Karen Wirsig of the Canadian Media Guild (Letter to the Editor, January 30, 2007) makes several arguments that are self-serving and wrong.
1. It is untrue that the CTF…
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MONTREAL – Quebec’s film and television producers’ association today lambasted Quebecor’s proposal to re-direct its television program development money from the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) to its own self-directed…
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VANCOUVER – CBC Television and Thunderbird Films today announced that production is underway in Vancouver on The Quality of Life – A Dominic Da Vinci Movie.
The special two-hour…
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TORONTO – In advance of the series launch on Valentine’s Day the pilot episode of Lovespring International is currently available to viewers at Showcase.ca.
This is the first time…
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OTTAWA – The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union has asked the new CRTC chairman, Konrad von Finckentstein, to launch hearings into the Canadian media landscape.
CEP says it represents…
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MONTREAL – VOIP provider babytel says it has eliminated the need to dial the area code when calling people within the same area code.
"The phone companies think they’ve…
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MONTREAL – The approximately 600,000 subscribers to Videtron’s illico Digital TV service ordered 20 million films and television programs on demand in 2006, a 100% increase over 2005, the…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications-owned Star Choice issued a press release this morning entitled " Star Choice Customers Denied NHL Hockey" and said that due to a Rogers Sportsnet court…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has again rejected the arguments made by those who support the Canadian Television Fund and its aims.
Today the company "categorically rejected" a suggestion made…
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GATINEAU – Quebecor Media’s Sun TV has asked the Commission for permission to build transmitters in both London and Ottawa.
The move would dramatically expand the channel’s coverage area,…
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