TORONTO - Kathy Gardner, senior vice-president of integrated media research and corporate promotions for CanWest MediaWorks, has been elected chair of the BBM Board of Directors. BBM Canada is a... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – NDP Heritage critic Charlie Angus read from Cartt.ca today in the House of Commons while calling for hearings into the future of the Canadian Television Fund. The emergency... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Asian Television Network has announced the launch of ATN-Cricket Plus, a compelling dedicated sports channel with prime focus on cricket. ATN is pleased to announce that it has... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Michael Claydon has been named area executive producer of independent documentaries for CBC Television. Claydon will be responsible for overseeing and co-ordinating all independent documentary production for English... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Canadians continue to spend one third of their daily media time with radio, according to new research from Foundation Research. Radio is effortless, entertains and informs throughout the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Consumers do not see downloading movies as a serious offense and are bypassing the existing theatre-DVD-TV video system in ever-increasing numbers, says a new independent study. As the... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Heading into a meeting today with Heritage Minister Bev Oda, Quebecor Media told Cartt.ca that it would double its contributions towards making Canadian content – but not under... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – That’s the question the entire industry is asking. With no direct experience in the cable, telecom, or TV fields, what does the eminently qualified career public servant have... Continue Reading
QUEBECOR'S LUC LAVOIE SUGGESTS that CBC/Radio-Canada unfairly benefits from the Canadian Television Fund. But it is disingenuous to insist that private cable companies, such as Quebecor's Videotron, foot the bill... Continue Reading
TORONTO – In a "state of the CBC" memo to staff sent out Tuesday, EVP English television Richard Stursberg outlined his burgeoning vision for CBC, as media changes all around... Continue Reading
