Dec 31, 2009 — News Article: Vancouver journalist Michelle Lang mourned by colleagues by Doug Ward
First Canadian reporter to be killed in the Afghanistan mission remembered by colleagues.
Dec 30, 2009 — News Article: Broadcasters' Woes Could Spell Trouble for Free TV by Andrew Vanacore
Assailed by cable and the Web, broadcast TV looks to build a new business model.
Dec 30, 2009 — News Article: A New Video Frontier With Contextual Media by Kevin Schaff
Columnist says new tools will enable delivery of Internet video content around categories such as sports, news, and entertainment in new engaging ways.
Dec 30, 2009 — News Article: Fox rejects arbitration in fee dispute with Time Warner Cable by Ryan Nakashima
Rupert Murdoch says good programming can no longer be supported solely by advertising revenues.
Dec 22, 2009 — News Article: Current TV's plans to enter Canada on hold
Plans for Current TV, Al Gore's interactive television network, to enter Canada are on hold for now.
Dec 21, 2009 — News Article: A Proposal From Apple to Offer Online TV Subscriptions Stirs Network Interest by Brian Stelter
Columnist says Apple is eliciting tentative interest from some networks in its proposal to offer a TV subscription package via the Internet.
Dec 20, 2009 — News Article: Audience to blame in TV showdown by Garnet Fraser by Michael Riley
Columnist says there is a disconnect between what Canadians say they want from television and what they actually support with their viewing habits.
Dec 20, 2009 — News Article: Bone-headed system by Denis McGrath Special
TV and movie screenwriter says it cannot be believed that after years of gouging customers and raising rates, Cable companies have suddenly discovered a consumer conscience.
Dec 20, 2009 — News Article: Save Local TV, but for what? by Bill Brioux
Columnist notes that CTV, Global and now Rogers-owned Citytv spend more than ten times as much buying American TV shows than they do on Canadian programs.
Dec 19, 2009 — News Article: Fox takes war with TW to Web, TV by Cynthia Littleton
Fox has launched a new website in its battle with Time Warner Cable over a new carriage agreement.
Dec 17, 2009 — News Article: CanWest scores a win in specialty channels fight by Andrew Willis
CanWest has rebuffed an attempt by Goldman Sachs to put a hammerlock on the media company's specialty television networks.
Dec 17, 2009 — News Article: "Pay Per View" Means What Americans Want To Watch
A new study says Americans can't live without the internet, want to see advertisements that are innovative, and are open to new technologies that monitor their media usage if privacy is maintained.
Dec 17, 2009 — News Article: New Portable People Meters give Canadian network TV a big ratings boost by Bill Brioux
Data from Portable People Meters reveal that far more people are watching hit shows in Canada than previously estimated.
Dec 16, 2009 — News Article: CBC, National Post offer joint 2010 Games coverage
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Post will join forces to provide top online coverage of the Vancouver Games.
Dec 16, 2009 — News Article: Television dives into digital, musical offshoots to secure viewers by Cassandra Szklarski
Recent experiments in the form of television shows are pointing to radical shifts in the way stories are told and the way viewers consume them.
Dec 15, 2009 — News Article: Never Listen to Céline? Radio Meter Begs to Differ by Stephanie Clifford
A new radio study using Portable People Meters shows that what people say they listen to and what they actually listen to is different.
Dec 15, 2009 — News Article: Shaw executives hike base pay 28% by Dan Healing
The top five executives at Shaw Communications increased their base salaries by an average of 28 per cent in the past fiscal year.
Dec 14, 2009 — News Article: Television spat now shows promise for Canadian consumers The Hill Times by Michael Janigan
The executive director of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre says it is time for policy-makers to step away from the past collegial supervision of cable/satellite companies and deliver a framework that is responsive to consumer needs.
Dec 12, 2009 — News Article: Broadcasters' proposals are clarified
CTV executive says out-of-market stations should not be allowed to import programming into Canada where a Canadian broadcaster owns the rights.
Dec 9, 2009 — News Article: Behavioral Remarketing and GeoTargeting Boost Response
A new report indicates that internet ads targeted based on where the viewer is located and their past behaviour are expected to bring in 1.9 billion per year by 2013.
Dec 9, 2009 — Policy Brief: Compensation Regime for the Value of Local Television Signals (BN CRTC 2009-614)
FRIENDS recommends that the CRTC re-regulate the basic service of the big four cable monopolies and ensure that cable distributors do not pass along signal compensation charges to their subscribers.
Dec 9, 2009 — News Article: Cable and satellite television
New report says the operating revenue of cable and satellite television companies totalled $10.3 billion in 2008.
Dec 9, 2009 — News Article: Cable, satellite revenue still rising: StatsCan
According to a report from Statistics Canada, revenue at Canada's cable and satellite companies rose 14.4 per cent in 2008.
Dec 9, 2009 — News Article: Cable Freedom Is a Click Away by Nick Bilton
Columnist uses a selection of gadgets to go "cable free" and saves $1,600 a year in bills.
Dec 9, 2009 — News Article: TV losing value, say consumers by Chris Powell
A new study by Canadian Media Research indicates Canadians remain generally satisfied with television, but they are less willing to pay more for it.
Dec 8, 2009 — News Article: CTV, Global and CBC band together on 'consumer first' solution by Jamie Sturgeon
CTV, Global and CBC recommend the CRTC implement a "skinny" basic cable package that would cost consumers about $20 a month depending on the market.
Dec 8, 2009 — News Article: Canwest defends specialty TV move by Jamie Sturgeon
Canwest says it acted within its legal rights to bring its shares in specialty television channels it co-owns with Goldman Sachs & Co. into its creditor-protection proceedings.
Dec 8, 2009 — News Article: Canwest, Goldman trade punches in court by Etan Vlessing
Canwest argues that financing partner Goldman Sachs & Co. has threatened its restructuring.
