OTTAWA – Radio-Canada TV president Daniel Gourd has announced he will retire when he=is contract is up this November.
"When Daniel Gourd accepted the position of executive vice-president of…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has licensed all three applications for pay radio services in Canada, opening the industry to unprecedented competition and consumer choice.
However, the services will be heavily…
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NEW YORK – Mega-media company Viacom Inc., announced today that it will become two publicly traded mega-media companies.
Sumner M. Redstone, chairman and CEO, announced today that the company’s…
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TORONTO – Like the rest of the industry, more than 20,000 Canadian artists, represented by Indie Pool, are anxiously awaiting Thursday’s CRTC decision on bringing satellite radio to Canada….
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TORONTO – CHFI put a letter to its listeners on chfi.com today that says June 20th will be the final morning show for Jay & Billie.
Such a…
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OTTAWA – The day after her speech to the Banff TV Festival, promising stable funding for the Canadian Television Fund, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters publicly praised Canadian Heritage…
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BANFF – CBC Television has joined Telefilm Canada in a $2 million pilot project to help get feature documentaries in Canadian theatres and on Canadian television.
CBC and Telefilm…
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HALIFAX – TSN’s coverage of the pre-season CFL game ‘Touchdown Atlantic’ in Halifax on Saturday, attracted a national average minute audience of 352,000 viewers, reports the channel.
Very good…
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BANFF – Critically-acclaimed television director Jeremy Podeswa was honoured last night with the 2005 CTV Fellowship Prize at the Banff World Television Festival.
This award is presented to a…
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OTTAWA – A radio station’s failure to respond to a complaint violates CBSC membership rules.
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council today released its decision concerning the failure of CHWO-AM…
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