NEW YORK – Featuring user-generated content, Discovery Communications today showed off what will be its first broadband channels: Discovery Channel Beyond and Travel Channel Beyond.
Unveiled as a sneak…
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OTTAWA – In what’s got to be a first, a Canadian group is actually calling for a bigger CRTC.
The 150,000-member Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada said…
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OTTAWA – Governor-General Michaelle Jean mentioned the Environmental Protection Act, the Federal Accountability Act, the Canada Health Act, the Bank Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Despite much recent rumblings…
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SHOULD BROADCASTERS RECEIVE a wholesale fee for their signals from BDUs?
That will be one of the key questions for the industry and the Commission to answer in the…
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VANCOUVER – Tuesday was a rough day inside Corus Radio’s Vancouver cluster.
Twelve people were let go in a round of cost-cutting at stations CKNW, Mojo Radio, The Fox,…
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CALGARY – Canadian Video iPodders will soon have shows to download and view.
Calgary-based MoboVivo Inc. will begin offering legal downloadable television shows for the Apple Video iPod next…
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GATINEAU – The Commission granted licenses to a dozen of new category two digital specialty channels.
They are (with descriptions where needed and owners):
Soccer Television (Telelatino)
RCS Television (Rugby,…
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TORONTO – Yesterday, the CRTC approved a license for a new Toronto radio station serving the city’s gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered community.
Its spoken work programming, which will…
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TORONTO – Kate Hanley, president of Women in Film and Television – Toronto, has decided to step down, the organization announced today. She will be leaving the organization effective…
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TORONTO – ATN B4U Music was added to the Rogers Digital Cable lineup this week.
"Music is an integral part of the South Asian Culture and ATN has been…
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