OTTAWA – A wholesale fee for carriage is something that not just private broadcasters are after.
The CBC/Radio-Canada submission to the CRTC’s TV policy review calls for a new…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC has approved two more category 2 digital TV channels: The Consumer Channel and the German Channel.
According to the commission’s decision, the English-language Consumer Channel…
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TORONTO – Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. wants to quit its securities registration in the United States, citing too-high administrative costs.
The company announced that it has filed an application…
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TORONTO – The CRTC should set a date to force over-the-air broadcasters to end to analog distribution, Rogers Communications says in its submission filed today with the commission as…
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VANCOUVER – In conjunction with the station’s first anniversary of its new branding and its diversity programming format, serving Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Greater Victoria, general manager…
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TORONTO – Starz Media, parent company of Anchor Bay Entertainment and Starz Animation will this week purchase Starz Media’s Canadian operations, including Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada.
Starz Media is…
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TORONTO – A new three-year $7.5 million "entertainment and creative cluster partnerships fund was launched Friday by Culture Minister Caroline Di Cocco.
The fund is geared towards helping Ontario’s…
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OTTAWA – Thirty-three million dollars that was once part of the Canadian Heritage Ministry’s budget yesterday is no longer there today.
While on the face of it, the budget…
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OTTAWA – Corus Radio Montreal’s host Pierre "Doc" Mailloux continues to ignore the CAB’s Code of Ethics.
On Friday, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said his open-line program on…
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IT FIGURES THAT THE first newsroom to take the high definition plunge would be a sports newsroom.
After all, sports is the leading driver when it comes to HD…
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