Radio / Television News

Banff TV Fest approaching

BANFF – The Banff World Television Festival is widely regarded as one of – if not the - most important content creation events dedicated to the development of business and... Continue Reading

CJOK won’t run Lethbridge ads

FORT MCMURRAY – OK Radio's Fort McMurray country station 93.3 CJOK this week refused to run a series of spots that Economic Development Lethbridge tried to purchase, reports cbc.ca. The... Continue Reading

Lauzon named EVP at growing Canoe

MONTREAL – Quebecor Media's popular portal company, Canoe, named former Sympatico executive Patrick Lauzon its executive vice-president. Lauzon "will steer Canoe’s national growth and development strategy and oversee all business... Continue Reading

XM Canada signs into Aeroplan

MONTREAL – XM Canada buyers will be able to earn Aeroplan points when purchasing their hardware. The two companies today announced that they have signed a multi-year, national agreement, with... Continue Reading

XM expects fewer ’06 buyers

WASHINGTON -- XM Satellite Radio said it now expects to add 500,000 fewer new subscribers in 2006 than originally anticipated. The U.S. satellite radio company is now projecting that it... Continue Reading

VoicePrint recruits CBC readers

TORONTO – For two days next week, dozens of CBC Television and Radio personalities from across the country will lend their voices to VoicePrint, the specialty service that provides full-text... Continue Reading

Harris to buy Aastra for US$35 million

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Broadcast equipment maker Harris Corporation (which bought Leitch Technologies in 2005) has agreed to purchase Aastra Digital Video, which develops and markets video networking, encoding, decoding, and... Continue Reading