OTTAWA – With the federal election just around the corner, the Canadian Conference of the Arts convinced the major federal parties (except for the ruling Conservatives) to offer up…
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CALGARY- Shaw Communications announced Wednesday the Shaw Family, and entities owned or controlled by them, completed the purchase of an additional 1,000,325 class B non-voting shares of the company.
According…
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TORONTO – RTNDA Canada, The Association of Electronic Journalists, has named its British Columbia region award winners honouring the best programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in both radio and…
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ST CATHARINES – After less than three months, regional digital specialty channel Niagara News is no more.
The channel laid off its 17 staffers Monday, reports the St Catharines Standard…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has given its thumbs up to a new TV service provider that wants to serve the greater Toronto area plus Kitchener-Waterloo.
The Commission announced Tuesday that…
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VICTORIA – Vecima Networks said Tuesday that it is cutting staff by 18% as part of cost-saving initiative designed to return the company to “operational profitability”.
The manufacturer and cable operator blamed…
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GATINEAU – There were some pretty big surprises as Canada’s large broadcast groups took the stand one last time during the CRTC’s group licensing proceeding in Gatineau last week….
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REGINA – SaskTel’s 2010 financial results released Tuesday were highlighted by a net income of $155.2 million and operating revenues of $1.11 billion.
The performance was driven primarily by continued…
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TORONTO and REGINA – Count SaskTel and Mobilicity among the country’s distributors of RIM’s new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet which hit shelves Tuesday.
SaskTel is selling three models of the PlayBook…
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TORONTO – Ryerson University’s School of Radio and Television Arts won the ‘Learning Award’ Monday from the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) as it recognized Ontario researchers…
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