Radio / Television News

Lauzon named EVP at growing Canoe

MONTREAL – Quebecor Media’s popular portal company, Canoe, named former Sympatico executive Patrick Lauzon its executive vice-president. Lauzon "will steer Canoe’s national growth and development strategy and oversee all… Continue Reading

XM Canada signs into Aeroplan

MONTREAL – XM Canada buyers will be able to earn Aeroplan points when purchasing their hardware. The two companies today announced that they have signed a multi-year, national agreement,… Continue Reading

XM expects fewer ’06 buyers

WASHINGTON — XM Satellite Radio said it now expects to add 500,000 fewer new subscribers in 2006 than originally anticipated. The U.S. satellite radio company is now projecting that… Continue Reading

VoicePrint recruits CBC readers

TORONTO – For two days next week, dozens of CBC Television and Radio personalities from across the country will lend their voices to VoicePrint, the specialty service that provides… Continue Reading

Harris to buy Aastra for US$35 million

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,… Continue Reading

Dog River aims for the big time

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… Continue Reading