TORONTO - Bonnie Brownlee has been hired as senior vice-president, corporate communications at CTVglobemedia, the company announced today. Reporting to group senior vice-president Paul Sparkes, Brownlee is now responsible for... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has scheduled a hearing date for the appeal and cross-appeal in the Part II license fee case, says the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Women in Film and Television - Toronto (WIFT-T), in partnership with Alliance Atlantis, are calling for applications for the 2007 Alliance Atlantis Diversity in Broadcasting Internship Award. This... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC Friday granted the request of Quebecor Media’s Sun TV for rebroadcast transmitters in London and Ottawa, Ont. Right now, Sun TV is available only to viewers... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Major broadcasters are opposing the budget increases being sought by the CRTC to deal with new regulatory challenges, according to the CRTC Budgetary Requirements and Fees Outcomes Report... Continue Reading
TORONTO – An independent Canadian broadcaster trying to make a go of it with an all-high definition channel lineup says Wednesday’s report to the CRTC on broadcasting policies and regulations... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The board of directors of Women in Film and Television - Toronto (WIFT-T) announced today that Executive Director Sue Sheridan will be leaving the organization effective September 17,... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Sports Media Canada is pleased to announce that Christie Blatchford and Ron Harrison are this year’s Achievement Award winners. Blatchford, of the Globe and Mail, can be read... Continue Reading
TORONTO – ACTRA says yesterday’s Dunbar-LeBlanc report validates what the actors’ union has been saying all along, that the drama incentives for Canadian broadcasters instituted by the CRTC don’t work.... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – After just over four months of study, A two-person Broadcast Policy Review Panel filed its report with the CRTC last week and the Commission will release it today,... Continue Reading
