EDMONTON – Upstart Canadian pay TV service Superchannel announced Monday it has signed on Channel 4 International to supply it with programming, including British drama and comedy series, TV…
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ESPOO, Finland – Mobile giant Nokia on Monday announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NAVTEQ for about $8.1 billion on an aggregate basis. The price is…
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TORONTO – Some 80% of Canadians polled said they would spend about the same or more on leisure and lifestyle purchases this Christmas, up 7% from last year, and…
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TORONTO – Few big gainers and few big losers is the ho-hum story on the S3 2007, or summer, BBM radio ratings book, released today.
It’s a book that…
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TORONTO – National radio ad sales grew 6% in the fiscal 2007 broadcast year, and the first quarter of 2008 was also strong, according to data released Monday by…
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TORONTO – Hockey Night in Canada host Ron MacLean has extended his contract with CBC for another seven years. The new deal, terms of which were not released, starts…
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TORONTO – Pavi S. Binning has been appointed as executive vice-president and CFO of Nortel. The senior executive with more than 25 years of financial experience, including chief financial…
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WINNIPEG – Jean LaRose, a member of the advisory board that developed the concept for Canada’s first Aboriginal television network, will be a featured guest speaker at the inaugural…
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OTTAWA – When it comes to wholesale access services, the CRTC should no longer make incumbent telephone companies share parts of their networks with competitors in the residential telephone…
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TORONTO – Brian Anthony was named Monday as the new national executive director and CEO of the Directors Guild of Canada at the organization’s annual awards gala in Toronto….
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