ALEXANDRIA, VA – In an “unprecedented” move, CTAM Chairman Joe Rooney has selected all CTAM Chapters as the joint 2008 recipients of the Chairman’s Award to be awarded at…
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HAMILTON – Mountain Cablevision has won the phone business of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, providing the schools in the area and the board’s main offices with their cable…
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ON THE SURFACE, the 2008 Canadian Association of Broadcasters convention went off with nary a hitch.
Speeches and panels were mostly interesting, attendance was stable compared to last year…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications founder Ted Rogers is now being treated at the Toronto General Hospital and his condition has been stabilized, the company announced in a statement this…
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TORONTO – Family Channel has launched an on-line portal for kids called Famclub, the company announced this week.
Available at www.family.ca, the online destination allows members to create and…
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TORONTO – Canwest this week confirmed its line up of creative and on-screen talent for its recently announced slate of drama pilots.
They include: * The drama Shattered which…
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LONDON – Cable will overtake DTH as the top global DVR provider by the end of this year – recording 26.3 million homes against DTH’s 24.9 million – as…
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OTTAWA – News reports and teasers about Vancouver’s SkyTrain public transportation system on Rogers Broadcasting-owned CKWX-AM (News 1130) “misrepresented comments “ made by the organization’s CEO, the Canadian Broadcast…
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TORONTO – XM Canada executives said that they are “evaluating the benefits of a Canadian merger” with competitor Sirius satellite radio, but offered no further details during a conference…
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TORONTO – The hit shows Canwest has purchased from U.S. broadcaster Fox, like Prison Break, Bones, Family Guy and 24, in addition to exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and video extras…
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