Radio / Television News

Shareholders approve Leitch sale

TORONTO – Shareholders of Leitch Technology approved the acquisition of the company by Harris Corporation for about $590 million at the special meeting of shareholders held this morning. Over 77%... Continue Reading

Rogers’ Kalra joins NAMIC board

NEW YORK – Rogers Communications Nitasha Kalra has joined the board of directors of the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications."With the incoming members, NAMIC strengthens the board's diversity of... Continue Reading

More cricket, more channels from ATN

TORONTO – Asian Television Networks has acquired the exclusive Canadian rights to the Videocon Cup, a twelve game cricket series with India vs. South Africa and India vs. Sri Lanka... Continue Reading

14 new digi-nets granted licenses

OTTAWA-GATINEAU –Teletoon Retro, D.I.Y. and Nostalgie are just three of the 14 new category two digital specialty channels approved by the CRTC Friday. A few of the new licenses will... Continue Reading

Astral gets Tele-Vitesse license

OTTAWA – The CRTC Thursday granted a category two digital specialty service license to Astral Media for French-language speed channel Télé-Vitesse. Astral’s application proposes a service that would be devoted... Continue Reading

Revenue and EBITDA climb at ATN

TORONTO – Led by a growing stable of digital specialty channels, Asian Television Network posted large increases in revenue and earnings. Revenues for first nine months of 2005, ended September... Continue Reading