TORONTO – Former CBC Sports head Jeffrey Orridge has been named as the new commissioner of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Orridge, pictured, was most recently the executive director of…
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TORONTO – Canadian screenwriters and producers have a new collective agreement governing English-language screenwriting in Canada after the new independent production agreement was ratified by the Writers Guild of…
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CALGARY – Shaw has launched the WWE Network, just in time for Wrestlemania 31.
Available immediately for Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct customers, the subscription-based network offers premium wrestling programming,…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada has named Catherine Patry as director, marketing and business-to-business communications for its Media Solutions Group.
Patry, pictured, previously held various management roles in marketing and communications at…
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OTTAWA – Independent food and lifestyle channel Gusto TV is marking its first anniversary with a smorgasbord of over 100 hours of its own original Canadian culinary content, shot…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The score is Rogers – 1, Bell – 0, after the CRTC dismissed Bell’s complaint Monday that Rogers’ GamePlus online hockey viewing app provides that company with…
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DARTMOUTH – Broadcaster-turned-politician Allan Rowe died Monday at the age of 59. The elected representative for Dartmouth South, Rowe was admitted to hospital last month after reportedly suffering a…
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OTTAWA – It appears to be the end of the line for illegal broadcaster Radio India after the Federal Court of Appeal refused to hear its appeal of the…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment and crowd-sourced publishing platform Flink have announced another global content and promotional partnership agreement that will see past and new episodes of syndicated radio program The…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has returned applications filed by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC) challenging the tied selling of streaming services…
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