MONTREAL – Astral Media has met its goal of donating more than $3 million in advertising time to Dr. Clown, a Montreal-based non-profit, therapeutic clown organization.
Astral launched the…
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BANFF – The Canadian Television Fund, saying it was responding to “a concern” but declining to name whose concern, said it would put off any changes to its bylaws…
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ALEXANDRIA, VA – The finalists for the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing annual awards have been announced for 2007.
The list of the 159 finalists out of 1,032…
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BANFF – If major broadcasters disagree over the direction of television over the next few years, how can any prognostications be correct?
ESPN chairman emeritus Herbert Granath began the…
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BANFF – In the world according to Garvie – that’s Wayne Garvie, Director of Content and Production, BBC Worldwide – two truths are front and centre: producers and broadcasters…
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TORONTO – Recognizing that there was probably no way out of last week’s CRTC decision that disallowed the purchase of the Citytv franchise by CTV (a story Continue Reading
BANFF – Heritage Minister Bev Oda told delegates Sunday afternoon that the government is renewing its contribution to the New Media Fund, earmarking $29 million over two years.
While…
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BANFF – VisionTV and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) will team up to fund production of the six-part drama series “Rabbit Fall”, Canada’s multi-faith and multicultural broadcaster announced…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) has announced a new, three-year, $600,000 sponsorship initiative with CBC Television to help foster emerging Canadian television talent.
The advanced training program,…
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BANFF – In a wide-ranging speech this morning at the Banff International Television Festival that covered all the touchstones and hot buttons, from the CTF to the OTA regs…
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