TORONTO – While regular TV is still the video king in the homes of most Canadians, the number reporting they use the web for their video entertainment has grown…
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WASHINGTON – The Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. (ATSC) has formed a new technology group to develop ATSC 3.0, a series of voluntary technical standards and recommended practices for…
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VICTORIA – Sales plunged 25% and net income was flat for fiscal 2011 in what Vecima Networks chairman and CEO Dr. Surinder Kumar described as a “challenging year”.
Revenue for…
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TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet will roll out a new look on Monday that includes an overhauled logo, tagline, broadcast package and theme music for its flagship show Sportsnet Connected.
The…
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TORONTO – Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund is backing the Canadian Red Carpet Promotion, which will give Virgin Radio 95.3 listeners in Vancouver a chance to win a trip to…
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OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada said today it will decide whether or not the CRTC has the jurisdiction to institute the fee-for-carriage (or value for signal) regime…
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CTAM CANADA HAS cancelled its dinner annually hosted at the CTAM Summit, this year in New York, scheduled for October 5, 2011.
A note to members said that the event was cancelled…
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LOS ANGELES – Netflix has signed a multi-year deal with DreamWorks Animation making it the exclusive subscription television service for first-run feature films and select television specials from the…
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OTTAWA – Toronto’s crowded FM dial may be the home to another new station after the CRTC issued a call for new applications to serve the Toronto market.
The Commission…
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OTTAWA – Repeated episodes of radio call-in programs must be identified per se, says a decision released Wednesday by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC).
The CBSC examined a complaint…
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