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CBC/Radio-Canada calls for digital media to be brought under Broadcasting Act
CBC/Radio-Canada wants digital media brought under the Broadcasting Act and ISPs and wireless providers to contribute a fixed percentage of revenues to fund Canadian programming,...
CRTC asks for authority to regulate online service providers like Netflix
The CRTC asks for authority to regulate online service providers like Netflix and Spotify, and fine broadcasters, among other new powers in its written...
Acadia Broadcasting moves to acquire CIGO-FM Port Hawkesbury
Acadia Broadcasting has filed an application with the CRTC to acquire CIGO-FM, Port Hawkesbury, NS.
Owned by MacEachern Broadcasting Limited, the station operates as 101.5 The...
Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Esther Enkin, retired CBC Ombudsman, on...
On our first podcast of 2019, Esther Enkin, who has retired after six years as the CBC’s complaint watchdog, and four decades as a...
The Weekly Briefing
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Evanov Halifax has made layoffs following a rebrand of its alt-rock station and a subsequent poor fall ratings performance. Casualties included Rock 105.1...
The Weekly Briefing
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Michel Bissonnette will take over as Interim Executive Vice-President of CBC, following the departure of Heather Conway in the coming days. Bissonnette is...
The Weekly Briefing
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The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) will award broadcast veteran Duff Roman with the 2019 Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award for...
The Weekly Briefing
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Virgin Radio Toronto (CKFM-FM) has released almost its entire on-air lineup. Tucker In The Morning with Maura Grierson and Andy Wilson has been...
The Weekly Briefing
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Rogers Media has filed its statement of defence in response to the $1.4 million lawsuit filed by former 92 CITI FM Winnipeg morning man...
Montreal sports broadcaster Randy Tieman dead at 64
Online tributes continue to pour in for Randy Tieman, a pillar of Montreal sports broadcasting, who passed away unexpectedly on Friday (Nov. 16). He...
