DARTMOUTH, NS – Radio broadcaster Newfoundland Capital Corp. Ltd. recorded a $7.4 million profit in the first quarter ended March 31 mainly due to a $10.5 million gain on the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Media lawyer Dan Burnett has been named the 2007 recipient of the Friend of RTNDA Award by the Canadian division of the Association of Electronic Journalists (RTNDA Canada),... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Quebecor Inc. announced Monday it would spend $2.5 million over five years to preserve, promote and provide access to Quebec films via subsidiary Videotron’s illico on demand TV... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - CanWest Global Communications Corp. announced Monday it has inked a deal to sell all its shares of CanWest MediaWorks (NZ) Ltd. for NZ$727 million in cash. The deal... Continue Reading
MONTREAL -- TVA Group posted a $936,000 profit in the first quarter ended March 31, 2007, compared with a loss of $2.7 million in the same quarter a year ago. The... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Saying it achieved "major strides" in advancing diversity in Canadian broadcasting in 2007-07, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters has filed its second annual report to the CRTC on... Continue Reading
TORONTO – TVOntario's latest board appointments show a bit of the new direction the provincial educational public broadcaster is headed. "As TVO moves forward with its transformation to digital production... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Hockey and regulation, two things Canadians are well known for, thoroughly revealed their influence in statistics released today by the CRTC. The headline, of course, was the massive... Continue Reading
TORONTO – First quarter revenue at Rogers Media jumped 10.8% to $266 million, driven by a range of factors. The division (which owns such assets as Rogers Sportsnet, OMNI, The... Continue Reading
By Laurel Hyatt GATINEAU – The Citytv stations are “failing” and need CTV’s injection of cash to stay afloat, so the CRTC should make an exception to its ban on... Continue Reading
