TORONTO – Corus Entertainment has named Deirdre Brennan as vice-president of content, Corus Kids.
Brennan (pictured) was most recently at ABC TV as head of children’s overseeing ABC KIDS, ABC3,…
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MONTREAL and FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The continued karaoke partnership between Stingray Digital Group and The Singing Machine Company has resulted in significant growth in customers, downloads and…
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TORONTO – The Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario has renewed its sponsorship in support of TVO’s flagship current affairs program The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
This marks the ninth…
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Digital strategy, broadband for urban poor, not addressed
OTTAWA – After years of neglect, outright disdain and budget cuts from the previous government, CBC/Radio-Canada is getting what some consider a…
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OTTAWA – With Canada’s paid TV subscriptions in decline, fibre optic (IPTV) TV service subscriptions continue to grow and have overtaken satellite for second place behind cable distribution, says…
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TORONTO – Canada’s anti-spam legislation and the unsolicited telecommunications rules are here to stay, something that should be welcomed by the country’s “legitimate marketers”, CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais told…
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TORONTO – Tricon Films & Television is expanding its factual development division and adding to its kids & family production arm with three new hires.
Dan Miller has been named VP…
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TORONTO – CBC Sports will continue its hold on rights to the World Cup and World Championship Alpine, Nordic, Freestyle, Snowboard, Bobsleigh and Skeleton events after inking a new agreement…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has turned down a request by Ekos Research subsidiary Probit Inc. to amend the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules to exempt survey research.
The Commission said Monday that…
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TORONTO – – Bell Media Radio has secured the weekly, one-hour series TED Radio Hour for its family of news/talk radio stations staring next month.
Based on talks given by…
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