GATINEAU – Due to concerns raised by a couple of local independent broadcasters, the CRTC today denied a request from Standard Radio to convert CHOR Summerland (B.C.) from an…
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MONTREAL – Videotron and Toyota will be the co-presenters of the revamped, New Montreal Filmfest, it was announced today.
All Videotron services – cable television, video on demand, Internet,…
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WINNIPEG – Shaw Cablesystems announced three new high definition channels have been added to its system in Winnipeg.
The latest additions are: PBS (Fargo), NBC (Detroit), and ABC (Detroit)….
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OTTAWA – BCE-owned satellite company Telesat Canada set new quarterly records for both revenue and earnings, the company said today.
Telesat’s second quarter operating revenues of $137.3 million represented…
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NEW YORK – SIRIUS Satellite Radio says it should have three million subscribers by the end of 2005, while posting a large quarterly loss of US$177 million.
And, during…
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TORONTO – With less than two weeks left before the Canadian Media Guild members working at the CBC would be in a legal strike position, the union today reported…
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GATINEAU – Three more category two digital specialty channels (two fully HD) were approved by the CRTC today.
The Family Channel received a license for The Parent Channel,…
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WINNIPEG – Two former partners of the late Israel Asper are suing the company he founded, the Canadian Press reported this weekend.
“Seymour Epstein and Paul Morton have filed…
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SAN FRANCISCO – Dolby Laboratories announced today that the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has incorporated Dolby Digital Plus into the ATSC standard.
Specifically, says the press release, ATSC…
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TORONTO – Radio and ad agency veteran Willie Reiss has joined the Foxy 88.5 sales department as an account executive, the company announced today.
“Willie Reiss is a media…
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