TORONTO – The Canadian Television Fund is now better able to be strategic in helping homegrown productions since it has less to do with administering the grants, the CTF…
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TORONTO – Stompin’ Tom Connors’ self-produced concert special has found a home after all, on CTV, after the CBC had turned it down.
The Canadian legend hired his own…
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TORONTO – CBC Television Executive Vice-President Richard Stursberg is defending the corporation’s decision to pre-empt The National newscast for eight Tuesdays this summer to air a U.S. reality show,…
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TORONTO – Capitalizing on the popularity of decorating diva Debbie Travis, Global has renewed her latest show, From the Ground Up, for a second year.
The Canadian original primetime…
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TORONTO – Internet advertising, video games, out-of-home and radio advertising will be the fastest growing segments of the Canadian media marketplace, according to a study released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers….
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OTTAWA – After being told last month by the CRTC that it wasn’t allowed under its current license to distribute separate regional streams, TSN has applied for a…
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TORONTO – The Gemini Award-winning Slings & Arrows miniseries returns for a third and final season next month on Movie Central and The Movie Network.
The Canadian original made…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC on Friday announced that it’s renewing the transitional digital radio licences for another 12 months for some 73 stations in large centres across Canada.
The…
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GATINEAU – There should be more people with disabilities shown on television, a CRTC document states.
In its response to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ report on how…
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OTTAWA – A top media union is endorsing the recommendations in yesterday’s Senate report on news media, particularly those calling for tighter controls on concentration of ownership, and…
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