TORONTO – CBC took home a total of 14 medals - six gold, seven silver and one bronze - at the Promax/BDA 2005 Conference for Promotion and Broadcast Design held... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Maybe things are getting faster at the Commission after all. The CRTC today released its sixth annual Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report. The report assesses the impact of its... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The CRTC’s satellite radio decision is the thin edge of the wedge that could bring down the Canadian cultural industry, says a coalition of arts groups. That coalition... Continue Reading
KELOWNA, B.C. - Independent radio station owners are a dying breed. Okay, maybe that's a little harsh. They’re not really dying, they’re more of a selling breed. Single-station owners often find... Continue Reading
REGINA - Access Communications announced today the launch of 11 new digital channels, five of which will be accompanied with a three-month free preview. Included in the new digital lineup... Continue Reading
BANFF - Mountains, cocktails, double espressos and screenings with senators and stars, sure. But the Banff World Television Festival, as with almost every major international entertainment confab, is all about... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Radio-Canada TV president Daniel Gourd has announced he will retire when he=is contract is up this November. "When Daniel Gourd accepted the position of executive vice-president of Télévision... Continue Reading
BANFF - CBC Television has joined Telefilm Canada in a $2 million pilot project to help get feature documentaries in Canadian theatres and on Canadian television. CBC and Telefilm announced... Continue Reading
TORONTO - If diversity was the overriding theme for Friday at the RTNDA annual conference, Saturday’s was enterprise reporting. The very informative opening Saturday session at the Radio and Television... Continue Reading
BANFF - The federal government is promising better governance and more stable funding for the Canadian Television Fund and has begun addressing those needs with an announcement of $100 million... Continue Reading