WITH THE ENTIRE TV industry in turmoil, all of us supposedly pondering structural reform while audience fragmentation proliferates as the economy sputters and advertising budgets shrivel, everyone is wondering what…
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GATINEAU – Canadian convention broadcasters have had their licenses renewed for a year, won’t face a one-to-one foreign-Canadian programming spend requirement – and will have a LOT of regulatory…
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TORONTO – ACTRA said that its “pleased” and “optimistic” by the CRTC’s announcement that it will consider reinstating programming expenditures for Canadian programming this Fall.
But the actors…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved the sale of Look Communications’ spectrum and broadcast licence to Bell Canada and Rogers Communications, through…
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TORONTO – In what could be its last actions, the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) has announced the renewal of its digital media program and production incentive program for the…
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NEW YORK – Verizon Communications is selling its local wireline operations in predominantly rural areas in 14 US states to Frontier Communications.
The deal, paid for with US$5.3 billion worth…
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TORONTO – Rogers has launched the first Canadian all news radio Blackberry application offering headline news, weather, and live traffic updates for the Greater Toronto Area provided by its…
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TORONTO – Corus Québec has joined the Olympic broadcast media consortium as its French-language radio partner for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Corus will deliver exclusive French radio coverage of…
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OTTAWA – CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein is pushing CTVglobemedia and the CBC to reach an agreement allowing the CBC to broadcast the 2010 Olympics on its French-language television…
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KELOWNA – “We broke all our records,” says Canadian CommTech Show and Seminars organizer Jan Lee in describing the number of attendees at this year’s gathering.
She told Cartt.ca,…
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