OTTAWA – The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) has asked the government to cut the fees that it pays for cellular and personal communications service licences.
In response to…
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OTTAWA and GATINEAU – Canada’s AM and FM radio stations generated $1.58 billion in revenues for the broadcast year ending August 31, 2008, an increase of just over 5%…
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MILVERTON, Ont. – When we writers offer up a dateline, or placeline to begin a story, like the one here that denotes the little town west of Kitchener I…
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GATINEAU – Scolding the broadcast industry for not heeding its warnings two years ago, the CRTC approved Pelmorex Communications’ plan to make emergency alerts available to all broadcasters across…
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BANFF – Canwest Global will be shutting down its Fine Living Canada specialty TV channel and replacing it on the dial with a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) TV service.
“We have…
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GATINEAU – With no emergency broadcast system in place in Canada (and none on the horizon yet), Pelmorex Media (owners of the Weather Network and MétéoMédia) asked the CRTC…
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STRATFORD, Ont. – Um, in case anyone out there thought working in media was going to get less bewildering, to paraphrase Dr. David Jacobson: “You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.”…
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CASEY’S RESTAURANT has been a popular watering hole in Timmins for years. Right on Highway 101, which bisects the Northern Ontario town, everyone knows where it is and being…
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BANFF – With Flashpoint, The Listener, The Bridge and Copper, all Canadian shows airing or about to broadcast on a U.S. conventional network, Canada’s creative community was given the…
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STRATFORD, Ont. – "We have the opportunity to lead the world in digital media and create a national advantage by investing in innovation and turning that into commercially viable…
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