MONTREAL and TORONTO – Today’s announcement that Astral Media and Corus Entertainment will together buy the 20% of Teletoon/Télétoon they don’t own from Cookie Jar Group (formerly Cinar) puts…
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TORONTO – Third quarter revenue and earnings showed a strong Corus Entertainment but it could be stronger if it was bigger, says CEO John Cassaday.
Revenue and earnings for…
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MONTREAL – Consolidated revenues totalled $447.6 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2006 at Astral Media, an increase of 9% over last year’s same period. Consolidated revenues…
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OTTAWA – The revenues of the conventional television broadcasting industry edged up just 0.6% in 2005, well below the average growth of 2.3% over the past five years, says…
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TORONTO – As expected and predicted, CHUM Limited is seeing softer results in the second half of fiscal 2006, the company announced today.
Of course, the whole industry is…
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TORONTO – Calling the deal "a wonderful opportunity for both companies," Bell Globemedia CEO Ivan Fecan was effusive in his praise for the Waters family and the assets Continue Reading
TORONTO – The days of "hard news" gathering appear to be over in some CHUM Television regions.
The company announced Wednesday a cross-country overhaul of its news operations which…
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"REGULATORY APPROVAL" are the two stock words every media sale announcement made in Canada has attached to it. As in: "Agreement XYZ will close after the required regulatory approval."…
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TORONTO – All-HD broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV, Toronto, and U.S.-based media company Rainbow Media, have announced a major expansion of their programming agreement.
Hi Fi has signed an agreement…
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MONTREAL – Astral Media CEO Ian Greenberg confirmed this morning his company was one of just two invited to make an offer for CHUM Limited.
During a conference call…
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