CANADIAN BROADCASTERS HEADED to the Los Angeles Screenings this week will be buying rookie U.S. shows much as they have in the past: By choosing possible primetime hits via…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has inked a partnership agreement with the Canadian Football League (CFL) that includes becoming the first ever presenting sponsor of the Grey Cup.
The multi-year partnership…
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EDMONTON – After cancelling its Citytv Breakfast Television show in Edmonton last week, Rogers is inviting viewers in that city to dig in to a new show called…
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OTTAWA – With more ways of accessing TV content without a paid TV subscription in Canada than ever before, who’s cutting the cord, who’s not, and who’s never had a cord…
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MARKHAM, ON – Canadian Broadcast Sales president Patrick Grierson will receive the 2015 Hall of Fame Award from the Ontario Association of Broadcasters at the organization’s fall conference in…
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TORONTO – SiriusXM Canada and Postmedia are teaming up on a new daily show that promises to tackle the issues of the day with some of the smartest opinion-makers…
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TORONTO – IPTV provider VMedia Inc. has received CRTC approval for four regional broadcasting licences, allowing it to offer television services on a national basis.
The Commission said Friday that…
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TORONTO – CraveTV is now compatible with Google Chromecast, allowing subscribers to cast the streaming service’s content onto their TVs from iOS and Android apps.
Chromecast, a thumb-sized device, is…
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TORONTO – Citing a huge difference between the cost of newsgathering versus the revenue being earned by its multicultural OMNI stations during those programs, Rogers Media today eliminated all…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor CEO Pierre Dion says the company is keeping its options open about the idea of becoming a national wireless player after this week’s CRTC decision on…
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