CALGARY — Shaw Communications Inc. announced Monday it has submitted an application to participate in Industry Canada’s auction for spectrum licences for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS).
“There can be…
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TORONTO — Three Canadian shows – Intelligence, MVP: The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives, and jPOD – have been axed by the public broadcaster and will not be airing…
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TORONTO – Brad Kubota has been appointed vice-president of sales for CTV conventional television, effective March 24, the broadcaster announced Monday.
Kubota has extensive sales experience, most recently as…
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TORONTO – Radio enthusiasts are optimistic in the face of new media challenges to their traditional listenership numbers, as made evident by comments voiced at the annual Canadian Music…
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MONTREAL – Telefilm Canada announced Monday that Anagram Pictures is the second recipient of its new Slate Development Pilot Program.
The production company will work with distributor Maple Pictures…
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TORONTO – CBC Television says it has broken viewership records with this season’s programming line-up, reeling in a prime-time share so far of 7.9, the highest in six years….
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VANCOUVER – With a federal by-election in Vancouver-Quadra just over a week away, candidates should be aware of high voter concern about foreign ownership of the media, say two…
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OTTAWA – The rising incidence of childhood obesity is cause for serious concern, but banning advertising to children is not the quick-fix solution to a complex problem, says the…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment Inc. announced Friday that the Company has reached an agreement to purchase the analog specialty television service CLT (Canadian Learning Television) from CTVglobemedia for about…
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MONTREAL – Mitchell “Mickey” Olfman, co-founder of cable telecommunications company Electroline Equipment Inc. based in Montreal and considered a “true pioneer and innovator”, has died.
Olfman established Electroline with…
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