GATINEAU – “Is this really the best deal we can get from a public interest point of view?” asked Alain Pineau of the Canadian Conference for the Arts this…
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OTTAWA – Four Canadian unions protested on Monday outside the CRTC public hearings, calling on the regulator to deny CanWest Global’s acquisition of Alliance Atlantis because it’s backed by…
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TORONTO – Sony Entertainment Television Asia (SET Asia) and NDTV, two channels owned by the Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN), have launched on Shaw Cable.
SET is a…
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MONTREAL – Broadband wireless access solutions vendor SR Telecom Inc. announced Monday it had filed for creditor protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) with the Quebec Superior…
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ATLANTA — Scientific Atlanta announced Monday that commitments for its Switched Digital Video (SDV) platform in the United States have exceeded 7 million homes passed.
The company said the…
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TORONTO – Women in Film and Televison – Toronto (WIFT-Toronto) and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. announced Monday that Jennifer Liao has been named as the winner of the 2007…
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TORONTO – While revenue jumped 19% in the third quarter to $3.36 million and by 54% to $11.75 million for the first three quarters of fiscal 2007, compared to…
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OTTAWA – The membership of the House of Commons Standing Committees on Canadian Heritage and Industry – the two with the most impact on the cable, radio, television and…
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TORONTO – Nuevo Mundo TV, which bills itself as “the first Canadian 100% Spanish language channel,” was launched last week on Rogers Digital Cable.
After its 4 week free…
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TORONTO – Late this afternoon, Rogers Media announced it had purchased 100% of Outdoor Life Network Canada in separate deals with co-owners CTVglobemedia and Versus.
The three media companies…
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