OTTAWA – Research released Monday – a week before the Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual convention - by the Canadian Film and Television Production Association says that changes to the... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Radio and specialty TV company Astral Media reported in a pretty strong fiscal 2005 today. Net earnings for the year increased 14% over last year to $104.4 million.... Continue Reading
DOES DR. ANDY LIPPMAN know the future of communications? He's been studying media for more than 30 years and has headed up the MIT Media Laboratory for 20. He has... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – A press release yesterday touting how broadcasters are getting rich and TV producers are not, isn’t supported by the study it cites, says the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Astral Media today launched a new French-language movie channel, Cinépop, aimed at Quebec movie buffs pining to see some of the older stuff. Not the real old grainy... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Astral Media may have been one of the CRTC’s most vociferous critics when it came to its satellite radio decision this year, but the company’s radio division has... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Canada’s radio industry has launched a national $2-million “return on investment” ad campaign with testimonials from national advertisers such asch Grolsch, Goodyear and Nestlé. The campaign, entitled “AM... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON - "Bold ... Black ... Beautiful ... Confident" are just a few of the touchstone phrases motivating an all-new look and image campaign being unveiled by BET this week.... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – On Friday, Quebecor Media’s TVA Group reported third quarter net income was off by 66%, at $2.7 million, when compared to Q3 2004.. This decline in net income,... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON - XM Satellite Radio ended the third quarter of 2005 with just over five million customers, doubling the 2.5 million it reported at the end of last year’s third... Continue Reading
