TORONTO – Alliance Atlantis Communications has released preliminary second quarter financial information for its broadcasting business, expected to be used in arranging the financing of the assets’ acquisition by CanWest... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The CanWest MediaWorks sale of its two Canadian radio stations to Corus has been completed. CanWest says Corus bought 99.1 Cool FM in Winnipeg and The Beat FM... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Asian Television Network says it’s set to launch four new foreign third-language channels after the CRTC recently added them to the list of eligible satellite services. ATN has... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Ouat Media, a division of Channel Zero Inc., is expanding its short film and new media distribution business into Mexico and South America. Heading up the new unit... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CanWest Global Communications Corp. has been given an extension for closing financing to purchase Alliance Atlantis from Aug. 7 to Aug. 15. In a news release, CanWest says... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Directors Guild of Canada is adding its name to the list of production industry professions upset at the recommendations by the CRTC’s task force looking into the... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC is calling for public comments on the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ proposed voluntary Equitable Portrayal Code to guide how identifiable groups are portrayed on radio and... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has granted a Cat 2 licence to operate a horror genre specialty channel, over the objections of The Movie Network and MPix. The commission has granted... Continue Reading
by Myron Love WINNIPEG -- CJOB, Winnipeg’s most listened to radio station, is applying to the CRTC to simulcast on FM as well as AM. “It’s not that we want... Continue Reading
TORONTO – We’ve all seen the jump by TV shows to broadcast on the Web. The tide the other way round is heading to Alliance Atlantis. Original online content produced by... Continue Reading
