TORONTO – Canwest Broadcasting has announced that Global’s new Canadian miniseries “The Last Templar” has been picked-up by NBC and will be simulcast with Global this December.
The romantic adventure…
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TORONTO – CBC Radio is gearing up for the final phase of its overhaul of CBC Radio 2, continuing the shift away from classical music to offer a range…
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SAN ANTONIO – AT&T Inc. announced plans Wednesday to invest $1 billion in 2008 to continue the expansion of AT&T’s network and services for multinational companies with operations and…
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KELOWNA – The Canadian CommTech Trade Show is urging delegates to book soon to take advantage of registration savings. Delegates registering by March 14th can save $10 a day…
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OTTAWA – CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein has rejected the primary thrust of a private member’s bill to reduce violence on television, saying there is no need for the…
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TORONTO – The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) has named Leonardo Ramos Mateos, Director of High Technology with Grupo Televisa Mexico, as its new president. He succeeds Ray Carnovale,…
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OTTAWA and GATINEAU – While the CRTC said Monday it established “a new framework for wholesale services that will promote competition in wholesale and retail telecommunications markets based on…
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OTTAWA and GATINEAU – Canada’s private conventional broadcasters recorded their highest ever revenue total in the 2007 broadcast year (ended August 31st) at $2.17 billion, says the CRTC.
That…
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TORONTO – Cogeco Cable has launched Family On Demand, announced Family Channel’s owner, Astral Media, today.
The new service will offer a minimum of 30 hours of programming from…
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VANCOUVER – Earlier this month, media activist group Adbusters lost the court battle it launched against CBC and Canwest Global when the two broadcasters refused to sell the group…
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