OTTAWA – The CRTC today approved the addition of HDNet, a U.S. all high definition channel, to the list of eligible satellite services. Owned by American multi-millionaire (and owner of... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC also approved the addition of NEW SAT, a channel out of Lebanon. The 24-hour general interest service offers programming in Arabic without English subtitles or secondary... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Charles Adler's labeling his callers as "stupid" is "on the edge of acceptability, but did not, in the end, violate the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada has a new board of directors. Members elected them at the annual general meeting held in conjunction with the RTNDA Annual... Continue Reading
ALVISO, Calif. - TiVoCast will deliver broadband video directly to the television sets of TiVo subscribers, turning web video into television by bringing top broadband content now only available on... Continue Reading
NEW YORK - Sirius Satellite Radio said this week is has signed a deal with Space Systems/Loral to design and build a new satellite. Construction is expected to be completed... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CBC Television announced this week it has hired David Scapillati as its new general manager of media sales and marketing. In this position, Scapillati will oversee the Media... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The Canadian Football League will be available in eight of the top 10 U.S. television markets via seven Comcast regional sports networks, plus New England Sports Network (NESN),... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Former Telemedia exec Mario Cecchini has been hired as vice-president, Montreal Region, and Jacques Papin promoted to vice-president, network at Corus Radio in Montreal. These appointments will take... Continue Reading
BANFF - Speaking in his opening address to the Banff World Television Festival, CRTC chair Charles Dalfen invited stakeholders to comment on the technological environment facing the Canadian broadcasting system. The CRTC... Continue Reading
