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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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TORONTO – Standard Radio announced after the markets closed this afternoon that the company has filed for an initial public offering.
In legalspeak, "a preliminary prospectus has been filed…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC’s much anticipated decision on which, if any, of the 2005 pay television applicants will receive a license will be announced this morning, www.cartt.ca has learned….
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LOS ANGELES – The U.S. recording industry has brought a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against XM Satellite Radio in the States.
Numerous reports in the States followed up on the original…
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