TORONTO – CTV's hit home-grown comedy, Corner Gas, will begin airing on American superstation WGN in 2007, the company announced today, placing the residents of Dog River, Saskatchewan in over... Continue Reading
NEXT WEEK IN OTTAWA, TV broadcasters will tell their regulator, the CRTC, that they want fewer rules and more ways to make money. They will raise the alarm about how... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Jim Pattison Broadcast Group's $15.75 million purchase of O.K. Radio's Vancouver Island stations was approved by the CRTC today. As first reported in May by Cartt.ca, O.K.'s owners, Rogers... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – The CRTC today approved a quartet of AM-to-FM station flips for Corus Radio. CKRS (Saguenay), CHLT (Sherbrooke), CHLN (Trois-Rivières) and CJRC (Gatineau) – all news/talk stations – will... Continue Reading
TORONTO – After a very slow start compared to our U.S. broadcast counterparts, Canadian 'casters are getting into the broadband viewing market in a much bigger way. After counting 120,000 streams of episodes... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Parliament's Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has decided it won't wait for the federal government to take the lead on an official review of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Paul Ski, the head of CHUM Limited's radio division, has been promoted to president of CHUM Radio. Ski was formerly executive vice-president radio, responsible for all CHUM Radio... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Sirius Canada said today that after a year in the market, it now has over 200,000 customers. That's more than double its rival in the market, XM Canada,... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Designed and built by HJC Productions, the Montreal Exchange opened its brand new broadcasting and webcasting studio this week. "The studio has been designed to enable Montreal Exchange... Continue Reading
TORONTO – IMG senior executive Kevin Albrecht has joined Insight Sports Ltd. as president and CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Current CEO Ron Bremner will become the new vice-chairman of... Continue Reading
