TORONTO – Deep within the Rogers Communications second quarter results is the performance of the company’s media division.
That division includes the company’s TV properties (OMNI, Sportsnet, etc), radio…
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IT’S FAIR TO SAY THAT as a young librarian in Winnipeg that there was no way Phyllis Yaffe could envision a career path that would take her to the top…
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VANCOUVER – Eight-year-old TV producer ATV Productions has been sold.
John Lovelace, president and CEO of the company, announced the sale today. Terms were not disclosed.
Its new owner…
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TORONTO – CHUM Television and NBC Universal announced today it will produce "Screen Legends" for the Historica Foundation.
A series of 60-second vignettes profiling Canadian film and television legends,…
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TORONTO – Blair Bartrem has been hired by Corus Radio Toronto as program director at Q107 in Toronto.
A veteran in the industry, Blair most recently served as program…
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TORONTO – Pat Hurley was recently brought in board the Foxy 88.5 sales department as an account executive.
Hurley started his broadcast career in 1958 at CKEY in Toronto….
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TORONTO – Kathleen O’Keefe has been named the assignment manager for Global National with Kevin Newman.
O’Keefe will assume her new role in Vancouver on August 22, says Kenton…
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NEW YORK – After a year-long investigation, SONY BMG Music Entertainment has admitted it paid radio stations to play songs by its artists and will pay a US$10 million…
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GATINEAU – Le Reseau des sports (RDS) was granted a category two digital specialty service license for Le Reseau Grand Air.
The French-language specialty service will be devoted exclusively…
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OTTAWA – Due to the “complete absence of Canadian conventional high definition services on StarChoice/Cancom,” the Canadian Association of Broadcasters has urged the CRTC to take action against the…
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