MARKHAM – Canada's TV ratings joint venture, BBM Nielsen Media Research, went officially live today. The "long anticipated and much sought joint-venture between BBM Canada and Nielsen Media Research," says... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – A 20-person layer of management at TVA Group was eliminated today. The headline on the press release was that Denis Rozon has been hired as vice-president and CFO... Continue Reading
MARKHAM – The BBC has announced it will use technology from Capital Networks Limited as its content management system in two pilot big screen projects as part of its Public... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Senior vice-president policy and regulatory affairs David Keeble has resigned from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. After leaving his spot as senior director, strategic planning and regulatory affairs... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Bell Globemedia and CHUM Limited announced yesterday evening that approximately 6.7 million common shares of CHUM, representing more than 99% of the issued and outstanding common shares, have... Continue Reading
TORONTO – High Fidelity HDTV will launch a pair of new TV channels on Bell ExpressVu on Tuesday. Rush HD and Equator HD – both Canadian-owned channels with names and... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Broadcasters' requests to be paid for their signal by cable and satellite companies will remain a part of the TV Policy Review, the Commission told Telus this week. As... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Moses Znaimer has now officially returned to broadcasting. Today the CRTC approved his company's purchase of classical music radio station CFMX Toronto from Trumar Communications, which is owned... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – For all the concern about MP3s, streaming, wireless listening and other new technologies that are supposed to hammer radio, there sure are a lot of companies and people... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - CanWest Global completed the sale of its 45% interest in Irish broadcaster TV3 today. Officially, it sold "CanWest Granada Media Holdings Limited, which owns and operates the TV3... Continue Reading