Dec 8, 2009 — News Article: Canwest, Goldman eye compromise by Andrew Willis
Court documents show that Goldman Sachs has offered to suspend its right to sell the specialty TV business if CanWest keeps the division separate from television units.
Dec 3, 2009 — News Article: Big changes in store for CAB; a radio-only association? by Greg O'Brien
Sources say that the Canadian Association of Broadcasters is almost certainly finished as an association representing TV broadcasters.
Dec 1, 2009 — News Article: TV tax slugfest just starting by Terence Corcoran
Columnist asks that given the level of public misunderstanding of the fee-for-carriage issue, how much hope is there for constructive debate?
Dec 1, 2009 — News Article: For quarrelling broadcasters and carriers - the consumer is in the driver's seat by Christopher Maule
The Professor Emeritus of Carleton University says the battle between broadcasters and distributors is about the past and the disappearing present and not about the future of traditional television.
Dec 1, 2009 — News Article: Facing up to a question of fairness
Editorial calls for fair compensation for TV broadcast signals.
Nov 30, 2009 — News Article: Canwest reports $1.69B net loss for 2009
Despite "substantially reduced" operating expenses, Canwest reports a net loss of $1.69 billion for its fiscal year ended August 31, 2009.
Nov 29, 2009 — News Article: Broadcasters change channel in middle of show by Angelo Persichilli
Columnist says broadcasters are looking to the CRTC and consumers for more money to defend an old business model that is not working any more.
Nov 29, 2009 — News Article: David Holland says Torstar is making changes to contend with future of media by David Friend
New Torstar president says the once newspaper-centric operation named after its cornerstone big city newspaper the Toronto Star is now a catch-all media enterprise.
Nov 27, 2009 — News Article: Canwest Global sees full-year loss climb by Etan Vlessing
An insolvent Canwest says it reduced its fourth quarter loss by shedding costs and assets under creditor protection, even as its full-year loss grew.
Nov 27, 2009 — News Article: U.K. TV exports soar by 25% in 2008 by Mimi Turner
Report says sales of U.K. programs onto digital platforms in other countries has become a major growth area.
Nov 27, 2009 — News Article: CRTC gives green light to Al Jazeera English by Susan Krashinsky
Major cable and satellite providers in Canada indicate willingness to carry Qatar-based Al Jazeera English TV network.
Nov 27, 2009 — News Article: Canwest revenues, profit slump
Canwest reports falling advertising sales pulled the company's revenue down by 13 per cent to $624 million last quarter.
Nov 27, 2009 — News Article: Canwest reports quarterly operating profit of $52-million
Canwest says it had a fourth quarter operating profit of $52-million before charges, compared with $60-million in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Nov 27, 2009 — News Article: Goldman locks horns with CanWest over bankruptcy action by Iain Marlow
U.S. investment bank says Canwest's decision to dissolve its jointly held holding company was 'unfairly prejudicial'
Nov 27, 2009 — News Article: Bring on Al Jazeera, Canada can take it by Jonathan Kay
Now that the the CRTC has approved the Canadian transmission of Al Jazeera English, columnist says it is time to also approve Al Jazeera Arabic.
Nov 26, 2009 — News Article: Commission approves Al-Jazeera English by Greg O'Brien
Canadian cable, satellite and telco TV carriers can now add Al-Jazeera English to their channel lineups.
Nov 26, 2009 — News Article: Canwest, Goldman Sachs battle heats up by Etan Vlessing
Canwest tells an Ontario court it was forced to put 13 cable channels under creditor protection to stop Wall Street partner Goldman Sachs from selling its "crown jewels."
Nov 26, 2009 — News Article: CanWest, Goldman tussle over specialty channels by Andrew Willis
CanWest has accused partner Goldman Sachs of acting in bad faith over the stable of specialty television networks the two companies jointly own.
Nov 26, 2009 — News Article: Canwest fires back at Goldman over specialty channels
Canwest tells a court that its move to dissolve its joint specialty-TV venture with Goldman Sachs was the only way to prevent a forced sale of the assets.
Nov 26, 2009 — News Article: Rogers cuts 900 jobs
Rogers Communications says it's laying off about 900 employees across Canada, mostly in executive and management positions.
Nov 26, 2009 — News Article: Rogers boosts stake in Cogeco
Rogers pays $163-million to increase share in Montreal-based Cogeco to one-third and in Cogeco Cable to one-fifth.
Nov 25, 2009 — News Article: CBC News at 10 Fix: Paging Jack Bauer
Article provides ratings for the flagship TV newscasts for CBC, CTV and Global.
Nov 25, 2009 — News Article: Let's listen to Péladeau on TV fees by Peter Hadekel
The president of Quebecor, which owns both a cable company and a TV network, says some of the fees paid by carriers to specialty channels could be redirected to private over-the-air broadcasters.
Nov 23, 2009 — News Article: Goldman seeks more CanWest control by Andrew Willis
Goldman Sachs wants Canwest's executives to stop taking orders from a handful of foreign funds and make building its TV networks a priority.
Nov 23, 2009 — News Article: Geist: Broadcasters want more than fee for carriage by Michael Geist
Columnist says broadcasters are seeking to block U.S. signals, leave some Canadian communities without over-the-air television, and delay the transition to digital television transmission until 2013.
Nov 23, 2009 — News Article: Astral's specialty TV ambitions by Andrew Willis
Astral chief executive officer that if Canwest's specialty television arm was to "become available, it certainly is of interest to us".
Nov 23, 2009 — News Article: "Confronting Mcluhan: Why Form Matters Less than Content" by Hugh D. Segal
Canadian senator, political strategist, author, and commentator makes a speech about democracy and journalism.
Nov 20, 2009 — News Article: Konrad von Finckenstein 'sick' and Jim Shaw 'tired' by Susan Krashinsky
CEO of Shaw Communications says it's time to move on from fight between broadcasters, cable and satellite firms.
