In the wake of the crtc’s ground-breaking Eligible Services Lists decision, vision.com is expected to announce a third tier of specialty services complete with new u.s. cable channels before the end of the month….

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A week behind crtc hearings, there are few questioning the commission’s approval of Baton Broadcasting’s merger with Electrohome or its asset swap with chum….

Three more specialties and a new $77.9 million in the Canadian programming kitty as the cable companies stack Space: The Imagination Station, Outdoor Life and Home and Garden Television Canada in the tier three lineup of new fall specialties….

New ctcpf policy guidelines which will govern sublicencing deals between the cbc and Canadian private broadcasters next year are in discussion at the board of directors level for the next two months….

Slawko Klymkiw has folded his gangly six-foot-four body into the corner of the couch in his seventh floor corner office at the CBC Broadcast Centre….

The art of Canadian drama production….

It’s a sweet surprise for Atlantic Canada producers but the production community at large will see limited tangible short-term financial benefits stemming from Baton Broadcasting Systems’ taking control of the CTV Network….

Leaving the likes of failed take-overs behind, Nelvana is pulling out of service production, refocusing on proprietary product and fleshing out animation studio plans….

A decision isn’t expected for a fortnight but word is that requests to the crtc for comprehensive additions to The Eligible Services Lists have hit the wall running….

Okay, okay. Enough already….

If it’s June it must be September and with it comes fine, even inspired scheduling for the 1997/98 Canadian tv drama series….