OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) said it "welcomed" the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision on Thursday to hear its appeal regarding the Part II licence fee issue.
As…
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TORONTO – The late Ted Rogers has left voting control of Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) to a private trust called the Rogers Control Trust, and members of the Rogers…
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HALIFAX – EastLink has added the World Fishing Network to their on demand platform for digital cable customers.
The network is dedicated to angling and sport fishing industry with…
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PARIS – The global economic downturn will hit the Internet economy hard in 2009, resulting in flat or even declining growth, according to a report by the Organization for…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) has released its 2009-2010 funding guidelines, which outline the application process, criteria, and deadlines for all CTF-supported programs.
Some of the revisions…
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CALGARY – Shaw has launched The Big Ten Network in HD and SD, and the Golf Channel in HD, and both sports networks will be available in free preview…
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WASHINGTON – Registration for The Cable Show ’09, the 58th annual convention and international exposition of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), is now open.
The event is scheduled…
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TORONTO – National radio sales fell 1.2% in Q1, according to information supplied by Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS).
“September, October and November were difficult months in the world economy and…
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WINNIPEG – Canwest Global Communications, which owns approximately 57% of Ten Network Holdings, announced that the Australian company saw decreases in revenue and EBITDA in their first quarter of…
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NEW YORK – Streaming of longer form content such as movies or TV shows has overtaken video downloading in popularity in the US, according to a new survey conducted…
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