Nov 20, 2009 — News Article: An Unsteady Future for Broadcast by Tim Arango and Bill Carter
Article suggests that a tipping point has been reached in the remarkable decline in the fortunes of broadcast television in America.
Nov 20, 2009 — News Article: Show won't go on, but Oprah brand will by Andrew Ryan
Oprah Winfrey will end her popular talk show in September, 2011, supposedly in preparation to launch her own cable channel.
Nov 19, 2009 — News Article: TV Fees: A job for Steve Jobs by William Watson
Columnist says the public is desperate for a technology that will do for television what iTunes and the iPod have done for music and movies: enable "content-providers" to charge viewers for what they choose to watch.
Nov 19, 2009 — News Article: Broadcasters are all facing darkest of days by Martin Cash
Columnist notes that Shaw recently paid $300 million for Mountain Cablevision in Hamilton, while Canwest sold the Hamilton television station, CHCH, for $6.
Nov 18, 2009 — News Article: Reprice the channels, says Péladeau by Norma Reveler
Quebecor Media president calls for a rebalancing of the Canadian TV system that would see some subscriber fees now earmarked for specialty channels diverted to conventional TV.
Nov 18, 2009 — News Article: Pierre Karl Péladeau plaide pour la télé
Quebecor's Pierre Karl Péladeau says the business model is broken well beyond the effects of the recession for all established media.
Nov 18, 2009 — News Article: Feds eye move into battle over cable fees by Grant Robertson
Columnist says that officials with Heritage Canada are closely watching the Local TV debate to see how Canadians will be impacted before a possible election.
Nov 18, 2009 — News Article: Give viewers more choice: Péladeau by Susan Krashinsky
Quebecor president says conventional broadcasters deserve the same fees cable and satellite carriers now pay specialty channels.
Nov 18, 2009 — News Article: Analysts say it's a matter of years before TV watching is done mostly online by Michael Oliveira
Analysts say within a matter of years the Internet will become a major threat to many of the companies that currently dominate the TV world.
Nov 17, 2009 — News Article: Fees will harm consumers: Bell TV by Grant Robertson
Bell says its satellite TV service has consistently lost money for more than a decade, and levies proposed by networks will damage its business further.
Nov 17, 2009 — News Article: Think small, says CBC by Norma Reveler
The CBC proposes an all-Canadian cable package that would cost less and would allow for dollars to flow back to the conventional TV stations.
Nov 17, 2009 — News Article: Amazon's Kindle arrives in Canada by Matt Hartley
Users of the Kindle digital book reader can buy and download from a list of more than 300,000 e-books and subscribe to more than 90 newspapers from around the world, including the National Post.
Nov 17, 2009 — News Article: Konrad von Finckenstein berates TV, cable executives by Grant Robertson
CRTC chief says 'I don't know why you two don't realize it's in your long-run interests to come to some solution, rather than scaring the daylights out of Canadians.'
Nov 17, 2009 — News Article: CRTC urges TV players to craft own solution by Jamie Sturgeon
CRTC chair urges the two sides in the local TV debate to voluntarily craft a "grand bargain" to stabilize the system with as little impact on consumers as possible.
Nov 17, 2009 — News Article: Why should cable customers have to bail out big TV? by Yves Mayrand
Cogeco Cable executive says carriage fees will burden Canadian cable and satellite customers without getting anything in return.
Nov 17, 2009 — News Article: CTV threatens to close local stations by Iain Marlow
CTV says it will black out signals and continue to shutter local television stations if it can't get paid by cable companies for local programming.
Nov 16, 2009 — News Article: Telco ownership rules from bygone era by Michael Geist
Columnist says the restrictions on foreign ownership of Canadian telecommunications companies should be updated to foster more competition.
Nov 16, 2009 — News Article: Tune in for the broadcasters vs. cable-satellite fight by Iain Marlow
Columnist says hearings before broadcast regulator on the value of "Local TV" could alter the Canadian media landscape dramatically.
Nov 14, 2009 — News Article: The battle over local TV by Grant Robertson, Nathan VanderKlippe and Susan Krashinsky
Article looks at the front-lines of the "Local TV" debate in Hamilton, ON and Red Deer, AB.
Nov 14, 2009 — News Article: Rogers eyes spectrum buy by Iain Marlow
The head of Rogers Communications says that regulation will not create innovation.
Nov 13, 2009 — News Article: Video: A Pox on Both Their Houses: Cable and TV
Roundtable discussion on the issue of fee-for-carriage, featuring broadcast industry observers including FRIENDS spokesperson, Ian Morrison.
Nov 13, 2009 — News Article: A modest proposal to cool the TV war by Douglas Barrett and Stephen Stohn
Industry observers say that "nonsimultaneous substitution" - removing the restriction that U.S. shows have to aired be at same time and date - would give broadcasters increased flexibility and revenue.
Nov 13, 2009 — News Article: TSX takes Canwest down a peg by Etan Vlessing
Shares in Canwest are now to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange after its stock was delisted from Canada's top financial exchange.
Nov 11, 2009 — News Article: Sky-Italia complains against TV monitoring co by Eric J. Lyman
Italian satellite broadcaster Sky-Italia has filed a complaint, charging that rival Mediaset has been pressuring a TV monitoring company to "misrepresent" Sky-Italia's market share.
Nov 11, 2009 — News Article: Murdoch bets on survival without Google by Grant Robertson
News Corp. chief believes revenue lost from pulling out of search engine can be recouped through subscriptions.
Nov 9, 2009 — News Article: How Spotify might save the music industry by Karen Pinchin
Columnist says the future of the music industry may be found in "cloud" storage, where the entire history of recorded music is streamed to subscribers' devices.
