Radio / Television News

Muslim channel coming to Canada

BUFFALO – American Arab/Muslim channel Bridges TV will soon launch in Canada. The company announced this week that Rogers Cable will begin carrying it this spring and has also recently transitioned from a... Continue Reading

Musicrypt gains patent for BRM

TORONTO – U.S. patent number 7,003,670 now belongs to Musicrypt, the Canadian secure digital media distribution company. The patent relates to Musicrypt's Biometric Rights Management system (BRM) – a part... Continue Reading

SDS pushing into the States

TORONTO – With the recent signing of several U.S. clients, including Impulse Media Sales (IMS) in New York and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in Connecticut, Specialty Data Systems is expanding... Continue Reading

Gailus moves back to Global

VANCOUVER - Global BC has hired Chris Gailus as its new weekend News Hour anchor. The appointment follows the recent departure of news anchor Suzette Myers who is now an... Continue Reading

A&E HD to launch in September

NEW YORK – Popular U.S. cable channel A&E will launch a high definition simulcast network on Labour Day Weekend. "We certainly have plans to bring it to Canada," AETN executive... Continue Reading

BBC Kids targets teens

TORONTO – Alliance Atlantis digi-net BBC Kids has launched its new teen programming line-up, BBCK, and is backing it up with a multimedia campaign combining traditional methods with alternative and... Continue Reading