MONTREAL and TORONTO – The Slaight family sold its company, Standard Radio, to Astral Media today for $1.08 billion.
The combined company will be the largest radio broadcaster in…
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OVER 100,000 FOLKS from the global broadcast industry (including Cartt.ca) will descend on Las Vegas next week for the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention.
The five-plus-day event will…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s largest media union, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union is against the Astral Media purchase of Standard Radio, too.
"Another billion-dollar deal further concentrating ownership in…
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TORONTO – Pirate Radio and Television director Terry O’Reilly will discuss how to create powerful radio commercials at a Corus Entertainment-sponsored seminar on April 24 at The Eglinton Grand…
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TORONTO – The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation has donated $1 million to the Toronto International Film Festival Group’s Festival Centre, which will be built at the corner of King…
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TORONTO – Buoyed by increases in its television subscriber and advertising revenues, the Score Media brought in more money in the second quarter ended February 28 than the same…
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TORONTO – The Ontario Superior Court of Justice will hold a fairness hearing on May 18 to determine whether Alliance Atlantis requires the consent of the minority shareholders of…
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TORONTO – The CBC has acquired the broadcast rights, including video streaming, to Toronto FC, Canada’s first Major League Soccer (MSL) club, it was announced Wednesday.
CBC Television will…
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TORONTO – Canadian Traffic Network announced today that it has acquired Toronto-based Wise Broadcasting Network, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“The addition of Wise Broadcasting is…
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TORONTO – BBM will publish its 2007 Survey 1 Canadian radio station ratings (for the period of January 8 to March 4) today at 11 a.m.
The ratings organization…
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