TORONTO – Is Afghanistan Canada’s Vietnam? This is one of the panel topics on the agenda of the sold-out RTNDA Canada national conference, running June 21-23 at Vancouver’s Sutton…
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TORONTO – Global Ontario was named Monday the winner of the 2007 National Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Continuing Coverage in a large market from the U.S. Radio-Television…
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OTTAWA – The deadline for submissions for the third annual Pitch THIS! – a pitching session for animation projects organized in conjunction with the Television Animation Conference – is…
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TORONTO –Corus Entertainment Inc. announced Monday it has inked a $1.1 million agreement to buy Sherbrooke radio station CIGR-FM (Génération Rock) from Groupe Génération Rock Inc.
The sale is…
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WINNIPEG – CanWest Global Communications Corp. announced Monday that it intends to maintain its 56% stake in Australia’s third largest television network, Ten.
The Canadian broadcaster said in a…
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BROADCASTERS ANYWHERE IN the western world face similar challenges. Fragmentation. Multi-platform viewing. The decline of appointment TV. PVRs. You name it. There are multiple, growing hazards for traditional broadcasters…
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TORONTO – CanWest Global Communications Corp. is raising $950 million by putting into place new senior secured credit facilities.
More than half of that will be syndicated by the…
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TORONTO – Sony of Canada has released a device that will allow consumers to watch Internet video programming directly on their television.
The BRAVIA Internet video link, when attached…
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QUEBEC CITY – The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected efforts by Genex Communications, owners of this city’s troublesome CHOI-FM, to appeal the non-renewal of its licence ordered by…
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TORONTO – Citytv Toronto will leave its long-time home inside the CHUMCity building within three years as part of Rogers Media’s deal to buy the Toronto station and four…
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