TORONTO – Independent producers who attended a special Banff Media Festival preview event and reception in Toronto on Wednesday were likely very encouraged to hear top Canadian media executives…
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OTTAWA – Shaw Communications has received CRTC approval to buy out the half of specialty channels Mystery and The Cave that it doesn't already own.
Both English-language category A channels are…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC on Thursday renewed the licences of the French-language television services operated by TVA Group, Astral Media, and Canal Évasion, plus maintained the existing conditions of…
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TORONTO – The shift by the music and advertising industries towards digital media distribution had a positive impact on Yangaroo’s fourth quarter and 2011 financial results.
The Toronto-based digital media…
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TORONTO – Just in time for the NBA playoffs, Rogers Digital Media has finalized a two-year deal extension with NBA.com as the exclusive Canadian representative for its online advertising.
Rogers…
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TORONTO – Wind Mobile’s legal woes appear to be over after the Supreme Court said Thursday that it would not grant Public Mobile’s leave to appeal an earlier court…
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TELEVISION STILL TRUMPS social media, with most respondents saying that they would forego social networks if staying online meant they could no longer watch television, according to a new international…
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TORONTO – Primus Canada is expanding the availability of BEX – Business Ethernet Xtended to Vancouver, Edmonton, Brampton and London in response to customer demand for the service.
Since launching…
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TORONTO – Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has launched an online voting system to help choose the next chair of the CBC.
The independent watchdog called the practice of appointing the CBC…
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OTTAWA – If you ask anyone on the regulatory side of this industry, they’ll tell you that Bob Buchan and Peter Grant are two of the most admired legal…
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