Nov 6, 2009 — News Article: Oprah moving to her OWN network? by Alex Strachan
Columnist says Oprah Winfrey may pull up stakes with CBS and move her daytime TV-talk show to the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Nov 5, 2009 — News Article: Torstar downgraded to 'underperform' by Scotia Capital by David Parkinson
Analyst downgrades Torstar's stock because of financial trouble in its newspaper publishing business.
Nov 5, 2009 — News Article: Nanos ends partnership with CPAC
Nanos Research says the company has elected to end its partnership with the Cable Public Affairs Channel over a disagreement regarding work for other organizations.
Nov 4, 2009 — News Article: Torstar returns to profit on Harlequin growth
Nov 4, 2009 — News Article: Toronto Star plans staff shakeup by Susan Krashinsky
Nov 4, 2009 — News Article: Hedge fund buys CanWest bonds by Andrew Willis
Nov 3, 2009 — News Article: Bell to launch high-speed network Wednesday, a day ahead of Telus by Luann Lasalle
Nov 3, 2009 — News Article: iTunes May Offer Pay-TV Service by Wayne Friedman
Nov 2, 2009 — News Release: Canadian consumers need protection from big cable
Nov 2, 2009 — Policy Brief: Re: Compensation Regime for the Value of Local Television Signals: Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-614
Nov 2, 2009 — News Article: Canada's Bell TV is 'Mad' about AMC by Etan Vlessing
Oct 31, 2009 — News Article: The fall of an empire by Peter C. Newman
Oct 31, 2009 — News Article: The rumours of our demise...
Oct 30, 2009 — News Article: National Post transferred to Canwest's publishing arm
Oct 30, 2009 — News Article: Cable rivals drop gloves
Oct 28, 2009 — News Article: The day Leonard Asper lost the Street by Grant Robertson
Oct 28, 2009 — News Article: Save local TV
Oct 28, 2009 — News Article: Canwest publishing OKs Post transfer
Oct 28, 2009 — News Article: Astral won't ride to Global's rescue by Grant Robertson
Oct 28, 2009 — News Article: CEP seeks help with Canwest legal bills
Oct 27, 2009 — News Article: Rogers buys into Eisner's new vision by Grant Robertson and Susan Krashinsky
Oct 26, 2009 — News Article: To tame them or blame them: Obama provides access but admonishes media as relationship evolves by Ben Feller
Oct 26, 2009 — News Article: Canwest creditors: TV giants and taxi firms
Oct 23, 2009 — News Article: Shaw Communications earnings dip by Etan Vlessing
Oct 21, 2009 — News Article: CRTC issues net neutrality rules by Peter Nowak
Oct 21, 2009 — News Article: Media-hungry Canadians seek access to geoblocked Hulu, Spotify by Ted Kritsonis
Oct 20, 2009 — News Article: Canada's conventional TV networks agree on zero fee
Oct 20, 2009 — News Article: Canada's Superstation joins Local TV Matters Campaign
Oct 20, 2009 — News Article: The Score HD Launches on Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct
Oct 20, 2009 — News Article: News Corporation's STAR Launches 7-Channels on Rogers' Canadian Platform
Oct 19, 2009 — News Article: Beringer Capital plans media plays, denies Canwest is one of them by David Friend
Oct 19, 2009 — News Article: Is there a future for Canadian TV? by Jason Kirby
Oct 17, 2009 — News Article: For television stations, it's hip to be on the square Image by Christopher Hume
Oct 17, 2009 — News Article: Canwest noteholders extend deadline for possible transfer of National Post to LP
Oct 16, 2009 — News Article: Mobile DTV standard approved by Glen Dickson
Oct 16, 2009 — News Article: Canwest Launches DIY Network Canada - It's Hammer Time!
Oct 16, 2009 — News Article: Canwest could fetch more than $1 billion for newspapers, say industry observers by David Friend
Oct 15, 2009 — News Article: Ted Turner wants to run CNN again by Paul Bond
Oct 15, 2009 — News Article: Canwest faces TSX delisting by Etan Vlessing
Oct 15, 2009 — News Article: YouTube to screen Channel 4 shows by Mimi Turner
Oct 15, 2009 — News Article: Canwest wants restructuring plan by end of January, faces resistance by David Friend
Oct 13, 2009 — News Article: ITV raises $190 million in bond issue by Steve Clarke
Oct 11, 2009 — News Article: More TV taxes
Oct 9, 2009 — News Article: Local TV takes on cable giants
Oct 9, 2009 — News Article: Networks air fee fight frustrations by Althia Raj
Oct 9, 2009 — News Article: Memo to Broadcasters: You need a number, and a concept, to fight with by Greg O'Brien
Oct 9, 2009 — News Article: Michael Moore Was Right: Progressives Don't Watch Enough TV by Vanessa Richmond
Oct 8, 2009 — News Article: Canwest employees fear for severance
Oct 8, 2009 — News Article: Canadians like their Dr. House. Pastor Mansbridge, not so much by John Doyle
Oct 8, 2009 — News Article: The Aspers have a bad heir day by Margaret Wente
Oct 8, 2009 — News Article: Everyone chasing a shrinking audience by Nicholas Hirst
Oct 8, 2009 — News Article: Canwest's legacy large by Martin Cash
Oct 7, 2009 — News Article: Canwest assures viewers, TV partners of regularly scheduled programming by Cassandra Szklarski
Oct 7, 2009 — News Article: Canwest choked by convergence Kool-Aid by David Olive
Oct 7, 2009 — News Article: The Asper dream ends, the selloff begins by Grant Robertson and Andrew Willis
Oct 7, 2009 — News Article: The debate over 'fee-for-carriage' heats up
In a radio interview, FRIENDS spokesperson, Ian Morrison, discusses the need for "fee-for-carriage" to preserve local television and the misinformation being presented by Canada's cable monopolies.
