TORONTO – A nation-wide radio and television campaign to promote cultural diversity in the news media was launched today by the Radio-Television News Directors Association.
A series of announcements…
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WINNIPEG – Hot on the heels of its purchase yesterday of Super FM in Turkey, CanWest Global Communications announced today that a bid it’s a part of won the…
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WINNIPEG and ISTANBUL – After an auction this morning, CanWest Global Communications announced today that it’s the winning bidder for Super FM, a radio station based in Istanbul that…
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EDMONTON – Jim Haskins has decided to quit as vice-president and general manager of Citytv Edmonton, the company reports this morning. His last day is Friday.
Officially, the release…
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BURNABY B.C. – Telus is suing the Telecommunication Workers Union (TWU) for allegedly infringing on its copyrighted trademark “the future is friendly”; and has fired 14 staffers in B.C….
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cogeco Cable and Videotron have signed a new multiyear distribution agreement with Speed Channel, the companies announced today. Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable is interested in buying into the Portuguese cable market, reports a newspaper there.
The Telecom Paper, (subscription required) a trade journal out of the Netherlands,…
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THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS are the most valuable, most talked about, most loved sports team in English Canada.
Launching a TV channel that’s all Leafs, all the time, was…
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OTTAWA – With the hearings on the new pay television applicants scheduled for next month, the two major associations have weighed in with their comments.
While expressing no opinion…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC last week turned down Aliant Telecom’s request for relief from the telecom win-back rules and policies against wireline promotions.
The eastern telco said that the…
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