Tag: TV
Western Association of Broadcasters announces 2020 speakers lineup
The Western Association of Broadcasters (WAB) has announced the feature speakers for its 86th Annual Conference, taking place June 10-11 at Fairmont Banff Springs.
Wizard...
Broadcasters We Lost In 2019
Remembered for their contributions to the broadcast industry
*Printed here in order of their publication in Broadcast Dialogue's Weekly Briefing and including notices from Dec....
Canadian ads will be back for 2020 Super Bowl following SCOC...
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC) has quashed a CRTC order that has prohibited simultaneous substitution of American ads during the Super Bowl since 2017.
In...
Subscriber fees outstripped ad revenue 5:1 in 2018: report
Internet advertising continued to soar in 2018 to an estimated $7.7 billion—up from $6.8 billion over the previous year, however subscriber fees outstripped ad...
Michael O’Byrne retiring as Ottawa’s longest-serving TV anchor
Ottawa's longest-serving TV news anchor, Michael O'Byrne, will deliver his final newscast tomorrow.
CTV Ottawa has announced that O'Byrne is retiring after 38 years with...
APTN strikes three-year deal with Rogers to air NHL games in...
APTN and Rogers have struck a three-year deal that will see the Indigenous broadcast network air NHL games in Plains Cree.
Six games will air this...
Bell’s proposed ‘V’ acquisition threatens to crush competition, says Quebecor
Quebecor is asking the CRTC to outright deny Bell Media's application to acquire the French-language V network.
In its intervention to the commission, filed Friday,...
The Story of Broadcast Dialogue
Broadcast Dialogue has been the voice of Canada's broadcast industry since 1992.
Founded by Howard Christensen, a radio news veteran (CHAM-AM Hamilton, CKJD-AM Sarnia, CHYM-AM...
