Nunavut animation lab to open

IQALUIT – At a press conference on Wednesday, The National Film Board of Canada and Inuit Broadcasting Corporation announced a partnership with The Banff Centre, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network,… Continue Reading

Cable infrastructure spending to grow

WITH THE WORLDWIDE CABLE TV industry in a race to offer a three-screen service that includes HDTV sets, broadband-connected PCs, and follows subscribers around during the day on cell… Continue Reading

ExpressVu to launch HDNet

TORONTO – It appears that Bell ExpressVu will be the first to carry all-high definition channel HDNet in Canada. Cartt.ca spies (meaning people we know with ExpressVu dishes) reported seeing… Continue Reading

SOCAN pondering tariff ruling

TORONTO – After seeing a Copyright Board decision that would have meant millions in additional revenue to its members set aside by the Federal Court last week, SOCAN has… Continue Reading

FT adds five more channels, online

TORONTO – In its first phase of repositioning fashiontelevision.com as a premiere, broadband, fashion portal. CHUM Television’s tore the wrapper off the relaunch today. The web site now features… Continue Reading

Astral to launch seven HD channels

MONTREAL – On October 30th, Astral Media will become the largest private broadcaster of French-language HD content when it launches Super Écran, Canal Vie, Canal D, Vrak.TV, Ztélé, HiSToRiA,… Continue Reading