TORONTO – Canadian specialty service Movieola announced this morning it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire controlling interest in propellerTV, a U.K./European-wide satellite channel currently available to more…
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TORONTO – The Movie Network and Movie Central are finally bringing to Canada what many TV viewers here have said they wanted: HBO.
The Astral-owned TMN and Corus-owned Movie…
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NEW YORK – American wireless carrier T-Mobile USA will launch a brand new touch screen phone this week which is bound to get a lot of notice.
As reported…
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OTTAWA – Political parties should be sharing their plans for the future of Canada’s TV and film production sector, the CFTPA said today.
When a film or television production…
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MONT TREMBLANT – At tonight’s opening gathering, the president’s reception dubbed “The Event in a Tent”, at Connect 2008, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance gave out a couple of…
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BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan – Telesat said today it has successfully launched its new Nimiq 4 satellite.
Fully leased to Bell TV, it will let the company expand its satellite…
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OTTAWA – CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein will deliver the keynote address of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual convention on Tuesday, November 4 at the Westin Hotel.
The…
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KELOWNA – The CommTech Trade Show and Seminars has today launched its call for technical papers.
The deadline for entries is December 1st. Show organizers are looking for speaker…
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OTTAWA – Statistics Canada’s release yesterday of radio listenership data that’s a year old is the final one it will compile, the government’s numbers arm said.
This release (some…
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OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the CRTC on Wednesday during an election stop with a message aimed squarely at Quebecers who haven’t had a look at the…
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