WINNIPEG – First quarter profits are up at debt-laden Canwest Global.
For the three months ended November 30, 2009, Canwest reported operating profits increased 29% from $137 million last year…
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TORONTO – At least one Canadian broadcaster is opposing Rogers’ request to carry the digital multicast signals of a U.S. broadcaster.
In a letter to the CRTC, the S-VOX Group…
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MONTREAL – Videotron has added two more channels to its lineup.
The Quebec cable giant added APTN HD this week, and will add Astral’s Playhouse Disney multiplex channel beginning January…
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A MILLION FEET of broadcast cable. 100 or so cameras. 1,350 people. No tape. All for 17 days of sliding, gliding, jumping and skating.
The broadcast (or, more accurately, broadcasts)…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications and the Rogers family today announced they will donate $250,000 to relief efforts in Haiti and enable customers to support relief efforts through a text-to-donate…
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TORONTO – While the company’s television assets are what buoys Corus Entertainment’s fiscal 2010 first quarter results, chief executive officer John Cassaday said the company is seeing signs…
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OTTAWA – CACTUS has some prickly words for the CRTC.
As the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) prepares for the Regulator’s review of community…
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MONTREAL – Canada’s biggest cable companies continue to step up to support Haiti following Tuesday’s earthquake.
Cogeco Cable pledged to donate $50,000 to the Red Cross to support the organization’s efforts, while…
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TORONTO – Astral Media Radio Sales has added six more Haliburton Broadcasting Group radio stations in Central Ontario to its portfolio.
The agreement includes Moose FM stations, CHMT-FM in Timmins,…
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TORONTO – Score Media has reported its highest quarterly revenue and EBITDA in its history.
For its first quarter ended November 30, 2009, revenue grew 8% ($0.9 million) to $11.4 million,…
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