TORONTO – Saying it wants to try different things, CBC is canceling its early evening national newscast, Canada Now.
Canada Now is anchored out of Vancouver by Ian Hanomansing…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The stroller and drool set may soon have a high definition home of their own.
The CRTC Thursday granted a category two digital specialty service license for…
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GATINEAU – If the CCTA was still around, it wouldn’t have been able to find consensus among its members for the CRTC’s TV Policy Review either.
While the schisms…
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GATINEAU – As the so-called softer side of the industry comes to the fore over the next few, final days of the CRTC TV Policy Review hearing, groups like…
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TORONTO – XM Canada has signed a multi-year agreement to supply music content to all of Air Canada’s customers, the two companies announced.
Effective March 1, 2007, XM Canada…
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TORONTO – Three Corus Television marketers have been kicked upstairs.
Laura Baehr, previously director marketing, YTV, has been promoted to VP Marketing, Kids Television. In this role, Baehr is…
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MONTREAL – Canadian actors and producers are staying at the bargaining table this time.
The Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) and Association de producteurs de films et…
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TORONTO – It looks as though having the anchors ditch their ties is not the only changes planned for Rogers Sportsnet’s nightly news programs.
On January 8, Sportsnet Connected…
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TORONTO – Three months after cancelling the long-running 11:30 p.m. sports highlights show Sportsline (I mean, Global Sports) Global News Ontario has decided to eliminate its sports division…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The idea that Canada’s signal distributors should pay conventional broadcasters fees to carry their signals is “trash” according to Rogers Communications CEO Ted Rogers.
Speaking to reporters…
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