TORONTO – Rogers has finalized an agreement with TVA Group for TVA Network, TVA Sports, Sun News and related content.
The multiplatform agreement also allows TVA Network's French-language programming to be made…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance has confirmed that its yearly conference and annual general meeting will take place Sunday, September 23 through Tuesday, September 25, 2012.
The…
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OTTAWA – A viewer advisory that aired during an animated sitcom should have warned viewers about a violent scene, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled.
The CBSC reviewed…
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TORONTO – The pitch Rogers Digital Media is making to advertisers, agencies and other marketers is audience intelligence, says Rogers Media’s chief digital officer Jason Tafler.
With over 1,000 digital media assets…
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TORONTO – John Maduri finds the claims being made by Canada’s wireless companies that they need access to 700 MHz wireless spectrum in order to deliver wireless broadband to…
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TORONTO – A new Canadian company called TapCast.TV wants to make that television show more social, interactive, personalized, and connected – all with just one tap.
The company is behind…
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OTTAWA – The success of independent producers under the CRTC’s group licensing regime (GLR) will be tied to that of the broadcasters, the Canadian Media Production Association’s Prime Time…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has green-lit two new radio stations to serve the communities of Shelburne and Collingwood, ON.
After a public hearing last Fall, the Commission approved an…
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OTTAWA – There are positives to take away from illegal downloading, argued two members of a panel at the Canadian Media Production Association’s annual conference in Ottawa. They said…
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MONTREAL – The costs of launching of three new specialty channels pulled down 2011 profits at Quebecor’s TVA Group.
The Montreal-based television and magazine company reported net income for the…
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