TORONTO – Ron Laidlaw, who helped create Canada’s first hour-long evening newscast has died.
Laidlaw passed away last night in London. Ron Laidlaw was 88 years old. Ron served…
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WASHINGTON – Nearly 6.4 million “over-the-air” U.S.TV households, those that rely on an antenna for broadcast TV, have requested about 12 million coupons from the TV converter box coupon…
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OTTAWA – French language viewers will soon be able to combine the thrills of wakeboarding with learning how to make the perfect omelette. The CRTC today approved two national…
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TORONTO, – The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), has announced a number of internal staff promotions.
Phillip Notley has been named vice-president, strategic marketing and communications; Chris…
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HAMILTON – The Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) Canada’s annual board elections are approaching and the marketing organization is reaching out to its members to find individuals…
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DALLAS – Huawei Technologies Co Ltd., has announced the appointment of Christopher Skarica as chief technology officer, North American Cable MSO (Multi Service Operators) team, effective immediately.
“Christopher’s deep knowledge of…
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TORONTO – ACTRA and the Directors Guild have both added their voices to the chorus condemning the federal government’s cuts to arts funding programs.
“These cuts are shocking and short-sighted,…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA), Wild TV and The Cult Movie Network have announced the completion of a master affiliate agreement for the distribution of Wild…
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OTTAWA – This week the CAB filed its objections to SOCAN’s proposed tariffs for 2009 for commercial television (SOCAN Tariff 2.A), specialty and pay (SOCAN Tariff 17), radio (SOCAN…
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TORONTO – Can there be a thing as too many major league sports? Well, definitely if you can’t broadcast them all. TSN had that problem. The solution, launch a…
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