OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Broadcasters and television service providers will have to turn down the volume on loud television commercials starting this September.
The Commission published its final regulations on Tuesday after…
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TORONTO – SCN was a publicly-owned educational broadcaster which the Saskatchewan provincial government decided to shutter in 2010. After some local complaints, the politicians instead made the decision to…
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WATERLOO – Wireless industry veterans Kristian Tear and Frank Boulben are joining Research In Motion as its new chief operating officer and chief marketing officer, respectively.
Tear joins RIM from…
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EDMONTON – Telus has announced plans to spend $2 billion in Alberta over the next three years to further expand its wireless and wireline broadband networks.
In addition to hiring 750…
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BANFF – With just over a month until this year’s Banff World Media Festival, another prominent executive from ABC has agreed to talk social TV in a keynote…
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TORONTO – CTAM Canada has added extra spots to next month’s two-day marketing course modelled on the intensive CTAM U experience.
Available to 50 CTAM Canada members, CTAM Canada U…
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MONTREAL – Stingray Digital has finalized a new programming agreement for more than 100 world-class ballet and opera titles from the Opus Arte catalogue.
The deal, which includes worldwide, multi-platform distribution…
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STOP US IF you’ve heard this before: “Psst, I hear (insert name here) is going to be the next CRTC chair.”
Today it’s Jean-Pierre Blais, a former executive director, broadcasting…
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HAMILTON – It spent good money securing the Canadian conventional TV broadcast rights for James Cameron’s blockbuster movie Avatar, so it made sense for independent Hamilton broadcaster CHCH to…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment is kicking off a new charitable initiative that focuses on nourishing children's bodies and minds.
‘Corus Feeds Kids’ has launched a two-week awareness campaign that culminates…
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