PARIS – The number of broadcast subscribers in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reached 235 million at December 2007, an increase of 18% from 200 million…
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NEW ORLEANS – Using a variety of techniques, but primarily switching a whole lot of analog channels over to digital, Comcast, the largest cable company in North America, says…
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OTTAWA – Timothy Denton, a specialist in legal and policy issues related to the Internet and communications, has been appointed as CRTC commissioner, Canadian Heritage announced Friday.
He was…
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OTTAWA – George Cooper and the Honourable Joseph Handley have been named to the board of directors of the CBC/Radio-Canada, it was announced Friday by Canadian Heritage.
Handley is…
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TORONTO –The 90210 spinoff was among the acquisitions Canwest picked up for the 2008-2009 fall season for Global Television and E!, it was announced Friday.
In total, Canwest acquired…
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CINCINNATI – The first full mobile digital TV transmission platform to meet the new Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) solution proposed earlier this week by LG Electronics, Inc. and…
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MONTREAL – CBC/Radio-Canada said Thursday it would be promoting Quebec City’s 400th anniversary celebrations across all of its platforms (TV, radio and Internet).
The public broadcaster’s initiatives include setting up…
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OTTAWA – G. Grant Machum has been appointed to the board of Telefilm Canada, it was announced Friday by Canadian Heritage.
Machum is a partner in the law firm…
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CALGARY – Star Choice lashed out at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. on Friday, accusing it of misleading the public over carriage issues around the CBC Saskatchewan TV channel and Continue Reading
TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet’s new studio won the Award of Excellence in the engineering category at the 18th annual Steel Design Awards sponsored by the Ontario region of…
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