TORONTO – On Monday afternoon, CTV received a letter from Shaw Communications asking to see the package of due diligence information it has prepared on CHWI-TV Windsor, CKNX-TV Wingham…
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TORONTO – Rogers Broadcasting has received CRTC approval to buy radio stations K-Rock and KIX Country in Kingston, Ontario.
Rogers purchased a minority interest in these stations in 2000,…
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ST CATHARINES, ON – World Impact Ministries (WIM), a Canadian based religious charity known for media and international work, has received the go ahead from the CRTC to buy The…
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GATINEAU – James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, talked up the pending arrival of the new Canada Media Fund at the annual convention of the…
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TORONTO – Rogers Wireless and Fido customers can now send and receive updates from the popular messaging service Twitter via SMS text message over their mobile phones.
The feature, which…
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WINNIPEG – One of these deadlines has got to be the real one. It’s May 5th and CanWest Global Communications faces yet another deadline with its lenders and bondholders….
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OTTAWA – After similar announcements made in B.C. and Alberta, Telus has announced plans to invest more than $300 million on its advanced wireless and wireline broadband…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – Look Communications is selling its spectrum and broadcast license for $80 million in cash to Bell Canada and Rogers Communications, through their joint venture Inukshuk Wireless…
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OTTAWA – MTS Allstream is asking the federal government to reject proposals from Bell Canada and Telus that it says would “stifle broadband internet competition”.
The company issued…
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TORONTO – The new agreement between ACTRA, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) and l’Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ) was brokered…
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