Radio / Television News

Corus Radio Vancouver cuts a dozen

VANCOUVER – Tuesday was a rough day inside Corus Radio's Vancouver cluster. Twelve people were let go in a round of cost-cutting at stations CKNW, Mojo Radio, The Fox, and... Continue Reading

Twelve new cat 2s approved

GATINEAU – The Commission granted licenses to a dozen of new category two digital specialty channels. They are (with descriptions where needed and owners):Soccer Television (Telelatino) RCS Television (Rugby, cricket... Continue Reading

Toronto’s new Rainbow

TORONTO – Yesterday, the CRTC approved a license for a new Toronto radio station serving the city's gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered community. Its spoken work programming, which will include... Continue Reading

Muslim channel coming to Canada

BUFFALO – American Arab/Muslim channel Bridges TV will soon launch in Canada. The company announced this week that Rogers Cable will begin carrying it this spring and has also recently transitioned from a... Continue Reading

Musicrypt gains patent for BRM

TORONTO – U.S. patent number 7,003,670 now belongs to Musicrypt, the Canadian secure digital media distribution company. The patent relates to Musicrypt's Biometric Rights Management system (BRM) – a part... Continue Reading

SDS pushing into the States

TORONTO – With the recent signing of several U.S. clients, including Impulse Media Sales (IMS) in New York and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in Connecticut, Specialty Data Systems is expanding... Continue Reading

Gailus moves back to Global

VANCOUVER - Global BC has hired Chris Gailus as its new weekend News Hour anchor. The appointment follows the recent departure of news anchor Suzette Myers who is now an... Continue Reading