MONTREAL – Heading into a meeting today with Heritage Minister Bev Oda, Quebecor Media told Cartt.ca that it would double its contributions towards making Canadian content – but…
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OTTAWA – That’s the question the entire industry is asking. With no direct experience in the cable, telecom, or TV fields, what does the eminently qualified career public servant…
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QUEBECOR’S LUC LAVOIE SUGGESTS that CBC/Radio-Canada unfairly benefits from the Canadian Television Fund. But it is disingenuous to insist that private cable companies, such as Quebecor’s Videotron, foot…
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TORONTO – In a "state of the CBC" memo to staff sent out Tuesday, EVP English television Richard Stursberg outlined his burgeoning vision for CBC, as media changes all…
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MONTREAL – Former Liberal Heritage Minister Liza Frulla has confirmed her great escape from the turbulent world of partisan politics, moving into the more soothing waters of travel television….
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TORONTO – The Movie Network said today it will launch MMore HD, it’s third 24/7 high definition channel, this Thursday, February 1, beginning with Rogers Cable.
MMore HD will…
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MEDIA VIOLENCE IS AGAIN in the news. A week ago, Professor Peter Jaffe and his coalition gave a press conference on the subject of media violence. It seemed…
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TORONTO – Thanks to a deal with its part-owner, ESPN, Canada’s TSN will now have the ability to sell ads on ESPN.com, one of the world’s most popular sports…
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TORONTO – Standard Radio officially took over 101.5 Silk FM in Kelowna, B.C. today.
The $9.2 million acquisition was first reported by Cartt.ca last year and officially approved by the…
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OTTAWA – It’s no increase (as producers, actors and broadcasters were hoping for) but the $200 million committed to the Canadian Television Fund by the federal government over two…
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