MARKHAM – Deals TV is now available to the more than 1.75 million homes served by Rogers Digital Cable on channels 201 and 299 in Ontario, New Brunswick…
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GATINEAU – Of all the interveners appearing so far at the CRTC’s TV Policy Review, the CBC’s might be the most contentious – and its executives endured a good…
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GATINEAU – The non-vertically integrated cablecos, Cogeco and members of the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) entered the Let’s Talk TV policy hearing discussion fray on Thursday with both…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC must ensure a vibrant, healthy Canadian television industry or risk losing Canadian talent and audiences, the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) told the Commission during…
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MONTREAL – Videotron has launched Canada’s first mood channel, developed by Montreal-based Stingray Digital.
Modelled on the world-wide ‘slow TV’ phenomenon, the mood channel lets viewers experience magnificent landscapes, travel…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has granted Gold Line Telemanagement Inc. regional broadcasting licences to operate terrestrial broadcasting distribution undertakings serving Vancouver and Victoria in B.C. and various Continue Reading
MARKHAM, ON – CRTC Ontario Commissioner Raj Shoan will address Ontario Association of Broadcasters members and take part in a town hall at the organization's annual general meeting next month.
The AGM…
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GATINEAU – The funding of big budget Canadian programming as well as the role of the U.S. TV channels in the broadcasting system were put under the microscope during…
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GATINEAU – Late Wednesday evening, after the TV lights had long been turned off and almost everyone else had gone home, Corus Entertainment stated its belief that despite the…
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OTTAWA – V Media Group received CRTC approval Thursday to proceed with its purchase of French-language music channels MusiquePlus and MusiMax from Bell Media.
The Commission said that the transaction,…
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