TORONTO – Canadian actors union ACTRA has already applied for labour mediation, just one day into contract talks with Canadian film and TV producers.
"Canadian producers told revered Canadian…
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VANCOUVER – The Jack-FM brand is moving to the U.K.
SparkNet Communications, owner of the radio brand which "plays what we want", is taking Jack-FM, which Rogers Radiohas used…
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TORONTO – One of the drawbacks to a lot of the American primetime reality/game shows is that Canadians – or folks from any other country – are not allowed…
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WINNIPEG – CanWest Global’s 70% owned New Zealand TV and radio company, CanWest MediaWorks (NZ) said today that EBITDA fell to NZ$66 million for the year ended August 31,…
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TORONTO – As reported here last week, negotiations on a new collective agreement between producers and actors began today in Toronto.
On Friday, the Canadian Film and Television…
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QUEBEC – With a stroke of the pen, the CRTC’s battle with Quebec City problem-child radio station CHOI-FM, hooked up to the “judicial respirator” for more than two years,…
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TORONTO – CTV president Rick Brace was named chairman of Grey Cup 2007 on Thursday.
"As planning for Grey Cup ’07 continues, it is very exciting to have someone…
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OTTAWA – The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside a Copyright Board decision that Canadian broadcasting executives said was unfair and would cost jobs.
Just about a year after…
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MONTREAL – Reading the writing on the virtual wall, Transcontinental Media announced Thursday it will stop producing a hard copy of TV Guide.
The brand will become a web…
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TORONTO – Saying the existing collective agreements between producers and actors were written "for a bygone era," Canada’s film and TV producers today warned ACTRA that major structural changes…
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