Oct 6, 2009 — News Article: Bell will sell iPhones next month
Oct 6, 2009 — News Article: CanWest to seek court protection by Tavia Grant
Oct 6, 2009 — News Article: Canwest Global seeks creditor protection by Etan Vlessing
Oct 6, 2009 — News Article: Leonard Asper's memo to staff
Oct 6, 2009 — News Article: Canwest employees deserve better
Oct 1, 2009 — News Article: CBC and National Post announce content sharing agreement
Sep 30, 2009 — News Article: Rate of Decline in Global Ad Spending Slows, Report Shows by Eric Pfanner
Sep 30, 2009 — News Article: U.K. Internet ad spend overtakes TV by Mimi Turner
Sep 30, 2009 — News Article: YouTubing Ourselves to Death by Ben Shingler
Sep 24, 2009 — News Article: CanWest to unload stake in Aussie TV
Sep 22, 2009 — News Article: Rogers dumps access fee by Jamie Sturgeon
Sep 19, 2009 — News Article: Rogers scolded over pay-TV marketing by Omar el Akkad
Sep 18, 2009 — News Article: Top court confirms rebates for overcharged Telus, Bell customers by Janice Tibbetts
Sep 17, 2009 — News Article: Broadcasters Need More Cuts - Execs b by Kate Holton
Sep 16, 2009 — News Article: CTV rejigs finances to avoid default
Sep 16, 2009 — News Article: Sky suit widens ItalianTV war by Nick Vivarelli
Sep 15, 2009 — News Article: BDU-broadcaster battle renewed; BDUs want commissioners recused by Greg O'Brien
Sep 15, 2009 — News Article: Rogers launches faster network for mobile Internet for laptop, netbook users by Luann Lasalle
Sep 14, 2009 — News Article: Canada's Television Broadcasters Unite to Stand Up for Viewers and to Protect Local Television
Sep 14, 2009 — Policy Brief: Re: Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-411 – Policy proceeding on a group-based approach to licensing of television services
Sep 14, 2009 — News Article: Networks, cable firms gird for battle by Grant Robertson
Sep 14, 2009 — News Article: Carriage fee fight is on the air by Rita Trichur
Sep 10, 2009 — News Article: Canwest signs forbearance agreement with lenders, agrees to pay interest
Sep 10, 2009 — News Article: Rogers wants customers to act against FFC
Sep 4, 2009 — News Article: Canwest outsourcing advertising production work in Calgary and Regina overseas
Sep 3, 2009 — News Article: FCC Asked To Examine 'TV Everywhere'
Sep 2, 2009 — News Article: CTV-Rogers deal for Canadian VOD market by Etan Vlessing
Sep 1, 2009 — News Article: XM Radio operator being sued over royalties
Aug 31, 2009 — News Article: TSN, at 25, faces challenges by Chris Zelkovich
Aug 28, 2009 — News Article: CanWest talks bogged down by revival of Australian TV fortunes by Grant Robertson
Aug 27, 2009 — News Article: Private radio broadcasting
Aug 26, 2009 — News Article: CRTC set to okay Canwest sales by Etan Vlessing
Aug 26, 2009 — News Article: AM stations help push 2008 radio revenues up 5.6%
Aug 25, 2009 — News Article: Moses Issues First Call for Last Taboo
Aug 24, 2009 — News Article: Wireless radio Internet adaptor comes to Canada
Aug 24, 2009 — News Article: New Audience Measurement Tools May Affect Ratings
Aug 19, 2009 — News Article: Upstart targets big boys of satellite TV by Grant Robertson and Karim Bardeesy
Aug 17, 2009 — News Article: CRTC Approves New Internet Rates
Aug 15, 2009 — News Article: Be vigilant about cable and satellite by Bill Roberts
Aug 11, 2009 — News Article: The time has come to regulate the billing practices of cable and satellite companies
Aug 7, 2009 — News Article: Quebecor and CanWest to share newspaper delivery in Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary by Ross Marowits
Aug 7, 2009 — News Article: CanWest taps top guns to marshal turnaround by Grant Robertson and Andrew Willis
Aug 7, 2009 — News Article: TV faces a hard economic reality
Aug 4, 2009 — News Article: CanWest to sell shares in Australian unit
Aug 3, 2009 — News Article: Canwest subsidiary to miss interest payment
Aug 1, 2009 — News Article: Canwest wins new extension
Aug 1, 2009 — News Article: CHCH-TV workers OK deal to sell station
Jul 30, 2009 — News Article: Torstar registers loss on CTVglobemedia charge
Jul 30, 2009 — News Article: Torstar shelves CEO hunt by Grant Robertson
Jul 28, 2009 — News Article: 2008 Canadian Online Advertising Revenue Grows To $1.6 Billion And Surpasses Radio
Jul 22, 2009 — News Article: TV 2.0 lets you take control By Gillian Shaw
Jul 22, 2009 — News Article: Canwest closing TV stations in Alberta, B.C.
