Radio / Television News

Newcap gets new license

DARTMOUTH, N.S. – Newcap Broadcasting was awarded a new FM radio licence in Lac La Biche, Alberta today. "Lac La Biche is a thriving community located in the area of... Continue Reading

TSN hires Marshall, Redmond

TORONTO - TSN today announced it has hired Jim Marshall as executive producer, events, and Shawn Redmond as senior manager, marketing. Marshall is now responsible for TSN's mobile productions, including... Continue Reading

Rogers adds World Fishing Network

TORONTO – WFN: World Fishing Network is available to Rogers Cable customers. As reported last month by www.cartt.ca, Rogers is the first operator in Canada to launch WFN, which is... Continue Reading

Levy, Peladeau, to help CMDC mine growth

TORONTO - Chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe SA, Paris-based Maurice Lévy, will be one of the keynote speakers at the Canadian Media Directors’ Council (CMDC) annual conference, scheduled for... Continue Reading

Astral Television promotes a pair

TORONTO - Signy Klein has been promoted to the position of consumer marketing manager, Family Channel and Maryse Gauthier to the position of consumer marketing manager, The Movie Network, Astral... Continue Reading

Q1 radio demand up 2.4%

TORONTO – Computers and software led the growth in demand for radio airtime in the first quarter of fiscal 2006 according to Canadian Broadcast Sales. Demand increased an average of... Continue Reading

Google, CanWest sign search and ad deal

TORONTO - CanWest Interactive, operator of canada.com (the Canadian mega-portal which combines the company’s print and broadcast news abilities, among other things), today announced it has entered into a multi-year... Continue Reading

Culture off parties’ radar

TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild said Monday it’s worried that culture, and the CBC specifically, is so low on the priority lists of the federal parties. Only the Conservative... Continue Reading