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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TORONTO – A scrimmage between Team Canada’s red and white teams saw 40,000 unique visitors to “digital hubs” CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca to follow the single-camera, natural-sound live stream last Thursday.
In…
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WINNIPEG – Craig Wireless’ Greek operating subsidiary, CWS Hellas, has filed a formal response to refute allegations made against it by Lannet Communications.
CWS Hellas received a notice of arbitration proceedings at the…
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PRINCE RUPERT, BC – CityWest will build a 65 km fibre-optic link between Kitimat and Terrace, the final phase of its ‘Kitimat upgrade project’ announced in January.
Local cable…
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OTTAWA – Avalite Inc., the former Ramtelecom, reported a net loss of $1.81 million for its second quarter ended June 30, 2009.
Cash flow for the period was $698,202 with…
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TORONTO – The Toronto Sun is reporting that a dozen employees have been cut from Toronto-based talk radio station CFRB.
The cuts were made to producers, news-staffers and on-air personalities at the…
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