CALGARY – Discount airliner WestJet has announced that its in-flight TV service is ready to fly in its newest planes.
Partnered with Bell ExpressVu and LiveTV, WestJet today announced that all 39 of its Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 aircraft are now equipped with live satellite television. WestJet is the first and only airline in Canada to offer an in-flight TV service that can be individually controlled by each guest from the comfort of their own seat.
WestJet’s complimentary satellite TV service offers a selection of up to 24 television channels from Bell ExpressVu in every seatback on all of WestJet’s…
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TORONTO – One hundred and fifty delegates will converge on Toronto for the RTNDA Canada 2005 National Conference.
According to the RTNDA Update this week, conference chair Melanie Kurzuk says the three-day event, June 9-11, offers a solid line-up of professional development sessions, including "Enterprise Reporting."
“Original enterprise reporting is a newsroom challenge 365 days of the year. Political enterprise reporting is twice as tough. Getting behind the story, giving the audience a check of the facts, revealing campaign truths locally and nationally can be a challenge. Get advice from the experts,” says the release.
The panelists will be:…
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MONTREAL – While honouring the best in Canadian children’s television on June 1st, the Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) will also present two special achievement awards.
The ACT will fete Canada’s top English-language children’s programs at the 2005 Awards of Excellence Gala on June 1 at CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. Producers and broadcasters of Canadian children’s programming will attend the Gala, to be hosted by Peter Keleghan (a.k.a. Red Green’s Ranger Gord, and The Newsroom’s Jim Walcott).
In addition to granting awards for the best nominated programs, the ACT will present two special awards celebrating the…
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TORONTO – Emmy Award voters presented Nelvana’s Rolie Polie Olie with its third Daytime Emmy on Saturday.
The show is on a number of Canadian channels and is a Disney Channel mainstay Stateside, remaining on the cutting edge of 3D animation, seven years after its original launch. The U.S. National Television Academy presented the Rolie Polie Olie team with the coveted award at the 32nd Annual Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Awards on Saturday, May 14, 2005.
Created by children’s book author and illustrator William Joyce, Rolie Polie Olie pays tribute to the cartoon shorts of the 1930’s as it…
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EDMONTON – The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada presented its regional journalism awards yesterday in Edmonton.
The 2004 TELEVISION winners are:
Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast CHAT-TV – Redcliffe, AB – "NEWSWATCH" (Small Market) CTV Regina – Regina, SK – "CTV News Six O’clock Report" (Medium Market) Global Calgary – Calgary, AB – "Racism at the Door" (Large Market)
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News CTV Saskatoon – Saskatoon, SK – "SHOOTING" CTV Winnipeg – Winnipeg, MB – "Crash Landing" (Honourable Mention)
Dan McArthur Award – In-depth/Investigative CTV Winnipeg – Winnipeg, MB – "I.C.E. Unit" CBC…
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SAINT JOHN, NB – The Atlantic region of the Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada honoured its best during the RTNDA’s regional conference Saturday in Saint John.
The 2004 TELEVISION winners are: Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast Global News Maritimes -Dartmouth, NS – "Global News at 6:00" (Medium Market)
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News ATV News – Halifax, NS – "White Juan"
Dan McArthur Award – In-depth/Investigative Radio-Canada Atlantique -Moncton, NB – "Championne Des Foyes Des Soins"
Dave Rogers Award – Feature ATV Halifax- Halifax, NS – "Jessie’s Journey" (Medium Market) NTV- St. John’s, NL -…
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TORONTO – The heads of Canada’s major networks are sure there’s going to be a federal election and have told Canada’s political parties that TV debates have to change.
In a letter sent today to Canada’s major political parties, representatives of five television networks asked for immediate talks with the parties to discuss debate format changes.
The letter was signed by Tony Burman, editor in chief, CBC News; Robert Hurst, president, CTV News; Steve Wyatt, senior vice-president news and information, Global Television; Louis Lalande, general manager TV and current affairs, RDI; and Pierre-Paul Beaulieu, executive producer, information and public…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The run-down transmitter serving the 2,000 people in Saint Fulgence, Quebec, must stay, the CRTC ruled today.
Cogeco Inc.-controlled broadcaster TQS had petitioned the Commission for the removal of transmitter CKTV-TV-1 Saint-Fulgence, which broadcasts CKTV Saguenay (an affiliate of CBC’s French-language sister, SRC), on the grounds that the site needed extensive repairs and that most people in the region were already getting the TV signal by cable and satellite anyway.
The Commission denied the application by TQS inc. to remove the transmitter from its license.
TQS told the Commission that its agreement with the CBC, “per se…
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TORONTO – In advance of a CRTC ruling that is expected this spring, CHUM Limited has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Canada’s premier jazz station, JAZZ.FM91, to supply hosts, content, programming expertise and promotion for its proposed subscription radio service, CHUM Subscription Radio Canada (CSRC).
As part of the agreement, JAZZ.FM91 will contribute three to six channels in jazz formats such as contemporary jazz, blues, big band and/or jazz masters to CSRC. JAZZ.FM91 will also contribute airtime for the promotion of CSRC and involve key JAZZ.FM91 personnel and hosts, including President and CEO, Ross Porter, who…
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DARTMOUTH, N.S. – Radio and TV broadcaster Newfoundland Capital Corporation recorded across the board increases during the first quarter of 2005, ended March 31st.
And happily, notes CEO Rob Steele, the company has noticed an increasing demand for radio advertising. Significant increases in revenue were experienced in nearly all of its markets. Most notably, Ottawa’s revenue (Hot 89.9 FM) increased dramatically over the same period last year as a result of the station becoming more mature in the market. Other markets experiencing substantial revenue increases included Edmonton (96X, KRock), Halifax (780 KIXX, Q104 and KOOL 96.5) and Moncton (C103,…
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