MONTREAL – BWA/WiMAX subscribers worldwide reached 2.3 million in the second quarter of 2008 for a 19% increase from the first quarter and a 70% increase from the same…
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TORONTO – Former Hockey Night in Canada and Leafs TV executive John Shannon has been named as executive in charge of programming and production for the NHL Network.
Shannon…
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TORONTO – Toronto-based Insight Productions Company this week expanded its 2006 development deal with FremantleMedia (FME) to encompass more co-funding of new projects.
The companies will pool their development…
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TORONTO – SuicideGirls – the brand that began in a loft in Portland and has grown to encompass a TV show, movies, magazine, books, a clothing line and even…
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TORONTO – The digital and mobile segments stand to make the most revenue in the next five years for Canadian media and entertainment companies savvy enough to capitalize on…
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TORONTO – Comedian Brent Butt will be helming a new half-hour comedy pilot, called Hiccups, for CTV that will feature his Corner Gas co-star Nancy Robertson.
He moves behind…
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QUEBEC CITY – The CRTC has issued a call for commercial radio applications for Quebec City. The call was issued after the commission received one such application.
The deadline…
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MORE THAN 294 MILLION consumer electronic (CE) devices with Wi-Fi were shipped in 2007, according to research firm In-Stat.
In-Stat also noted that the annual growth rate for CE Wi-Fi devices…
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TORONTO – Georges Leclere has been appointed as director of the Banff World Television Awards (“The Rockies”).
Leclere is the founder and president of global television producer LGMA Inc….
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VICTORIA – Portable equipment supplier Vecima Networks has signed a multi-year engineering, supply and maintenance deal with an unnamed U.S. wireless cableco.
The deal includes Vecima supplying a product…
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