TORONTO – The labour situation between Canada's actors and producers hasn't changed so today ACTRA, the actors' union, issued the following open letter to the Canadian Film and Television Production... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – An open line show on TV station TQS which discussed a Brossard school's decision to barricade the windows of the swimming pool while three young Muslim women took... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – If former Craig Media CEO Drew Craig wants back into broadcasting, he's going to have to go about it some other way, says the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Saying violence in the media is a pervasive, destructive force against children, a new coalition is calling for new laws to censor it. "The destructive influence of violent... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Talks between Canadian film and TV producers and the actors they employ have broken off again as the two sides can't decide how much the actors should get... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Saying he wants an accounting of exactly how the Canadian Television Fund money is spent and where the value is, Shaw Communications CEO Jim Shaw says until he... Continue Reading
CBC/RADIO-CANADA DOES NOT receive any money from the Canadian Television Fund (see "Shaw suspends TV fund payments"). The fund goes to independent producers to help them make Canadian programs that... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Videotron announced late Tuesday afternoon that it won't be making its regular monthly contributions to the Canadian Television Fund either. In a letter to the CTF, Pierre Karl... Continue Reading
LAS VEGAS - Emerson Coleman, vice-president, programming, Hearst-Argyle Television, and Roma Khanna, senior vice-president, content, CHUM Television, have been nominated co-chairs of the board of the National Association of Television... Continue Reading
TORONTO – If all goes as hoped, Corus Entertainment will have a new channel aimed at young women come this fall. And the branding, Cosmo TV, could scarcely be better.... Continue Reading
