DARTMOUTH – Newcap Inc. announced Friday that it has signed an agreement to purchase multicultural broadcaster CKJS-AM in Winnipeg.
Assuming CRTC approval, this will be the company’s second acquisition…
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TORONTO – CTV Specialty is launching Discovery HD on Monday.
It will be available on a free preview basis through July 2006 (viewers must have an HDTV television and…
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TORONTO – Asian Television Network announced today it will launch NDTV 24/7 (New Delhi Television), India’s top English-language all-news channel, on Monday December 19th, 2005 on Bell ExpressVu.
On…
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TORONTO – Paul McLean, TSN’s executive producer of events, died Wednesday evening. He was 39. He was diagnosed with cancer about a year ago.
McLean (left) had…
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by Myron Love
WINNIPEG – Newcap Radio, the new owners of Winnipeg’s The Breeze 100.7 FM, has made some personnel changes and will soon be changing the format of…
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BERLIN – Thanks to disappointing carriage results in the U.S., German TV, which is carried by a few Canadian distributors, will be discontinued this month.
“Unfortunately, revenue from GERMAN…
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TORONTO – At its annual general meeting Wednesday in Toronto, CHUM Limited elected Denise Donlon to its board of directors.
"Denise Donlon’s keen understanding of the Canadian broadcasting system, together…
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IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO ENVISION every existing TV transmitter in Canada being upgraded to digital for high definition broadcasting. Ain’t going to happen.
Yesterday, www.cartt.ca released a bonus for subscribers,…
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TORONTO – Corus Radio announced a major expansion of its airborne traffic services on Wednesday in seven of Canada’s top 10 markets.
Debuting in Calgary this week and rolling…
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MONTREAL – The National Film Board and CTV Specialty’s Discovery Channel signed a new co-production deal this month.
Fresh from their success as partners on the internationally co-produced high…
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