OTTAWA – Channel Zero has received CRTC approval to assume ownership of former Canwest E! stations CHCH TV Hamilton and CJNT TV Montreal.
The independent specialty service operator, which owns…
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VICTORIA – It could be a very long weekend for the employees of CHEK-TV, as they wait to hear whether current owner Canwest Global will accept their offer…
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OAKVILLE, ON – The Weather Network is making its WeatherEye Mobile application available for Windows Mobile and Google Android.
The free app, which provides weather information for over 10,000 cities…
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MONTREAL – Astral’s French-language music channel MusiquePlus will now allocate its annual contributions in support of music video development and production to MaxFACT.
MusiquePlus’ annual contributions match 3.4% of the…
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OTTAWA – Comments made by the hosts of Quebec City radio station CHOI-FM about homosexuality were neither abusive, unduly discriminatory, or unduly sexually explicit, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central is offering Bell TV subscribers a dedicated interactive scheduling channel called Movie Central Interactive (MCi).
The service features in-depth and long lead scheduling information…
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TORONTO – Mobile communications provider TerreStar Networks has completed its in-orbit testing for TerreStar-1, the world’s largest commercial communications satellite.
The satellite “met or exceeded all of its performance metrics”, the…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – The popular Apple iPhone has some official competition in Canada.
The new Palm Pre smart phone is now available exclusively at Bell stores and its retail partners…
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CALGARY – Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct have become the first BDUs in Canada to launch AMC in high definition.
The US-based movie network, which will air the third season…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s private radio broadcasters saw operating revenues of $1.6 billion (current dollars) for 2008, a 5.6% increase from 2007 totals, according to Statistics Canada.
Profits before interest and…
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