TORONTO – The Prairie region of the Association of Electronic Journalists selected Hal Gardiner and Carl Worth as their 2009 RTNDA Canada Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.
The Lifetime Achievement…
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TORONTO – Corus Radio is launching public service announcements and on-air content to encourage listeners to “shop local” and support local businesses in their communities.
The campaign, designed to…
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There’s only one week left to take advantage of the ‘early bird’ pricing for the Canadian CommTech Show and Seminars held May 13 – 14 in Kelowna, BC.
The…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is asking for comments as it considers revising the current exemption order regarding terrestrial relay distribution network undertakings (TRDUs).
In the hopes of encouraging greater…
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TORONTO – Access Communications and SaskTel are adding Family Channel’s on demand platform to their digital lineups.
Astral’s Family OnDemand offers programming from both Family Channel and Playhouse Disney,…
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OTTAWA – Before the “economic downturn,” before the impressive decline in advertising revenues and even before the 2008 upfront ad sales began in earnest, the volume of Canadian television…
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TORONTO – Tony Burman, managing director of Al-Jazeera’s English language channel – and former head of CBC News – was in Toronto this week to say that Canadians should…
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TORONTO – With several reporters pursuing tips and rumours asking if and when Canwest Global will seek bankruptcy protection (this reporter, too), company CEO Leonard Asper sent a memo…
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TORONTO – CanWest Global Communications CEO Leonard Asper is desperately trying to secure hundreds of millions in new credit in an attempt to shore up the ailing newspaper and…
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Exton, PA – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) will develop standards for the carriage of next generation 3D content on cable networks.
The SCTE engineering committee, which oversees the…
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