Jul 20, 2009 — News Article: CTV to sell Brandon outlet to Bluepoint for $1
Jul 17, 2009 — News Article: Canwest creditors give media company another two weeks; new deadline is July 31
Jul 16, 2009 — News Article: Shaw Communications acquires Hamilton's Mountain Cable, terms not disclosed
Jul 15, 2009 — News Article: Corus facing 'worst case scenario' in radio business, posts $145M quarterly loss By David Friend
Jul 10, 2009 — News Article: CanWest's loss widens to $100-million
Jul 10, 2009 — News Article: Will sale of local Canadian TV station usher in new business model for industry? By Bill Brioux
Jul 10, 2009 — News Article: CanWest's loss widens to $100-million
Jul 9, 2009 — News Article: HBO boosts Astral earnings By Etan Vlessing
Jul 9, 2009 — News Article: New low for Canwest By Etan Vlessing
Jul 9, 2009 — News Article: Conventional hits 30-year low By Melita Kuburas
Jul 9, 2009 — News Article: Television broadcasting
Jul 8, 2009 — News Article: Reprieve for Windsor station By Sean Davidson
Jul 8, 2009 — News Article: Windsor A Channel Gets Reprieve from CTV
Jul 8, 2009 — News Article: CRTC Rejects Rogers Bid to Reduce CanCon
Jul 7, 2009 — News Article: Local TV precarious, despite increased funding: networks
Jul 6, 2009 — News Article: Globe union ratifies contract By John McCrank
Jul 4, 2009 — News Article: Europe tightens broadcasting rules By Ian Mundell
Jul 2, 2009 — News Article: Al Jazeera gaining favour in Canada By Joanna Smith
Jul 2, 2009 — News Article: No deal, no explanation from CTV, Shaw By Etan Vlessing
Jul 1, 2009 — News Article: Shaw cancels purchase of 3 CTV stations
Jun 30, 2009 — News Article: Channel Zero buying two Es By Etan Vlessing
Jun 25, 2009 — News Article: Digital TV: Where Are All Those Eyeballs? By Tom Lowry
Jun 24, 2009 — News Article: Chronology of Canadian Feature Film
Jun 24, 2009 — News Article: From the Web to your TV set By Grant Robertson
Jun 23, 2009 — News Article: Setanta files for bankruptcy protection By Jane Wardell
Jun 22, 2009 — News Article: Molson, Bell buy Canadiens hockey team By Etan Vlessing
Jun 22, 2009 — News Article: TV advertising delivers, survey finds
Jun 20, 2009 — News Article: Globe and Mail workers vote to back strike mandate
Jun 19, 2009 — News Article: BBC braces for funding cuts By Steve Clarke
Jun 18, 2009 — News Article: Canadian pay-TV channel files for bankruptcy protection
Jun 17, 2009 — News Article: Going around the system, but "legally"? And for $11.95 a month? By Greg O’Brien
Jun 16, 2009 — News Article: How does U.S. democracy survive without its newspapers? By John Ibbitson
Jun 16, 2009 — News Article: Montreal's La Presse drops Sunday edition
Jun 15, 2009 — News Article: The Case of Kids Programming
Jun 15, 2009 — News Article: Znaimer vehicle to buy VisionTV for $25-million
Jun 12, 2009 — News Article: Canwest seeks wage cuts
Jun 12, 2009 — News Article: Canadian radio was up before recession by Etan Vlessing
Jun 11, 2009 — News Article: The king of convergence by Patricia Bailey
Jun 11, 2009 — News Article: TV Should Be Enjoyable, Not Taxable
Jun 9, 2009 — News Article: 'Digital nation' key to economic recovery, academics say by Elizabeth Church
Jun 9, 2009 — News Article: Why Fox News Is Terrible Despite Rupert Murdoch's Rhetoric by Steve Benen
Jun 9, 2009 — News Article: Spin-offs, prequels set for fall by Etan Vlessing
Jun 9, 2009 — News Article: Rogers in "big league" this fall by Etan Vlessing
Jun 5, 2009 — News Article: TV still number one, most trusted, news source; newspapers second, Internet last
Jun 5, 2009 — News Article: New lenders put Canwest on a short rope by Martin Cash
Jun 4, 2009 — News Article: Canadian TV creators to focus on breaking into US market at Banff fest by Cassandra Szklarski
Jun 4, 2009 — News Article: Copps to lead CAB? by Greg O'Brien
Jun 4, 2009 — News Article: CanWest takes E! out of the picture by Gayle MacDonald
Jun 2, 2009 — News Article: Al Jazeera hopes to be here by the fall by Bruce DeMara
Jun 2, 2009 — Policy Brief: Re: Notice of Consultation 2009-235
Jun 1, 2009 — News Article: Canwest debt-ridden, calm by Geoff Kirbyson
Jun 1, 2009 — News Article: Rogers spends to get with the programs by Grant Robertson
May 30, 2009 — News Article: Canwest opts to defer payment
May 29, 2009 — News Article: Majors now selling TV programs on iTunes Canada
May 28, 2009 — News Release: 2009 Dalton Camp Award Winners Announced
May 27, 2009 — News Article: Airing of Stéphane Dion Interview False Starts Violated Broadcast Codes
May 27, 2009 — News Article: Rogers busy at L.A. Screenings
May 26, 2009 — News Article: Upstart TSN outscores, outclasses HNIC by Roy MacGregor
May 25, 2009 — News Article: Heritage Committee: Von Finckenstein wants to let broadcasters and distributors negotiate a fee by Norma Reveler
May 24, 2009 — News Article: Canadian TV buyers wrap up by Etan Vlessing
May 22, 2009 — News Article: Campaign: Don't Tax My TV!
