TORONTO - Dan Cormier has been hired as general manager of Halifax’s next radio station, Z103.5 (CKHZ FM), expected to go on-air in February of 2006. Cormier spent his 20-year... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The deadlines for nominations for an RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award – and for the annual broadcasting excellence awards – are fast approaching. Since the Radio-Television News Directors Association... Continue Reading
TORONTO – What do HDTV set buyers want when they bring their big, bright, expensive new TV home? HD content, of course. However, what those in the TV industry are... Continue Reading
ALVISO, Calif. – TiVo customers trying to remember whether it’s Pontiac or Honda offering “3.9% financing for a limited time” will be able to turn to their PVR boxes to... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – With an election call to come this morning from the Governor General, Canada's broadcast, cable and telecom industries get a legislative time out… again… from the feds. Any... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network announced the launch of the Aboriginal Media Education Fund (AMEF) on Monday.The AMEF “will foster the growth of the Aboriginal independent production industry... Continue Reading
YEARS BACK, IT WAS EASY to pick on VisionTV. Its programs were old, appearing only on the specialty channel in their second or third (or fourth!) window.Much of its original... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - XM Canada today introduced the broadcasting team for Franc parler, the first French-language all sports and sports talk channel in North America. Franc parler will provide listeners with... Continue Reading
TORONTO - SIRIUS Canada’s 100 channels of music, entertainment, sports and information will officially begin broadcasting on Thursday The company also announced that in celebration of its December 1 launch,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - One might not think that an application to set up a community radio station in Chibougamau, a small community about 475 km northeast of Quebec City, would draw... Continue Reading
