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…
Continue Reading
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…
Continue Reading
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…
Continue Reading
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…
Continue Reading
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…
Continue Reading
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…
Continue Reading
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…
Continue Reading
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…
Continue Reading
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…
Continue Reading
AS SUMMER draws to a close, the conventional TV networks are cranking up their PR machines in support of their new and returning shows.
Global is premiering the musical comedy Glee…
Continue Reading
