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NEW YORK – Featuring user-generated content, Discovery Communications today showed off what will be its first broadband channels: Discovery Channel Beyond and Travel Channel Beyond. Unveiled as a sneak preview... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – In what's got to be a first, a Canadian group is actually calling for a bigger CRTC. The 150,000-member Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada said Wednesday... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Governor-General Michaelle Jean mentioned the Environmental Protection Act, the Federal Accountability Act, the Canada Health Act, the Bank Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act. Despite much recent rumblings and... Continue Reading
SHOULD BROADCASTERS RECEIVE a wholesale fee for their signals from BDUs? That will be one of the key questions for the industry and the Commission to answer in the coming... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Tuesday was a rough day inside Corus Radio's Vancouver cluster. Twelve people were let go in a round of cost-cutting at stations CKNW, Mojo Radio, The Fox, and... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Canadian Video iPodders will soon have shows to download and view. Calgary-based MoboVivo Inc. will begin offering legal downloadable television shows for the Apple Video iPod next week.... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The Commission granted licenses to a dozen of new category two digital specialty channels. They are (with descriptions where needed and owners):Soccer Television (Telelatino) RCS Television (Rugby, cricket... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Yesterday, the CRTC approved a license for a new Toronto radio station serving the city's gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered community. Its spoken work programming, which will include... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Kate Hanley, president of Women in Film and Television – Toronto, has decided to step down, the organization announced today. She will be leaving the organization effective April... Continue Reading
