QUEBEC – Oft-sued former Quebec radio show host André Arthur, now an independent federal MP, has lost his bid for a judicial review of the libel judgement against him…
Continue Reading
TORONTO – Rogers Communications will grow its western presence, assuming its $39.8 million purchase agreement with OK Radio passes the regulatory test.
As originally reported here by Cartt.ca,…
Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Bell Canada Enterprises’; $685 million divestiture of control of media company Bell Globemedia has been approved by the CRTC.
BGM is 68.5% controlled by BCE, with the…
Continue Reading
OTTAWA – As everyone knows, teenagers have dramatically reduced their radio listening over the past several years.
However, according to 2005 data released by Statistics Canada today, the drop appears…
Continue Reading
TORONTO – Alliance Atlantis’ Movie Distribution Income Fund announced this morning that it has let chairman Victor Loewy and CEO Patrice Theroux go.
No reasons were given but a…
Continue Reading
TORONTO – CTV News has sent five news teams to four countries the Middle East to cover the growing crisis, giving them more reporters than any other broadcaster, the…
Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Canadian production company Shavick Entertainment has purchased gay and lesbian digital specialty service OUTtv, but the release touting the sale has a key fact wrong.
The purchase…
Continue Reading
TORONTO – Corus Television has unveiled programming highlights from its 2006-2007 lineup for its stable of specialty channels.
Movie Central is picking up the Showtime drama series Dexter, starring…
Continue Reading
TORONTO – Canadian content creators are applauding the statement from the G8 meeting in Russia vowing to better enforce intellectual property rights and crack down on piracy of things…
Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Lower-cost shows like reality and game shows may be one reason why Canadian producers’ revenues from TV productions continue to fall, Statistics Canada reports.
In 2004, film…
Continue Reading
