RADIO: Old media continues to grow

TORONTO – Radio ad time sales is shooting upwards, reports Canadian Broadcast Sales. National radio sales climbed 9.5% in the first quarter of fiscal 2008, ended November 30th (the… Continue Reading

LeafsTV revives Peter Puck

TORONTO – LeafsTV has emptied the digital duffel bag and rediscovered a hockey gem: Peter Puck. After a 28-year hiatus, the beloved 1970s hockey puck icon will return to… Continue Reading

Hamilton departs Citytv

TORONTO – Long-time sales executive Dan Hamilton is leaving Citytv, the Rogers TV Sales Group announced today. His last day will be February 15th, 2008. “It has been a… Continue Reading

Conway-Kelly to chair RMB

TORONTO – CTVglobemedia’s Lesley Conway-Kelley took over as the new chair of the Radio Marketing Bureau this week. Conway-Kelley of CTV’s CHUM Radio Sales is the first female chair… Continue Reading

CWC Gala set for February 26th

TORONTO – The Ottawa Congress Centre will once again play host to over 600 VIPs, industry leaders and government representatives attending the Canadian Women in Communications 2008 Annual Awards… Continue Reading

BCE refutes media speculation

MONTREAL – In a terse statement released this afternoon, BCE Inc. categorically denied recent media reports suggesting the giant telco and its buyers were renegotiating terms of their multi-billion-dollar… Continue Reading

Telus lays out ’08 growth targets

VANCOUVER – Canada’s second-largest telco Telus is predicting its recent history of record growth in revenue and earnings per share will continue in 2008, despite a bit of a… Continue Reading

Government delays copyright bill

OTTAWA – A new federal copyright bill was supposed to be introduced this month in the House of Commons by Industry Minister Jim Prentice, but the ruling Conservative Party… Continue Reading