TORONTO – Except for the five Citytv stations going to Rogers Communications, CTVglobemedia said Friday afternoon that it has closed the transaction for CHUM Limited, having satisfied all…
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TORONTO – Score Media offered itself up for sale Wednesday after a clause in its agreement with Alliance Atlantis was triggered by the large company’s impending acquisition by CanWest…
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CALGARY – In the face of a chipper AGM report from the Canadian Television Fund, Shaw Communications CEO Jim Shaw remains displeased over how the CTF is run….
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By Greg O’Brien
IF THERE WERE NO big bogeymen around to scare the federal government into re-jigging an open wireless spectrum auction to favour such things as spectrum caps,…
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VANCOUVER – TELUS confirmed Thursday it has entered into a mutual non-disclosure and standstill agreement and non-exclusive discussions with BCE about merging.
“TELUS believes the combination of the two…
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OTTWA – Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. has applied for a licence for another sports channel, called Sportsnet 2, which would primarily cover soccer, cricket and rugby. The application for the…
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TORONTO — MTS Allstream Inc. was named Thursday as the exclusive telecommunications sponsor of Pollution Probe’s Clean Air Commute, a campaign that encourages Toronto residents to reduce their greenhouse…
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TORONTO – Internet access and advertising are expected to see the largest growth as the overall Canadian entertainment and media market reaches US$47 billion in 2011, according to a report…
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OTTAWA – Canadian Heritage minister Bev Oda said it would be “inappropriate to prejudge its review” of the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) currently underway by the CRTC, in her…
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TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet launched Wednesday a self-personalizing home page for sports fans, called MySportsnet.
MySportsnet provides users with the ability to personalize content on their home page based…
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