TORONTO – ACTRA’s bargaining team has decided that after 17 slow months of negotiations with Canada’s ad agencies and advertisers, it will seek a strike mandate from its membership….
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Cable Television Association has set the dates for the first-ever Cable Connection weeks, scheduled for April 1-7, 2009 in Washington, D.C. and October 25-30,…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will use another Canadian company to make sure the materials distributed for Juno Award consideration are secure, cheaper, and…
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TORONTO – "The CBC costs taxpayers over $1.1 billion per year. Do you think this is a good use of taxpayers dollars or a bad use of taxpayers dollars?"…
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MONTREAL – Former TQS head Rene Guimond has been appointed vice-president, development, new media for Cogeco Cable.
The cable company’s parent, Cogeco Inc., was the fomer controlling shareholder of…
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TORONTO – While Bell TV announced on the weekend it has added TSN2 to its channel roster, watch for more pressure to come on a couple of other Canadian…
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OTTAWA – Satellite operator Telesat has hired Michel Cayouette as the company’s new chief financial officer.
The Montreal native brings to Telesat more than 15 years of experience in…
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WATERLOO, Ont. – When your wares are "up for bid" on the Price is Right, as BlackBerrys have been, you know their maker, Research In Motion, is very committed…
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TORONTO – Dave Caporicci has been appointed director of program marketing and brand partnerships for Much MTV Group.
Caporicci joined MuchMusic in October 1996 and helped drive the Much…
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OTTAWA – Yesterday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper indicated that his government is willing to explore allowing more foreign investment/ownership in Canada.
Today, actors union ACTRA called the “plans to…
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