TORONTO – Quebecor will transform Sun TV into a new “hard news/straight talk” English specialty channel called Sun TV News for television audiences tired of “being exposed to dry…
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TORONTO – The games may still be two years away, but Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium has already started to plan for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The group…
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WINNIPEG – Craig Wireless has finalized the sale of its multipoint communications system licenses for the Manitoba region and its associated business to Inukshuk Wireless Partnership for $4.8 million.
The…
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BANFF – The Canadian Film and Television Production Association announced today it is now the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA).
The change was made “to better reflect the multi-screen world…
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BANFF – CBC TV has greenlit a $9 million movie of the week about cowboy Sam Steele that is currently at the script stage.
Tentatively called The Life of Sam…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Media Fund has published audience reports for the individual programs funded by its predecessor the Canadian Television Fund during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 broadcast years.
Average…
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TORONTO – Canada’s entertainment and media market will see a 5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next four years, compared with a 3.8% CAGR in the U.S., says a…
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FREDERICTON – Rogers has lost its appeal against an injunction that prevented it from making claims about the speed and reliability of its high speed Internet product in its advertising.
Tuesday’s…
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BANFF – Smart social media strategies will drive people to your TV channel or show, noted ComScore VP Bryan Segal Tuesday morning.
His Banff World Television Festival presentation – part…
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MONTREAL – David Akin has been named as Sun Media’s national bureau chief in Ottawa, while Brian Lilley is its new senior correspondent.
Akin, most recently the national affairs correspondent…
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