OTTAWA and GATINEAU, June 8 – As first reported in cartt.ca yesterday, the CRTC has approved the transfer of effective control of CHUM Ltd. to CTVglobemedia Inc., but the…
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OTTAWA – CTVglobemedia may have declined all comment today on the CRTC’s decision to approve its takeover of Chum Limited – without CHUM’s key TV assets, the Citytv stations…
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WINNIPEG and AUCKLAND – CanWest Global Communications is officially getting out of New Zealand.
The company announced this morning that its subsidiary, CanWest MediaWorks Ireland Holdings (CMIH), has accepted…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC will issue its decision on the purchase of CHUM Ltd. by CTVglobemedia tomorrow morning, Cartt.ca has learned.
It’s a stunningly quick decision, given the size…
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BANFF and TORONTO – While Canada’s telecommunications leaders debate the future of telecom in Toronto at the Canadian Telecom Summit next week, the world’s leaders in digital media and…
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VANCOUVER – Beginning next year, Global National’s Kevin Newman will be the sole national broadcast TV anchor to be based and broadcast out of Ottawa.
CanWest MediaWorks today announced…
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TORONTO – After facing a number of protesting Canadian actors outside of Massey Hall who complained about the number of hours of American programming, CanWest Global led its fall…
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TORONTO – Canadian actors used CanWest Global’s upfront presentation today to protest the purchase of American programming for airing on prime time on Canadian broadcasters.
CTV and Global each…
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TORONTO – In a presentation Wednesday morning at Toronto’s Massey Hall, followed by an open-air luncheon in the city’s multimedia hub, Yonge-Dundas Square, some 1,400 advertisers, industry and press…
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TORONTO – While saying the Canadian broadcasting system, as it now stands, may face "imminent collapse" due to pressures all around from the numerous platforms Canadians view video, the…
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