Radio / Television News

New Idol spin-off on broadband only

TORONTO – CTV's latest series will be shown only on CTV.ca All Access, a spin-off of Canadian Idol, will premier July 20 on CTV.ca as a weekly show which takes viewers behind... Continue Reading

CanWest’s Viner retires

WINNIPEG – After 33 years with the company, CanWest Global's Canadian operations CEO Peter Viner has decided to retire, the company said today. Viner joined CanWest in 1974 as vice-president... Continue Reading

Commission flooded with form letters

VANCOUVER – Over 1,000 Canadians have clicked through to the CRTC asking that Canadian media companies get no bigger or become more concentrated says the group behind the letter clicking... Continue Reading

CHUM execs head for the door

TORONTO – A couple of longstanding CHUM executives have decided to leave their new company, Cartt.ca has learned. Just weeks after it was officially brought into the CTVglobemedia fold, CHUM's... Continue Reading

Bank buys into High Fidelity HDTV

TORONTO – The only all-HDTV broadcaster in the country, High Fidelity HDTV, has added a new partner in merchant bank C.A. Bancorp. Four-year-old Hi Fi HDTV has offers four channels,... Continue Reading