TORONTO – Astral Media has re-designed The Movie Network’s website to include “engaging subscriber acquisition and retention features.”
Mirroring the network’s cinematic on-air look, the new site allows both subscribers…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications Inc. has agreed to purchase for cancellation 1.8 million its outstanding Class B non-voting shares for $49,381,920 pursuant to a private agreement between it and an…
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OTTAWA – Over-the-air broadcasters serving markets of less than 1 million people can now apply for a share of approximately $100 million from the new Local Programming Improvement Fund…
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TORONTO – Happy 25th Birthday TSN.
The self proclaimed “Canada’s Sports Leader” is marking the event with a cross-country promotional tour, the launch of e-store TSNShop.ca, the release of a…
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TORONTO – Alliance Films kicked off the marketing campaign for a new film in an interesting new way on Monday: it purchased a “roadblock” across a suite of CTV…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC says that the CBC breached provisions of the TV regulations and a condition of licence when it broadcast controversial New Year’s Eve special Bye Bye…
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HAMILTON and MONTREAL – Monday marked the start of a new era at the five former E!-branded television stations across the country.
Gone are the remnants of the ill-fated ‘E!’…
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TORONTO – While the 2010 Winter Games are still months away, pre-Olympic programming started Monday night on Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium’s array of television networks and promotional partners.
From…
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TORONTO – BBM Canada is offering national and regional electronic audience measurement service using portable people meter (PPM) technology in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.
PPM follows television viewers no matter where…
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WINNIPEG – Canwest Global Communications’ subsidiary Canwest Media Inc. (CMI) has been granted another extension by its lenders on a recapitalization transaction.
CMI now has until September 11 to meet…
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