Entertainment One enlarges significantly

TORONTO – Content owner and distributor Entertainment One said today the company will acquire three leading television content suppliers: Blueprint, Barna-Alper and Oasis International. Concurrently, an agreement has been… Continue Reading

BCE deal done, Sabia departs

MONTREAL – So much for all the speculation that the world’s largest leveraged buyout was going to fall apart. BCE today announced the company has entered into a final agreement… Continue Reading

The Score launches txtTV

TORONTO – Too lazy to get off the couch and type full words when you’ve got a sports opinion you just have to get off your chest? The Score… Continue Reading

E&Y to award Ted Rogers

TORONTO – Accounting firm Ernst & Young will present its Ontario lifetime achievement award to Rogers Communications founder Ted Rogers this October. "Ted Rogers drives those around him to… Continue Reading

SCTE president departs

EXTON, Pa. – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers said this week that its long-time president and CEO, John Clark, is leaving his position effective on Friday “to pursue… Continue Reading

MTV hires CTV’s Brent Haynes as SVP

NEW YORK and  TORONTO – The man responsible for a lot of the successful programming on The Comedy Network is leaving Toronto for New York. MTV’s Liz Gateley, senior vice-president, series… Continue Reading