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
TORONTO – Yeah, we know it wasn't called "Sportsline" anymore, but that's how Ontario sports fans of a certain age will remember it. We fondly recall the years in which... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Delivering a message that smoking a less than intelligent choice for your health, MTV and the Ontario Ministry of Health unveiled a 50-foot banner on the east side... Continue Reading
EDMONTON - When the expanded four-hour BreakfastTelevision debuts Tuesday, September 5th on Citytv Edmonton, news anchor Rob Hislop and Weather Host Wendy Sandwith will share lead hosting duties.Hislop is a... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Astral Media's recently-launched high-definition classics movie channel MHD will offer high-definition programming 'round the clock starting Friday. The new 24-hour high-definition schedule consists of programming from the company's... Continue Reading
TORONTO – After passing the Competition Bureau and CRTC tests, Bell Globemedia announced today that it has completed the closing of its new ownership structure.The CRTC approved the new ownership... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – Political and business heavyweight Derek H. Burney, O.C., has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of CanWest Global. He joined the Board of CanWest in April,... Continue Reading
