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CRTC Appoints Chief Consumer Officer

September 4, 2022 CRTC Chairman, Jean-Pierre Blais, is  pleased to announce the creation of the position of Chief Consumer Officer and the appointment of Barbara Motzney to this position. Barbara will assume her duties starting on October 1. The Chief Consumer Officer’s role…
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Astral Unveils Annual Report on Web and Mobile Devices

November 16, 2022 Astral Media Inc.  today unveiled its interactive Annual Report for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, available online and on mobile devices. The Fiscal 2022 financial and operational highlights for Astral and its business units are presented in a…
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W Network to Premiere Breast Cancer Documentary

August 31, 2022 In honour of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, W Network, in association with Rethink Breast Cancer, is pleased to announce the broadcast premiere of About Her. Directed by Canadian filmmaker Phyllis Ellis and featuring the voice of Canadian…
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Corus Announces Voluntary U.S. Deregistration

August 16, 2022 Corus Entertainment Inc. announced today that it has filed a Form 15F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission   with the intention of voluntarily terminating the registration of its Class B Non-Voting Shares under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.…
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TVO Launches Honoured Citizen Facebook Game

July 12, 2022 TVO gives Facebook politics a whole new meaning and takes another step in promoting citizen engagement with the launch of Honoured Citizen,  a multi-player social media game that runs on the Facebook Platform. Developed for TVO by Lazar Entertainment, Honoured…
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WABE 2022 Registration Opens

July 11, 2022 This year’s WABE convention will be held at the Shaw Convention Centre in Edmonton from November 6-8, 2022. We hope to fill 60+ booths and our papers chair persons are already lining up some timely topics for all areas of…
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Ryerson’s DMZ Home to Hot Entrepreneurs

July 8, 2022  Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone  is proud to congratulate resident entrepreneurs Justin Hein and Monica Mei for their recent recognition from the Globe and Mail’s Report on Small Business. The founders of budget-tracking application Spenz and WhatImWear.in, described as the “visual…
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Tony Burman Appointed to Research Chair at Ryerson University

July 6, 2022 Tony Burman, has been appointed the Velma Rogers Graham Research Chair in News Media and Technology in Ryerson*s School of Journalism in the Faculty of Communication & Design. The appointment takes effect September 1, 2022. As CBC*s Editor-in-Chief from 2022-2022,…
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BCE Announces Closing of $345-million Preferred Share Offering

July 5, 2022 BCE Inc. announced today that it has closed its previously announced public offering of Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series AK, by a syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc. As…
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Bell Canada To Pay Maximum Fine for Misleading Advertising

June 29, 2022 Bell Canada must pay a $10 million penalty, the maximum amount allowed under the country’s Competition Act, for misleading advertising for its Internet, satellite TV, home phone and wireless services. The Competition Bureau says Bell has agreed to stop making…