Radio / Television News

TELETOON expands animation scholarship

TORONTO – TELETOON is partnering with the Ottawa International Animation Festival to give the network’s Canadian Student Animation Scholarship wider exposure. Now in its ninth year, the scholarship program has... Continue Reading

Ethnic media association gets new name

TORONTO – The association representing journalists working in ethnic media is getting a new name. The Canadian Ethnic Journalists’ and Writers’ Club is now the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA).... Continue Reading

BT TV CEO Dan Marks to keynote at Banff

BANFF - Dan Marks, the man responsible for developing British Telecom’s next-generation television service, not to mention launching it, managing its marketing, programming, legal, commercial, operational and development activities, will... Continue Reading

CAB hires Elizabeth Roscoe

OTTAWA – It didn't take long for the Canadian Association of Broadcasters to find someone who knows the ins and outs of the new federal Conservative leadership. It was announced... Continue Reading

CityNews pods itself

TORONTO – Beginning Monday, Citytv's CityNews viewers can have their news delivered daily to their desktops with the launch of video podcasts on www.pulse24.com. "In a CHUM Television news first,... Continue Reading

CHUM orders three new dramas

TORONTO – Three new home-grown dramas have been ordered by CHUM Television. The shows are: The Murdoch Mysteries, a 13-episode spin off of the hugely-successful made-for-television movie franchise; Blood Ties,... Continue Reading