OTTAWA – The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside a Copyright Board decision that Canadian broadcasting executives said was unfair and would cost jobs.
Just about a year after…
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MONTREAL – Reading the writing on the virtual wall, Transcontinental Media announced Thursday it will stop producing a hard copy of TV Guide.
The brand will become a web…
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TORONTO – Saying the existing collective agreements between producers and actors were written "for a bygone era," Canada’s film and TV producers today warned ACTRA that major structural changes…
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TORONTO – Investors have bid up CanWest Global Communications shares 24% over the past three weeks in anticipation of a big move in Australia.
CanWest shares closed at $10.65…
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TORONTO – CanWest MediaWorks said today it will expand the chopper coverage for its Global News and CH News properties in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Hamilton.
In conjunction…
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TORONTO – The owners of Bridges TV took their fight for carriage on Rogers Cable to the media late on Wednesday.
An incendiary press release from the English-language Muslim…
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TORONTO – Travel + Escape, the re-branded CTV Travel channel, will launch Monday, October 30 at 12:01 am ET.
Said to be "an edgier evolution of its predecessor," according…
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TORONTO – Kimberley Perdue has been hired as manager of affiliate relations at Channel Zero, owner of specialty services Movieola – The Short Film Channel and Silver Screen Classics….
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TORONTO – GolTV Canada and World Fishing Network were launched on Bell ExpressVu today.
GolTV is Canada’s first 24-hour soccer network, airing more than 1,500 matches a year, with…
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TORONTO – XM Canada today hired former talk show host Mike Bullard to host a new morning show on its Canadian comedy channel, Laugh Attack.
"Mike Bullard Uncensored," which…
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