May 22, 2009 — News Article: CTV Responds to Rogers Complaint to CRTC
May 21, 2009 — News Article: Small ISPs fight ruling that let Bell throttle internet speeds by Emily Chung
May 21, 2009 — News Article: Bondholders now call the shots at CanWest by Grant Robertson and Andrew Willis
May 19, 2009 — News Article: TV's broadcast-cable divide by Brian Lowry
May 17, 2009 — News Article: Hunting for hits in Hollywood by Grant Robertson
May 16, 2009 — News Article: Feud roils troubled TV industry by Kelly Toughill
May 16, 2009 — News Article: CanWest sells Turkish assets by Grant Robertson
May 16, 2009 — News Article: Technology Redefines Canadian Media Landscape by Qin Mei
May 14, 2009 — News Article: Tossed by a gale
May 13, 2009 — News Article: Canadian broadcasters scale back traditionally glitzy TV promos by Cassandra Szklarski
May 13, 2009 — News Article: Actors to MPs: Don't panic by Marise Strauss
May 11, 2009 — Policy Brief: Evolution of the television industry in Canada and its impact on local communication
May 10, 2009 — Policy Brief: Re: Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-113 Licence Renewals for Private Conventional Television Stations: Comments on Bell Television's "FreeSat" Proposal
May 10, 2009 — News Article: Ad Losses Put Squeeze on TV News by Brian Stelter
May 8, 2009 — News Article: Inside the Canwest talks by Andrew Willis
May 8, 2009 — News Article: Shaw to offer 3-D TV content by Eric Volmers
May 8, 2009 — News Article: BCE, Telus join forces on satellite TV by Simon Avery
May 8, 2009 — News Article: Sirius XM posts loss as subscriber numbers slip
May 6, 2009 — News Article: Torstar report reveals CTV losses by Etan Vlessing
May 6, 2009 — Policy Brief: Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-113 - Licence Renewals for Private Conventional Television Stations
May 6, 2009 — News Article: Lenders give Canwest more time
May 5, 2009 — News Article: TV's old guard: Good-bye Don Newman by John Doyle
May 5, 2009 — News Article: Rogers Broadcasting gets CRTC approval to buy two radio stations in Kingston, Ont.
May 2, 2009 — News Article: Shaw's TV deal is all about the optics by Derek DeCloet
May 2, 2009 — News Article: Shaw's purchase of CTV stations for $1 each a strategic political move: observers
May 1, 2009 — News Article: Shaw pays $1 each for 3 CTV stations
May 1, 2009 — News Article: Disney joins video streaming site Hulu
May 1, 2009 — News Article: The Problem With Cable Is Television by Saul Hansell
Apr 29, 2009 — News Article: Annual Internet Survey by the Center for the Digital Future Finds Large Increases in Use of Online Newspapers
Apr 28, 2009 — News Article: Asper blames regulations for Canwest woes
Apr 28, 2009 — News Article: CRTC debates end of conventional TV by Grant Robertson
Apr 28, 2009 — News Article: CRTC gets earful from CTV's boss by Julian Beltrame
Apr 27, 2009 — News Article: CTVglobemedia calls on Conservatives to get more "engaged" on the digital-TV conversion by Paul Vieira
Apr 27, 2009 — News Article: Black, White, Read All Over By David Akin
Apr 27, 2009 — News Article: Television's new age by Grant Robertson
Apr 26, 2009 — News Article: Cutbacks altering what's on the box by Bill Brioux
Apr 24, 2009 — News Article: Revenues top $10 billion for BDUs by Marise Strauss
Apr 24, 2009 — News Article: Fee dispute heats up as MPs ask CRTC head to clarify comments by Grant Robertson
Apr 23, 2009 — News Article: Canadian broadcasting distribution industry reports revenues of more than 10 billion dollars
Apr 23, 2009 — News Article: Battle over Canadian TV rescue package by Etan Vlessing
Apr 23, 2009 — News Article: Canwest receives extension
Apr 22, 2009 — News Article: Audio: The Canadian Broadcasting Industry
In a radio interview, FRIENDS spokesperson Ian Morrison discusses, local programming, "fee-for-carriage", the plight of CanWest.
Apr 21, 2009 — News Article: Television industry not in crisis says Rogers
Apr 20, 2009 — News Article: Broadcasters' fee-for-carriage push a consumer tax: Rogers by Paul Vieira
Apr 19, 2009 — News Article: TV bailout bad idea
Apr 18, 2009 — News Article: Networks brace for earnings crash by Paul Thomasch
Apr 17, 2009 — News Article: A warning on Torstar by Andrew Willis
Apr 16, 2009 — News Article: If creditors are to call the shots at CanWest, look for asset sales by Andrew Willis
Apr 15, 2009 — News Article: Fairfax Says Credit-Default Swap Gains Are ‘History’ by Sean B. Pasternak
Apr 15, 2009 — News Article: Fairfax regrets Abitibi, CanWest deals by Tara Perkins
Apr 11, 2009 — News Article: TV networks revise spending by Michael Schneider
Apr 11, 2009 — News Article: 'It's sad... the company is done' by Martin Cash
Apr 11, 2009 — News Article: TV station cuts jobs by Jeremy Warren
Apr 9, 2009 — News Article: Could New Breed of 'Low Profit' Firms Save Our News Media? by Tom Barrett
Apr 8, 2009 — News Article: Quebecor interested in buying Canadiens
Apr 8, 2009 — News Article: Moore downplays reports of broadcast bailout
Apr 8, 2009 — News Article: Shaw sees strong digital subscriber growth as consumers stay in for entertainment
Apr 8, 2009 — News Article: CanWest's math problem by Boyd Erman
Apr 8, 2009 — News Article: HD Radio Crying Out to Be Heard by David Pogue
Apr 7, 2009 — News Article: Schmidt Describes Future Media, Still Driven by Advertising by Jessica E. Vascellaro
Apr 2, 2009 — News Article: CanWest cash drying up by Andrew Willis
Apr 1, 2009 — News Article: Rogers' new chief executive Nadir Mohamed faces struggling economy, cost cuts
Apr 1, 2009 — News Article: Let's Re-imagine Journalism by Steve Anderson
Mar 31, 2009 — News Article: Canadian niche channels cashing in by Etan Vlessing
