By Glenn Wanamaker Quebec media columnists are openly wondering this week how long 75-year-old Guy Fournier, an award-winning film producer, scriptwriter, journalist, and author, can remain as Chairman of CBC-Radio-Canada’s... Continue Reading
HORSESHOE VALLEY, Ont. – With well over 270 delegates last week, the Central Canada Broadcast Engineers 2006 conference saw a 20%-plus jump in attendance, say organizers. Beginning Thursday with papers... Continue Reading
THE CEOs ARE IN AGREEMENT. Canadian media companies must get bigger in order to still matter. The problem is that those companies also agree on one other thing: They're all... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Saying that XM Canada is in a better place now than its American counterparts were at the same point in their launch, XM Canada president and COO Stephen... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Saying that the hearings and subsequent licensing of a new pay TV player boosted its expenses, Corus Entertainment eliminated 83 positions on Tuesday as part of an overhaul... Continue Reading
TORONTO – According to CanWest Global CEO Leonard Asper, things are looking up for Global Television. "Looking at the fall (ad) bookings, it's looking good," Asper told the BMO Capital... Continue Reading
HOLLYWOOD and TORONTO - Bet on this being a topic at the CRTC's TV policy review come November. CBS Paramount International Television and Rogers Cable announced today the two have "reached... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Amid one report saying that Alliance Atlantis' Motion Picture Distribution Group may welcome Victor Loewy back, the company announced a new hire today. Andrew Austin has been hired... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC today approved Bayshore Broadcasting's application for a new radio station for Wasaga Beach, Ont. The station will serve listeners aged 35 to 64 with a classic... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The stream of licenses for category two digital specialty services geared at ethnic markets seems to know no end. Today, the CRTC approved 10 more channels which say... Continue Reading
