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Unions come out against AAC deal

Filing to CRTC by ACTRA and others warns Canadian airwaves are approaching ‘total domination’ by foreign owners because of $2.3-billion deal

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Soccer plays well for Ceeb

The first game between the Toronto FC and the L.A. Galaxy drew a crowd for CBC — despite the absence of David Beckham

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Skinwalkers stumbles

The werewolf horror struggled to find an audience over its opening weekend, ringing up weak receipts on both sides of the border

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CBC readies next Test the Nation

The quiz show sequel has cancelled plans for a text messaging component because of technical problems, and will try again in 2008

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CBC to pump Heartland

Producers of the CBC series expect the network to put a big push behind the family-aimed horse opera when it goes to air in October

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Podeswa goes to war

Steven Spielberg has tapped the director of Fugitive Pieces to work on The Pacific, the HBO miniseries about the Second World War he is co-producing with Tom Hanks

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Morin in at CRTC

Radio-Canada and RDI veteran starts a five-year term as a commissioner at the federal watchdog on Monday

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JumpTV buys Cycling.tv

Latest deal at the Toronto-based Internet caster scoops the U.K.-based bicycling outlet for just under US$5 million

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Comedy takes Minutes

This Hour Has 22 Minutes has been picked up by the comedy cabler, following a deal with Halifax’s DHX Media

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Oda on the way out?

A cabinet shuffle expected as early as Monday may put the Heritage Minister out of one job and into a new one

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Darling upped at CBC Sports

The Ceeb has promoted Joel Darling to director of production of its sports division, clearing the way for Sherali Najak to step up at Hockey Night in Canada

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No more delays for Skinwalkers

A disagreement about the level of blood and gore in the Ontario-made werewolf picture was one of the things that kept it on the shelf for eight months, say producers Don Carmody and Dennis Berardi