VANCOUVER – Late last week, word leaked out that Best Buy, one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics retailers, would no longer carry analog TV sets in its stores.Store managers... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Rogers Communications said this afternoon it will buy 35 Dundas Street East, currently known as The Olympic Torch building to house Citytv and OMNI Television in Toronto. The... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The CRTC has been told by VisionTV’s owner S-VOX that a mandatory basic package consisting predominantly of Canadian channels is a must in order to preserve the diversity... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The Government of Canada said Friday that it has upheld the CRTC’s must-carry license approval for The Accessible Channel, but that the a license amendment issued to a... Continue Reading
TORONTO – With the deadline for initial submissions into the CRTC’s policy review of the broadcast distribution undertaking and specialty services regulations, the Coalition of Canadian Audio-Visual Unions (CCAU) beat... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Looking to accelerate revenues in the fast-growing market for online distribution of film and TV programming, Canadian producer Devine Entertainment has created a new digital unit to focus... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The CRTC today approved an application from Rogers Broadcasting for a new digital channel tentatively called Sportsnet 2. The channel is to be a national, English-language Category 2... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Corus Entertainment moved a few folks around this week, where Jocelyn Hamilton was promoted to vice-president content, Corus Kids Television reporting to Scott Dyer, executive vice-president and general... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Canadian music icons Jann Arden and Michel Rivard will be inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Broadcast Hall of Fame in the Music Star category at the... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The Radio Television News Directors Association Canada said today that the award for Best Radio News Information Program will be named after the late broadcaster Peter Gzowski. “There... Continue Reading
