OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC today denied Shaw Communications’ request to add USA Network to the list of eligible foreign satellite services for digital distribution.
Shaw asked for the new…
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TORONTO – A day after Ted Rogers called him out as a possible “corporate welfare bum”, Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau swung back at Rogers (albeit not as colourfully)…
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MONTREAL – Radio-Canada said today it has served Cogeco Inc.-controlled broadcaster TQS with a notice of disaffiliation.
By virtue of a contractual agreement Radio-Canada’s Television programming is presently broadcasted…
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TORONTO – John Cruickshank, currently publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and chief operating officer of the Chicago Sun-Times Media Group, has been named publisher of CBC News.
He is…
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REGINA – A Saskatchewan court has certified a class action lawsuit against Canada’s wireless companies over the charging of “system access” fees, says a report in today’s Toronto Star….
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TORONTO – Rogers Digital Cable customers can train for their next Canadian Idol audition in the comfort of their own home with their TVs as the company today launched Karaoke On Demand….
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MONT TREMBLANT – There’s just a couple of days left to register for the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance annual general meeting.
Canada’s independent cable operators, their programming and technical…
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TORONTO – The NBA’s Toronto Raptors will be seen on five different channels this year, including the CBC, the team announced Wednesday.
All 82 regular-season contests will be televised…
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TORONTO – CanWest’s TEN Television Network will be launching TEN-HD in December for free in the major metropolitan centres of mainland Australia.
TEN was the first Australian television network…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The rising number of media outlets, many of which are controlled by the same conglomerates, isn’t evidence of a diversity of voices on radio and television, the…
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