MONTREAL – BCE reported a 41% increase in profits for its third quarter, which it attributed to its recent purchase of CTV and improved performance at Bell.
Earnings for the…
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TORONTO – The distribution of Canadian documentaries on broadcaster portals is only slightly disrupting traditional audience consumption patterns, according to new research conducted by the Documentary Organization of Canada…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s television broadcasting sector saw 2010 operating revenues top $7.1 billion, up 8% from 2009, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
The figures show that 2010…
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TORONTO – Global News will launch its new national current affairs program The West Block with Tom Clark this Sunday at 11am ET/10am PT/12pm AT, three weeks after it…
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TORONTO – Bell Media has re-aligned its independent production unit to reflect content development and production by genre across its properties instead of its previous channel-specific model.
Headed by SVP…
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TORONTO and PALO ALTO, CA – U.S. VoIP provider Ooma is expanding its home phone service into Canada promising free calls with no monthly service fees.
Beginning Wednesday, users can make free…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix used the public broadcaster’s third annual public meeting and 75th anniversary to hammer home its commitment to accountability and transparency.
Speaking…
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MONTREAL – Videotron has added three new Spanish-language channels to its roster in order to boost its appeal to the Hispanic demographic in Quebec.
TLN en Español, TeleNiños and Caracol…
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HALIFAX – Bell Aliant recorded net earnings of $75.8 million in its third quarter due in large part to growth in its Internet and TV revenues.
The company noted Tuesday…
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TORONTO – ACTRA and the American Federation of Musicians-Canadian Federation of Musicians (AFM-CFM) have signed a formal strategic and friendship alliance in order to "promote solidarity and greater unity…
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