TORONTO – Global TV’s fall marketing campaign is branding its flagship Global National newscast as “News Understood.”
Through TV, print, and radio creative appearing throughout the broadcast year, the…
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TORONTO – TSN has signed a deal with the NBA extending its basketball broadcasting rights for another two years.
TSN will air 20 regular season Toronto Raptors games, at…
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OTTAWA – CanWest MediaWorks President and CEO Peter Viner has won the 2006 Gold Ribbon Award for Broadcast Excellence from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.
Viner, celebrating almost 40…
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CALGARY – The Shaw Rocket Fund is calling for entries to its $50,000 prize for the best independently produced Canadian youth or family program.
The juried prize celebrates the…
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TORONTO – An informal coalition of independent Canadian specialty channels opposes the notion of distributors paying a subscription fee to carry over-the-air TV stations.
As reported last week…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media announced plans to launch the PersonalWeb Internet service in Canada, allowing surfers to customize their online experience when visiting its branded sites.
Rolling out here…
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TORONTO – Citytv Toronto’s news and information shows will start airing in high definition on Oct. 2, something it calls “a Canadian first.”
BreakfastTelevision, CityLine, CityNews at Noon, CityNews…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters has confirmed its lineup of speakers and panellists at its upcoming annual convention in Vancouver.
Appropriately for its 80th anniversary gathering, the…
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TORONTO – National radio ad sales rose 6.3% in this broadcast year compared with the year before, according to Canadian Broadcast Sales, but adding too many licences in markets…
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IT’S NO WONDER THERE couldn’t be a CAB submission to the CRTC on the TV policy review.
While there is some agreement on what must be done to alter…
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