OTTAWA – Hockey fights do not contravene the Canadian Association of Broadcasters code of ethics, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said today.
In a decision released today, the CBSC found that Rogers Sportsnet’s showing hockey fights in its game highlights does not promote or exploit violence.
On the February 7, 2008 edition about which a viewer complained, the program provided clips of fights between players, among other highlights of goals and game action.
The viewer said showing the brouhahas “exploits violent action outside activity of the sport” and should not be broadcast during the day. Sportsnet explained that fighting…
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TORONTO – Rogers multicultural broadcaster, OMNI Television, is unveiling new station-wide scheduling for its popular Chinese Super Cinema series starting Saturday, September 20th.
Chinese Super Cinema will present its latest season of "HK" movies to an audience of established and soon-to-be fans alike.
“Chinese Super Cinema offers a subtitled genre that reaches across culture and generation each week,” said Madeline Ziniak, national vice-president of OMNI, in a press release. “Ontario viewers have hugely demonstrated their loyalty for the series and we anticipate viewership will skyrocket when we introduce Chinese Super Cinema to an additional two million households.”
Chinese Super…
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MONTREAL – CanWest Broadcasting is rebranding Lonestar, a Western-themed cable channel, as MovieTime, a digital offering of popular Hollywood movies. CanWest says that MovieTime, which goes live Oct. 6, will feature more than 250 Hollywood movies.
Catering to adults 25-54, MovieTime will offer viewers unparalleled access to an extensive collection of contemporary hit movies.
"There are few things that generate as much excitement, delight and passion as people’s most-loved movies and with MovieTime, we are thrilled to give audiences a one-stop channel to catch all their favourite hits," says Barb Williams, executive vice-president, content, Canwest Broadcasting.
Canwest says Movietime reflects its on-going…
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TORONTO – If you just can’t get enough advice on sex, beauty tips, hot guys and gossip you can now turn to Cosmopolitan TV, available now on Rogers Cable in Ontario and New Brunswick. CosmoTV is available as a free preview to all Rogers digital cable customers with a set-top box, starting today on channel 262. The channel now reaches close to 5 million households.
Corus Entertainment’s CosmoTV, created in partnership with Hearst Corporation is inspired by the world’s bestselling women’s magazine. The service offers “fun, flirty and irreverent entertainment for women with a focus on men, sex and relationships.” Targeted to…
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TORONTO – 680News has launched its new website at 680news.com designed to provide listeners with more content, easier navigation and personalized traffic reports.
“680news.com is one of the most visited websites of any radio station in Canada, “says 680News vice-president and general manager John Hinnen.
“The new site will provide visitors with access to all 169 MTO cameras between Burlington and Oshawa. Listeners can cycle through the cameras, click on the ones that look at their routes and then they can add them to their favourites. This will give them a chance to look at their own routes before heading out….
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TORONTO – The CBC has received the go ahead to launch an all-sports television channel despite a concerted effort from rival broadcasters to block the application. But it’s not a complete victory for the CBC as the CRTC responded to concerns by further restricting the amount of professional sports the channel can air.
SportsPlus, a national, English-language, Category 2 specialty service plans to offer programming dedicated primarily to the coverage and “celebration of Canadian athletes with a particular emphasis on amateur athletes,” says the CBC. "We feel this is great news for both CBC and the Canadian sports system,"…
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TORONTO – “It’s all good” for CHNU-TV in Vancouver and CIIT-TV in Winnipeg which relaunch Sept. 1 under the new brand name Joytv.
The stations, officially designated Joytv 10 in Vancouver (Joytv 7 in neighbouring Victoria) and Joytv 11 in Winnipeg, boast new schedules that, for the first time, will include simulcasts of top-rated U.S. network programs such as 60 Minutes and Smallville.
The new Joytv tagline, "It’s all good," is designed to reinforce the positive tone, while underlining the enhanced quality and variety of the stations’ new programming lineup.
Toronto-based multimedia company S-VOX, a multi-faith and multicultural…
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TORONTO – Downloaders have never had it so good says Rogers Cable Communications. It says independent research firm comScore Inc. has found its hi-speed Internet speeds the fastest and most reliable for residential customers in the Greater Toronto Area.
“The way we use the Internet has changed and it’s no longer a case of simply using email,” said Phil Hartling, vice-president, consumer services, Rogers Cable. “Canadians are increasingly spending more time online – averaging over 15 hours each week – and are relying on the Internet for all their communications needs: downloading photos, live video streaming and web conferencing. Having…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC today approved four new national, English-language Category 2 specialty television channels. The new channels include Baseball TV from Rogers (sports), Northern Peaks (adult), eScapes (nature) and The Rural Channel with a focus on agricultural programming. All four channels are required to begin airing within the next three years.
Baseball’s been very good to Rogers
The CRTC has approved an application from Rogers for a national, English-language Category 2 specialty station devoted to the coverage of baseball called Baseball TV.
Rogers is proposing to broadcast live Major League Baseball (MLB) games comprising a maximum of 10% of its…
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IF THERE’S ONE THING distributors don’t like, it’s being told what to do by the CRTC.
As we saw during the April hearings into broadcast distribution undertaking and specialty service policy, cable companies don’t like linkage rules or must-carries or carriage restrictions or much of anything else they “have” to do.
Cable altogether opposed the licensing of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network as a must-carry, 91(h) channel in 1999, but the Commission still licensed it as a channel which all distributors must carry as a basic service. APTN is one of those channels that furthers the goals of the…
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