Melita Kuburas

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Brands and bands on BiteTV

Fall schedule includes sponsor-friendly skateboarding, after-school chat and music

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VisionTV shortlists three dramedies

Shaftesbury, Sudz Sutherland and Soapbox among those in the running

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Conventional hits 30-year low

Sector saw profits of less than 1% last year, says Statistics Canada. Specialty revenues high on subscribers and advertising

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New Judge, Wolf series bow on Citytv

The network’s summer lineup of new reality series and comedies includes a couple that put a new twist on the ever-popular…

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DGC, NFB strike new deal

Documentary and animation directors working through the National Film Board will benefit from a collective agreement for the first time, under a three-year contract signed by the board and the Directors Guild of Canada.

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Few willing to pay more TV fees, says study

A significant percentage of Canadians would not be willing to pay more to receive CTV, Canwest or CBC signals, according to research from M2 Universal. Of the 1,000 Canadians surveyed by the media planning firm, 42% said they would cancel their conventional channels rather than pay more for them. Another 26% would cancel other channels to pay for conventionals, while only 16% would pay a premium to keep them. Of those who would be willing to pay more, 83% would be willing to pay up to $2 per channel, more for CBC/Radio-Canada.

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Few willing to pay TV fees, says study

A significant percentage of Canadians would not be willing to pay more to receive CTV, Canwest or CBC signals, according to…

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GlassBOX pushes Fanboys

The Toronto shop and its multi-platform Bite TV have partnered with media agency Genesis Vizeum on an ad campaign…

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Rogers cuts publishing jobs

The Toronto media giant has made layoffs across its publishing sector, affecting several business-to-business and consumer…

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GlobalTV.com launches redesign

GlobalTV.com has relaunched with a new design and promo strategy geared to dramatically increase traffic and views of its full video library…

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Canwest sets date for Parker

Breakthrough Animation will see its latest go to air next month on TVtropolis, which has slated…

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Predictions worsen for ad spending

Global ad spending is expected to drop by 4.4% to $425 billion this year — more than four percentage points worse than…