GATINEAU – Due to concerns raised by a couple of local independent broadcasters, the CRTC today denied a request from Standard Radio to convert CHOR Summerland (B.C.) from an AM... Continue Reading
NEW YORK - SIRIUS Satellite Radio says it should have three million subscribers by the end of 2005, while posting a large quarterly loss of US$177 million. And, during today’s... Continue Reading
TORONTO – With less than two weeks left before the Canadian Media Guild members working at the CBC would be in a legal strike position, the union today reported “modest... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Three more category two digital specialty channels (two fully HD) were approved by the CRTC today. The Family Channel received a license for The Parent Channel, which will... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – Two former partners of the late Israel Asper are suing the company he founded, the Canadian Press reported this weekend. “Seymour Epstein and Paul Morton have filed a... Continue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO - Dolby Laboratories announced today that the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has incorporated Dolby Digital Plus into the ATSC standard. Specifically, says the press release, ATSC “approved... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Radio and ad agency veteran Willie Reiss has joined the Foxy 88.5 sales department as an account executive, the company announced today. “Willie Reiss is a media professional... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Quebec authors, artists and cultural enterprises have demanded the federal government overturn the CRTC’s decision to license two satellite radio operators in Canada. A group of 10 organizations... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Popular sportscaster Jody Vance has left Rogers Sportsnet. The well-known, bespectacled 6 p.m. Sportsnetnews co-anchor (with Jim Van Horne) recently asked out of her contract early and her... Continue Reading
CALGARY – “The signs are going up, all our vehicles have been painted” says Al Thorgeirson, regional vice-president, CHUM Television, Alberta/Manitoba, referring to the few last details on his list... Continue Reading
