OTTAWA – The dispute between Bell Media and a group of independent distributors known as the Canadian Independent Distributors Group (CIDG) will go to final arbitration on June 29, the…
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TORONTO – With its competing broadcasters Citytv opting for a schedule loaded with comedies and Global going with more dramas, CTV has chosen what it says is…
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TORONTO – At his company’s Wednesday morning executive briefing to kick off its upfront presentations, Shaw Media president Paul Robertson told TV writers that the company’s near total…
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TORONTO – The sheer numbers some sports produce are staggering – and we’re not talking about the ones you see on the scoreboards in the stadiums or arenas.
When it…
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OTTAWA – Industry veteran Michael Hennessy was named as the new president and CEO of the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) on Thursday.
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TORONTO – CTV executive Phil King may be in charge of programming for the country’s largest conventional network, but it’s clear that sports are as big a part of…
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TORONTO – Global is going heavy on the one-hour dramas this fall according to its new programming schedule released Wednesday at the Shaw Media ‘upfront’ presentation.
A modern-day…
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TORONTO – Last Friday’s episode of Canada AM entitled ‘Be A Donor’ generated a spike in online donor registration at Ontario’s organ and tissue donation and transplant agency Trillium…
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WASHINGTON – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has approved a new standard for a backwards-compatible enhancement to digital TV broadcasting that provides a framework for the delivery of…
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VANCOUVER – Rogers opened two of its new interactive retail stores Wednesday in Vancouver.
The stores, located at 1295 Davie Street (and Jervis) and in North Vancouver at 1617 Lonsdale…
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