OTTAWA – After hearing Labour Minister Joe Fontana label the current CBC labour situation “unacceptable” in a meeting this morning, the CBC and its union, the Canadian Media Guild,…
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CALGARY and OTTAWA – Shaw Communications’ DTH company Star Choice announced today it will offer a Star Choice Mastercard through MBNA Canada Bank.
MBNA Canada is a leading provider…
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TORONTO – Listeners in Moncton and Saint John, N.B., and Halifax, N.S., will hear their brand new news/talk stations beginning October 11th.
Rogers Media announced today that News 95.7…
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GRAVENHURST, Ont. – Canada’s two cable system organizations are getting together to hold their annual gatherings at the same time and place next month.
The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance annual…
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TORONTO – On Monday, Toronto’s Global News Morning will have a new co-host: Anne Marie Mediwake. The station announced in a press release late Friday that…
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A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF share figures, courtesy of David Bray, from seven major markets in Survey Three 2005 BBM is available in a pdf format by clicking here.
David…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild came to the bargaining table Thursday with a settlement offer. Management was not encouraged, to say the least.
“The CBC is disappointed with…
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KELLER, Tex – American telco Verizon launched its IPTV service in Keller, Texas this week – and no where in the launch materials does it use the term IP…
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QUEBEC CITY – Corus Entertainment wasn’t one of the radio companies to oppose the licensing of satellite radio in Canada.
In fact, it has a co-marketing arrangement with Canadian…
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TORONTO – TSN today announced daily podcasts of its gabfest Off The Record will be made available as of October 3rd.
And, in coming weeks, TSN will also podcast…
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