Mar 31, 2009 — News Article: As Skype lands on iPhone, carriers worry about losing control by Matt Hartley
Mar 30, 2009 — News Article: Skype to come to iPhone, BlackBerry by Sinead Carew
Mar 30, 2009 — News Article: Disney's TV Unit Will Make Short Videos Available on YouTube by Brian Stelter
Mar 30, 2009 — Policy Brief: Re: Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-113 - Licence Renewals for Private Conventional Television Stations
Mar 29, 2009 — News Article: Some Online Shows Could Go Subscription-Only by Brad Stone and Brian Stelter
Mar 28, 2009 — News Article: TV tumult on the Canadian dial by Bruce DeMara, Greg Quill & Raju Mudhar
Mar 27, 2009 — News Article: Canwest won't decide E! fate until summer; company wants to see what Commission does by Greg O'Brien
Mar 26, 2009 — News Article: CFTPA taps vet broadcaster Norm Bolen by Etan Vlessing
Mar 25, 2009 — News Article: ComScore: Hulu viewership skyrockets by Tim Conneally
Mar 25, 2009 — News Article: Connect or die, new media guru advises by Cathal Kelly
Mar 24, 2009 — News Article: The President's prime-time pitch by John Doyle
Mar 22, 2009 — News Article: Heritage Minister sees modernization of arts, culture funding by Jennifer Ditchburn
Mar 19, 2009 — News Article: To save journalism, bring on that Jon Stewart outrage by Lawrence Martin
Mar 19, 2009 — News Article: Canadian TV industry 'crisis' talks set for next week by Grant Surridge
Mar 19, 2009 — News Article: Stephen Harper risks his career if he gives away the farm to Canwest by Charlie Smith
Mar 18, 2009 — News Article: Quick exit for Guy Mayson by Sean Davidson
Mar 16, 2009 — News Article: TV biz flees California
Mar 16, 2009 — News Article: Rogers said to have new CEO by Marise Strauss
Mar 15, 2009 — News Article: Canwest waging losing battle by David Friend
Mar 13, 2009 — News Article: Sirius XM Radio planning to stream to iPhone, iPod
Mar 12, 2009 — News Article: Sun plans pullout from CP newswire by Richard Blackwell
Mar 12, 2009 — News Article: CanWest reprieve granted
Mar 12, 2009 — News Article: The Canada Media Fund
In a radio interview, FRIENDS spokesperson, Ian Morrison, discusses the implications of amalgamating the Canadian Television Fund, the Canada New Media Fund and Aboriginal Television fund.
Mar 10, 2009 — News Article: We still watch TV. So why are stations going out of business? by John Doyle
Mar 10, 2009 — News Article: Canwest sells off American magazine
Mar 10, 2009 — News Article: Death is on the TV by Marianne White
Mar 9, 2009 — News Article: He Surfs, He Scores. Hockey and Advertising at the CRTC New Media Hearings by Gregory Taylor
Mar 9, 2009 — News Article: Storm clouds ahead for wireless world by Michael Geist
Mar 9, 2009 — News Article: CanWest drama pressures Ten by Miriam Steffens
Mar 8, 2009 — News Article: Broadcasters blundered by not investing in quality by Angelo Persichilli
Mar 6, 2009 — News Article: Ad revenues still strong, say GTA ethnic media groups
Mar 4, 2009 — News Article: Drama queens at the CBC by John Doyle
Mar 4, 2009 — News Article: CTV cuts 118 jobs at A channels by Grant Surridge
Mar 3, 2009 — News Article: CTV again calls for carriage fees by Etan Vlessing
Mar 3, 2009 — News Article: Rogers seeks less 'Cancon' for OLN by Matt Hartley
Feb 28, 2009 — News Article: Canadian producers issue warning by Jennie Punter
Feb 28, 2009 — News Article: Debt deadline extended for Canwest
Feb 27, 2009 — News Article: Note to Staff by Ivan Fecan
Feb 27, 2009 — News Article: Coyne v. Wells: On the sad state of the media business
Feb 27, 2009 — News Article: Broadcast TV Faces Struggle to Stay Viable by Tim Arango
Feb 27, 2009 — News Article: Debt Tests Canadian Media Giant CanWest
Feb 27, 2009 — News Article: Canwest awaiting decision on borrowing
Feb 26, 2009 — News Article: Value of CTVglobemedia's TV assets greatly written down by Grant Surridge
Feb 26, 2009 — Policy Brief: Re: Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-102
Feb 26, 2009 — News Article: U.S. groups eye U.K. TV venture by Steve Clarke
Feb 25, 2009 — News Article: CanWest unloads stake in sports specialty channel
Feb 24, 2009 — News Article: Canwest debt picture darkens by David Friend
Feb 24, 2009 — News Article: Charitable works not affected: Asper by Martin Cash
Feb 24, 2009 — News Article: Nielsen: Americans watching more TV than ever
Feb 24, 2009 — News Article: Canwest's date with debt
Feb 23, 2009 — News Article: Put Al Jazeera on air
Feb 23, 2009 — News Article: Goodbye to the Age of Newspapers (Hello to a New Era of Corruption) by Paul Starr
Feb 22, 2009 — News Article: Murdoch's Soft Spot for Print Slows News Corp. by Tim Arango and Richard Pérez-Peña
Feb 21, 2009 — News Article: As CanWest seeks credit, rivals target prized assets by Andrew Willis and Grant Robertson
Feb 20, 2009 — News Article: Bomb threat clears out Canwest Place by Chris Kitching
Feb 18, 2009 — News Article: Canwest says Australia's Ten network will not proceed with equity offering
Feb 18, 2009 — News Article: Rogers Communications says slump in TV ad sales led to $138-million loss in Q4
Feb 18, 2009 — News Article: Al Jazeera English plans to launch in Canada
Feb 18, 2009 — News Article: Al Jazeera English seeks spot on TV dial by Raju Mudhar
Feb 17, 2009 — News Article: Canwest gets less cash from TEN by Andrew Willis
Feb 17, 2009 — News Article: ITV to sell Friends Reunited by Leo Barraclough
Feb 14, 2009 — News Article: Do We Need a New Internet? by John Markoff
Feb 13, 2009 — News Article: The future of Canwest's Hamilton TV station
FRIENDS spokesperson Ian Morrison discusses options for CHCH TV Hamilton and the importance of local news in a radio interview with host Bill Kelly.
