Rogers sports synergy

TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet’s Hockeycentral team will start lunching downtown next month. Rogers’ all-sports station The Fan 590 and Sportsnet announced Friday the addition of Hockeycentral At Noon to… Continue Reading

CanWest promotes McGinley to new role

TORONTO – CanWest MediaWorks’ Chris McGinley has been promoted to the newly created position of senior vice-president of station operations. In this position, McGinley will oversee the operations of… Continue Reading

New stations, investments, boost Newcap

DARTMOUTH, N.S. – Thanks to its growing operations (acquisitions and new license launches), Newfoundland Capital Corporation reported a very strong second quarter of 2006. Revenue growth was 17% in… Continue Reading

SaskTel adds channels, movies

REGINA – SaskTel’s MAX TV customers can now subscribe to CNBC and MSNBC and see Universal Pictures movies on demand. The provincial telco, which has approximately 45,000 digital TV… Continue Reading

Telus union president dumped

VANCOUVER – Bruce Bell is no longer the president of the Telecommunications Workers Union, says a statement on its web site. Bell was the point man for the union… Continue Reading