TORONTO – The WIFT International Summit, running from July 16-19, 2007 at the Park Hyatt in Toronto, will feature about 80 industry leaders participating in more than 50 panels…
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OTTAWA – The foreign-owned, Hindi-language movie channel Sony Max is being considered for digital distribution in Canada. In Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-58, issued Thursday, the CRTC states it…
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TORONTO – A court hearing on the proposed $2.3-billion takeover of Alliance Atlantis Communications by CanWest Global Communications Corp. and Goldman Sachs has been delayed yet again – this…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. as a public broadcaster should foster democracy, and needs stable long-term funding to operate effectively, says new CBC board chairman Timothy Casgrain.
Appearing…
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TORONTO – CanWest Media Works trumpeted the fact it had more shows in the top 10 than it did a year ago in a media release Wednesday. But according…
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TORONTO – CanWest Global has ramped up product placement in season two of From the Ground Up with Debbie Travis, which premieres Thursday night.
General Motors of Canada’s Chevrolet and Cadillac, and…
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BANFF – NextMEDIA, the new media conference organized by Achilles Media that features in-depth case studies, panels and networking opportunities, begins in 10 days in Banff, Alberta.
Telefilm Canada…
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YEARS AGO, WHEN MICROSOFT launched the Xbox gaming platform, a long-time cable engineer I know told me something like "there’s your future set top box."
At the time, I…
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TORONTO – Billing it as Canada’s first "self-personalizing" home page, mysportsnet.ca is just about set for release.
"Mysportsnet.ca will revolutionize how users of the web manipulate their personal content,"…
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TORONTO – Tom Hastings has been hired as executive in charge of production for TV Drama, Arts & Entertainment at the CBC. He started last week.
He comes to…
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