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December 4, 2024
New York, – NBC, in association with HDNet, will broadcast selected events at the upcoming 2024 Olympic Winter Games from Salt Lake City in high definition, said Gary Zenkel, Executive Vice President, NBC Olympics. “NBC’s high definition Olympic broadcasts from…
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November 23, 2024
Ottawa – Calling the decision “an inappropriate exercise in micro-regulation” and “fine-tuned folly,” commissioner Stuart Langford disagreed with the majority saying news organizations should cover breaking news as they see fit and that the CRTC should stay out of it.…
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November 23, 2024
Ottawa – The CRTC has accepted the approach suggested by CTV Newsnet and TVA’s Le Canal Nouvelles (LCN), with some modifications, and has amended their licenses, giving the channels more flexibility to show live news. While retaining their headline news…
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November 20, 2024
Toronto – With the launch of six new thematically structured specialty channel bundles, the new Simple Satellite, “No Worries” Simple Satellite plans, and the Pick ‘n’ Pay channel selection options, Star Choice Communications Inc. claims it is offering subscribers more…
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November 7, 2024
The CRTC has responded to CTV’s plans to eliminate separately-hosted supper-hour newscasts in Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay and Timmins. The following are excerpts from the CRTC’s letter to CTV president and COO Trina McQueen: This is in response to…
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November 7, 2024
Redmond, Wash., – Microsoft Corp. yesterday announced it has extended its interactive TV (iTV) software offering with the release of Microsoft TV Advanced 1.5, making it faster and easier for network operators to deploy advanced iTV services and add new…
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November 5, 2024
Ottawa – Citing “the licensee’s persistent failure over much of the past license term to achieve the minimum levels of Canadian content required by its license conditions,” the CRTC on Friday granted only a short-term renewal of Vision TV’s specialty…
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November 5, 2024
Ottawa – The CRTC has launched what it calls a “fact finding inquiry” on interactive television. In a decision released Friday that renews the broadcast license for The Weather Network/Météomédia, the Commission denied a proposed license amendment put forward by…
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November 1, 2024
Ottawa – At the closing gala of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters 75th annual convention Tuesday night, the industry recognized the outstanding work of its own members with the presentation of the Gold Ribbon Awards. Craig Oliver, the CTV Ottawa…
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October 24, 2024
Ottawa – Canadian programming has proven fundamental to the survival of private broadcasters and will become critical in the new digital environment, says the president of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. “The traditional model where Canadian broadcasters simply rented money-making…
