EXTON, PA – Three industry veterans have been named to the electoral slate to represent Canada on the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) board of directors for 2010.
The…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has bought Canwest Global Communications Corp. for $2 billion, the companies announced early Monday morning.
The deal includes 100% of CanWest’s over-the-air and specialty television businesses,…
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TORONTO – After losing Paul Roberston to Shaw earlier in the day, Corus Entertainment named Doug Murphy to the role of president of Corus Television.
Murphy joined Corus in…
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TORONTO – Rogers says that small business is big business.
With its small business customers squarely in mind, the company launched an initiative called Rogers Live Agent to provide immediate, direct…
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WINNIPEG – Global TV anchor Kevin Newman will be leaving the network in August after 10 years as the face of the company’s national newscast.
Citing the need for “for…
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TORONTO – Fairchild TV and Talentvision raised over $179,000 in support of World Vision Canada and the Canadian Red Cross’ earthquake relief efforts in Yushu in Qinghai, a remote…
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TORONTO – Astral’s Mary-Anne Taylor will be off to Harvard in June as this year’s recipient of the CTAM Canada Fellowship Award, also know as CTAM U.
Now in its…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – Corus Radio is officially exiting the Quebec radio market.
The company said this morning it has reached an agreement with Cogeco Inc. for Cogeco to purchase…
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OTTAWA – A phone-in contest that aired on Global Ontario lacked transparency, violating codes around contests, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has determined.
Play TV, which aired on Global…
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TORONTO – CanWest has cranked up the promotional machine in support of two new series on specialty channels Showcase and History Television, and a new mobile recipe app for Food…
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