OTTAWA – Late last week the CRTC called for comments on adding five more international third-language services to the list of eligible satellite services. Today, the Commission asked for…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – Speed Channel and the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance announced they have signed a new master affiliate agreement.
“We are pleased to have concluded long term arrangements…
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TORONTO – Dan Cormier has been hired as general manager of Halifax’s next radio station, Z103.5 (CKHZ FM), expected to go on-air in February of 2006.
Cormier spent his…
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TORONTO – The deadlines for nominations for an RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award – and for the annual broadcasting excellence awards – are fast approaching.
Since the Radio-Television News Directors…
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TORONTO – What do HDTV set buyers want when they bring their big, bright, expensive new TV home?
HD content, of course. However, what those in the TV industry…
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ALVISO, Calif. – TiVo customers trying to remember whether it’s Pontiac or Honda offering “3.9% financing for a limited time” will be able to turn to their PVR boxes…
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OTTAWA – Late Friday, the government adopted amendments to the Telecommunications Act which gives the CRTC the ability to establish a national Do Not Call List, aimed towards reducing…
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OTTAWA – With an election call to come this morning from the Governor General, Canada’s broadcast, cable and telecom industries get a legislative time out… again… from the feds….
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WINNIPEG – The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network announced the launch of the Aboriginal Media Education Fund (AMEF) on Monday.
The AMEF “will foster the growth of the Aboriginal independent production…
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YEARS BACK, IT WAS EASY to pick on VisionTV. Its programs were old, appearing only on the specialty channel in their second or third (or fourth!) window.
Much of its…
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