THE ONTARIO chapter of the SCTE is calling for papers to be presented at its upcoming seminar and vendor show.
Scheduled for April 22 at the Ambassador Conference Resort in Kingston, ON,…
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TORONTO – Ontario’s film and television industry contributed over $946 million to the provincial economy last year, a 41% jump over 2008 totals.
Production increases were seen in all genres, both…
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OTTAWA – CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein said Friday the regulator had “made a mistake” in eliminating Canadian content spending requirements for over-the-air broadcasters back in 1999.
Speaking in conversation…
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TORONTO – Goldman Sachs has thrown its support behind a new proposal to restructuring Canwest Global Communications and bring it out of bankruptcy protection.
A group led by Toronto-based investment…
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STOCKHOLM and BARCELONA – Ericsson showed off a new IPTV remote at the Mobile World Congress earlier this week which it claims will re-define the TV viewing experience.
Available to…
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BALTIMORE – Homes receiving addressable advertising tuned away 32% less of the time than homes that receiving non-addressable advertising, according to a report in Broadcasting and Cable.
The story examines…
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VANCOUVER – Ratings for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games continue to skyrocket.
According to data from Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium, 6.2 million watched Team Canada defeat Norway on day…
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TORONTO – Rogers’ OMNI Television has funded three public service announcements designed to combat racism.
Commissioned by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, the spots will be versioned into Cantonese, Italian,…
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TORONTO – More and more Canadians can’t imagine life without their personal video recorders (PVRs), according to research from the Cable Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM).
The results from an…
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REGINA – Access Communications has begun a major upgrade of their service offerings in Balgonie and Pilot Butte, SK.
This investment will bring new digital and HD TV channels, high…
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