Disk-based products big winner at NAB…

a `work in progress’…

As Sega of Canada gears up to launch Sega Channel north of the border in June, it’s all systems go in the U.S….

Rogers Communications’ bottom line turned a lighter shade of red last year, according to the 1994 annual report quietly released at the end of last month….

Ready early, say telcos…

Like spring creeping in on cat paws, Command Post and Transfer has quietly established Command Advanced Technology, a research and development division with a mandate to create in-house post-production technologies that rival high-end equipment suppliers….

More than 333 companies and individuals with an interest in the regulatory environment governing the Canadian direct-to-home satellite industry have filed submissions and rebuttals to the federal dth task force. Now the panel, appointed by the Ministries of Industry and Heritage,…

A ton o’ laughs, a litany of Mountie jokes, some well-placed jabs at government funding cuts, and another Gemini Awards marathon is in the can. General consensus has it that it was one of the best, if not the best, Geminis…

On March 6, the crtc will open the Information Highway Public Hearing, a month-long exercise that will hear testimony from the major players in the broadcasting, telecommunications and cable industries. All are fighting for position in a new digitized communications and…

This year’s National Association of Broadcasters convention will see more than 70,000 engineers, broadcasters and post-production folk making the trek to Las Vegas, April 9-13, to check out trends, product launches, and look for that piece of technology that might give…

When the crtc laid out the exemption criteria for direct-to-home satellite services last August, it looked as if Expressvu had locked up a primary position in the Canadian market. Expressvu, owned by Canadian Satellite Communications, WIC Western International Communications, BCE Inc….

The crtc decision to allow infomercial networks to circumvent the broadcast licensing process has kick-started the stalled Canadian infomercial production industry. Three weeks after the commission’s announcement, at least one new infomercial service is getting set to launch and two existing…