CALGARY – Digital signs, such as big food court screens in malls or smaller ones at the gas pumps, are popping up everywhere. So this week, Corus Custom Networks, a... Continue Reading
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
TORONTO – Toronto's 92.5 Jack FM kicked off its new VIP loyalty program today, a first such promotion in Canada, it said.Listeners can visit the station's web site to register... Continue Reading
THERE'S LITTLE DISPUTING the fact Canada is a resource-based economy. As oil and gas and mineral stocks go – so goes the Toronto Stock Exchange. Hundreds of thousands of Canadians... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CTV has signed a deal with an American distribution company to find spots for its heralded Canadian sitcom, Corner Gas, in the United States. CTV has announced it... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Distributing separate feeds simultaneously is currently a no-no for national sports service The Sports Network, the CRTC said today. In January, the CBC complained to the Commission that... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON – The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a decision last week against a Vancouver broadcast executive over a public company he was involved in between 1999 and 2002. A... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – As the so-called "account stacking" proceeding progresses, reply comments were due in last week and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters let it be known again that the practice... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG - CanWest got out of Ireland on Friday for almost $200 million.CanWest Global Communications announced it has sold the 45% stake in Irish broadcaster TV3, plus some other assets,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The senior executive shuffles continue at the CBC.Last week, the Corp announced that Sally Catto is returning to CBC Television as Creative Head of Drama, replacing Susan Morgan,... Continue Reading
