TORONTO – MuchMusic, the 20-year-old specialty TV sensation, is launching its first MuchStore on Dec. 8 near its historic downtown Toronto headquarters. In typical Much style, it’s bringing in pop... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Employees in the operations area of Alliance Atlantis have voted to form a local of the Canadian Media Guild, the company announced. A majority of the approximately 100... Continue Reading
By Laurel Hyatt “Long live jocks,” Pete Townshend would sing if he knew how important announcers still were to radio. The latest BBM ratings imply that stations with strong on-air... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Three Global Television operations executives were recently let go by CanWest MediaWorks, www.cartt.ca has learned. Last week, director of broadcast operations at Global Television Ontario, Ed Holmes, and... Continue Reading
NEW YORK – As of Monday, those with an iPod Video can take Playboy right along with them. Playboy.com has introduced its own sexy spin on the popular podcasting craze... Continue Reading
BARRIE, Ont. – Christian radio is a bit of an immature niche in Canada. Until 1993, such stations simply were not licensed in Canada so – while the market for... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings has announced the pricing for its initial public offering: 3,437,500 subordinate voting shares are being offered at $16 per share. CSR has entered into... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Lou Del Gobbo, Corus Radio’s Vancouver cluster general manager, is retiring, says the company. He’s leaving the company on February 28th and a replacement will be named in... Continue Reading
NEW YORK - CBS has joined forces with Capitol Records for a new wireless campaign which links network TV, music and viewers’ cell phones As part of a cross promotion... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Some more Quebec City radio hosts have landed in hot water over coarse language. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council today released its decision on a complaint against the... Continue Reading