TORONTO –Advertising Standards Canada received 1,040 complaints from consumers about 723 advertisements in 2006, a decrease of 18% as compared to 2005. However, 95 complaints, concerning 40 advertisements, were determined... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA), Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ) and ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Toronto-based producer marblemedia (This is Daniel Cook), and Corus Entertainment have come together to establish the new Innovative Storytellers Award, a $20,000 contribution over a five year period... Continue Reading
TORONTO – After over a month of uncertainty and facing a serious funding shortfall, the Canadian Television Fund said today it welcomes the CRTC Task Force on TV production funding.... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Well, this will douse some of the fire that was sure to burn at this week's Canadian Film and Television Producers Association Prime Time conference in Ottawa beginning... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Well-known Canadian broadcast engineer and technologist Ed Yiu has joined Olympic Broadcast Services Vancouver (OBSV) as director of broadcast telecommunications. Yiu (pictured) brings over 30 years of Canadian... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON and NEW YORK – With both companies still awash in a sea of red ink, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio today announced they will merge in an... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Saying he is "sufficiently assured" that change is in the works with the Canadian Television Fund, Jim Shaw told the Standing Committee of Canadian Heritage this morning "we... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Saying the proposed new digital channel infringed on the genre protection of existing Canadian specialties, the CRTC denied a category two digital specialty service license to Cosmo TV.The... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Actors' union ACTRA said on Saturday that it had a tentative agreement to end its two month old strike. The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists... Continue Reading
