning the company faced in front of the Commission a few weeks ago, CTVglobemedia sent a letter to the... Continue Reading
