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CBC request to alter CPE, PNI, expenditures is result of licence renewal flaw: Friends
Media | 08/01/2023 6:35 pm EDT
Canadian public broadcasting advocacy group Friends says CBC/Radio-Canada’s request that the CRTC amend its conditions of licence (COL) to exclude Olympic and Paralympic...
Corus still feeling effects of advertising recession
Media | 01/13/2023 5:43 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. president and CEO Doug Murphy said an “advertising recession” is the cause for a decline in revenues seen this quarter.
“This is clearly visible in our revenue results for the quarter and evident across the entire media sector as reported by...
CRTC CPE deferral will mean revenue in 2023: Corus CEO
Media | 01/13/2022 5:07 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. CEO Doug Murphy reiterated a long-standing call...
Corus TV revenues up, radio down
telecom | 01/10/2020 5:42 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. this morning reported television revenue either in line or slightly higher than...
Corus makes case for Teletoon, Historia, Séries+
Media | 11/05/2013 8:17 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. told CRTC commissioners that it is in the best interest of the Canadian broadcast industry that it acquire control of Teletoon Canada, Historia and Séries+ from BCE Inc. “We are here to...
Corus profits down as rock radio stations take a hit
Media | 10/24/2013 8:50 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s fourth-quarter profits nearly halved in 2013 as the company’s radio stations in the key Toronto and Edmonton areas “underperformed” due to poor audience ratings, the company said....
CRTC dives into TV review, says public complaining about channel packaging
Media | 10/24/2013 7:10 pm EDT
The CRTC officially launched its public consultation on television services, asking the public for input into questions related to the Conservative government’s promise to unbundle television channels. “If you subscribe to cable TV or satellite TV, how satisfied are you with the way your channels are packaged?” said one of several questions put to the public by the commission in a notice Thursday, adding that the regulator received more than 200 public complaints over the...
Bohm to lead Nelvana
Media | 07/26/2013 3:25 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. named Colin Bohm to run its children’s programming specialty services Nelvana Studios and Nelvana Enterprises, the broadcaster said. In a release Wednesday, Corus said it appointed Bohm as vice-president of television and head of its Corus kids division. The company...
Corus to shuffle executive ranks
Media | 07/18/2013 8:51 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. outlined changes to its executive team as it prepares to more closely align its television and radio businesses, the company said. In a release Tuesday, Corus said it will appoint Doug Murphy as the...
Industry must be ‘united’ going into CRTC’s TV review: Cassaday
Media | 07/11/2013 9:17 pm EDT
Canada's largest media companies should head into the CRTC's upcoming TV policy review with a “united view” to avoid new regulations, said Corus Entertainment Inc. chief executive John Cassaday. On a conference call with analysts Thursday for the company's third-quarter earnings, Cassaday said he...
Corus profits fall 3% on softer advertising
Media | 07/11/2013 8:55 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. reported lower TV and radio profits in part due to a softer advertising market. According to its third-quarter financial results for the three-month period that ended May 31, 2013, reported on Thursday,...
Tories pull advertising, news services from CETA cultural exemption
Media | 07/08/2013 8:17 pm EDT
The Conservative government removed advertising and news agencies from its “cultural industries” exemption in the free trade deal being negotiated with the European Union, according to an internal German analysis of the agreement. Negotiators are meeting in Ottawa this week to discuss the Comprehensive Economic...
Indications of an ‘audacious’ Bell-Astral decision, analyst says
Media | 06/14/2013 8:49 pm EDT
Following the CRTC's wireless code decision last week, the regulator may make a second “audacious” regulatory decision on BCE Inc.’s proposed $3.38-billion acquisition of Astral Media Inc., Veritas Investment Research said. Veritas analysts Neeraj Monga and Desmond Lau, in a research note Thursday,...