GATINEAU – Saying that two proposed purchases would violate its common station ownership policy, the CRTC has denied Jim Pattison Broadcast Group’s application to purchase two more stations in British... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Reply comments filed with the CRTC on Friday on its broadcasting distribution undertakings and specialty services policy review don’t show anyone has changed their minds. They’ve mostly dug... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Four unnamed suitors have submitted bids for Quebec’s financially strapped TQS television network, but neither Rogers Communications nor RNC Média (Radio Nord Communications), who have been rumoured as... Continue Reading
MEDICINE HAT – The region is a country hotbed but today Rogers Broadcasting launched new FM radio station Rock 105.3 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The first rock station in the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The simple act of making sure advertisers mention their web address in their radio ad will boost those clients’ sales says a further analysis of the Foundation Research... Continue Reading
TORONTO – “2007 was a year of continued solid growth in customers, revenues and cash flow while at the same time we further de-leveraged our balance sheet, simplified our corporate... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein didn’t touch much on the Canadian Television Fund (CTF), but did announce Thursday morning that the Commission would hold a hearing on new... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Toronto high school students can help reduce e-waste and support local food banks under Rogers Communications new Phones-for-Food High School Challenge. Today at Daily Bread Food Bank, with... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Minister of Industry Jim Prentice has been “about to” introduce new copyright legislation for about three months now at least, according to Ottawa sources. Perhaps March will be... Continue Reading
TORONTO – On Monday, the Biography Channel kicks off a comprehensive rebranding of the network, now to be called Bio, the network for ‘Great People Watching’. Bio will feature a... Continue Reading