TORONTO – Canadian corporate icon Nortel Networks has announced that it is seeking bankruptcy protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") in Canada and under the Chapter 11…
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TORONTO – Family Channel is launching a contest called “Phineas and Ferb Spot the Diff ” where viewers are encouraged to track the differences between original and modified segments…
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OTTAWA – The financial losses reported by Canwest Global Communications Wednesday should “provoke real concern about the overall crisis in Canada’s media companies” says the Canadian arm of…
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GATINEAU – Pay television network Super Channel appeared before the CRTC Wednesday to share their example of “inequity in minority language rights regulations”.
Citing his frustration that Super Channel…
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OTTAWA – Industry Canada has posted some of the information that broadcasters will require in order to make applications for permanent over-the-air digital television (DTV) services.
The information includes…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has agreed to delay proceedings on a proposed regulatory framework for video-on-demand (VOD) undertakings and advertising in local availabilities, but only by a month.
As reported…
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MONTREAL – Inukshuk Wireless has issued a call for proposals that help to promote on-line learning in its ten licensed areas.
Approximately $2.4 million is available to be awarded…
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TORONTO – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is urging the government to give Canada’s cultural industries a leading role in stimulating the economy when…
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TORONTO – The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)’s coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games will make it the first Aboriginal network in the world to air a live Olympic broadcast.
The…
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HALIFAX – Bell Aliant will cut 500 management positions, or 5% of its overall workforce, this year in an effort to “increase competitiveness,” the company announced today.
In announcing…
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