GATINEAU – Cable and satellite distributors took it on the chin again Friday at the CRTC’s hearings on broadcasting, this time from Astral Media, the country’s biggest French and…
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GATINEAU – They compete aggressively for U.S. programs, audience share, and advertisers, but in an exceptional show of unity, executives from CTVglobemedia Inc and CanWest Global Communications sat shoulder-to-shoulder…
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TORONTO – BMO Financial Group has acquired the title sponsor rights to all 30 Toronto FC Major League Soccer TV broadcasts during the 2008 season, on CBC, Rogers Sportsnet…
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By Glenn Wanamaker GATINEAU – After two weeks of hearing about the structural intricacies of the Canadian television system, about fees for carriage, preponderance, genre protection, VOD, NPVR, and…
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CALGARY and OTTAWA – Shaw Communications CEO Jim Shaw told Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a letter yesterday that the CRTC is bent on derailing the conservative government’s goals….
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TORONTO – The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) appeared today at the Canadian CRTC hearing to review the regulatory frameworks for BDU’s and the specialty and pay TV services…
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LONDON – The Banff World Television Festival has announced the nominees for the 29th annual Banff World Television Awards from the High Commission of Canada in London, England. The…
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DISH NETWORK CORPORATION and EchoStar Corporation along with security partner NagraStar and Bell ExpressVu today announced another victory in the Canadian Courts.
Jeremy Corkery, “NagraGuy,” was found to be…
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New exhibit showcases MTS Allstream’s first 100 years
WINNIPEG – MTS Allstream has announced a free new public exhibit that chronicles the important role it played in the advancement…
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OTTAWA – It sure would have been weird last Friday to have seen an empty seat among the cast of five commissioners fronting the hearing into BDU and specialty…
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