Radio / Television News

SOCAN mad at sat rad

TORONTO – Saying it may appeal, SOCAN today registered its complaints about Thursday’s CRTC subscription radio decision by joining in on the parade of press releases. “In SOCAN’s opinion,… Continue Reading

Toyota happy with decision

TORONTO – Toyota Canada Inc. will offer a satellite radio option for select Toyota and Lexus vehicles, in support of the decision made last week by the CRTC licensing… Continue Reading

Live 8 concerts on CTV

TORONTO – Music fans not lucky enough to score tickets to Live 8 Canada can watch the event – and sister concerts around the world – on CTV, it… Continue Reading

Musicrypt and Nielsen BDS get together

TORONTO – Melding secure media distribution with song performance data led to today’s announcement of a partnership between Musicrypt and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. Under the agreement, Musicrypt’s secure… Continue Reading

SOCAN likes copyright amendments

TORONTO – Given that Bill C-60 was created to protect its members, SOCAN said today it’s happy with the bill to amend the Copyright Act. "Bill C-60 speaks volumes… Continue Reading

GM likes sat radio decision

OSHAWA – Given that XM is already installed in a number of its vehicles, General Motors of Canada said today it welcomes the CRTC’s pay radio decision. GM Canada… Continue Reading

Free RAI for a week, from Rogers

TORONTO – Rogers Cable today announced that it will offer a free preview of RAI International on channel 59 to its non-digital cable customers in Ontario. The free preview… Continue Reading