CALGARY – Telus has been awarded a $16.3-million multimedia contract by the Alberta government for the Calgary Courts Centre, which is scheduled to open this August.
The province’s newest…
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NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK – The Access Communications Children’s Fund donated over $15,000 to eight local children’s organizations, it was announced Monday.
The fund is operated by cable co-operative Access…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) on Monday praised the RCMP for arresting and charging a male in the Township of Hatley, Quebec last Tuesday with theft…
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TORONTO – The British Broadcasting Corp. has been named the recipient of the Banff World Television Festival’s 2007 Outstanding Achievement Award for its “high-quality programming and overall contribution to…
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TORONTO – The Competition Bureau has approved CanWest Global Communications Corp.’s proposed $2.3-billion takeover of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., the two broadcasters announced Monday.
The deal still must get…
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OTTAWA – It’s time for the CRTC to set a deadline for Canadian television broadcasters to shut off their analog signals, Industry Canada’s assistant deputy minister Michael Binder told…
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LOS ANGELES – Online social networks have caused a fundamental shift in the way people interact with each other and with media, including TV, according to research conducted for…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Cable Inc. are expecting their senior executive officers to own more of the two companies. “To reflect best corporate governance practices in Canada,”…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has added NASA Television to the list of foreign TV channels eligible for carriage in digital in Canada, despite objections from CTV’s Discovery Channel.
The…
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LOS ANGELES – Episodes of the Canadian TV drama Da Vinci’s Inquest that are new to the U.S. market will be available on YouTube through its U.S. agent Program…
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