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British Columbia Looks Past Olympics
Brand Marketing
Having seen Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and domestic actors and athletes succeed with TV spots to promote California tourism, British Columbia has produced its own celebrity-driven campaign to pull in American [...]
British Columbia Creates Post-Olympics Tourism Push
Brand Marketing
Having seen governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and domestic actors and athletes succeed with TV spots to promote California tourism, British Columbia has produced its own celebrity-driven commercial to pull in American [...]
Stake in TV Guide Sold by Lions Gate
Convergent TV
Lionsgate on Thursday sold a 49 percent stake in its TV Guide property to One Equity Partners, JPMorgan Chase’s global private equity investment arm, for $123 million in cash. Vancouver-based [...]
Canada Mulls Broadcast Bailout
Convergent TV
TORONTO Canada’s federal cabinet is considering the creation of a $120 million-plus fund to help rescue local TV operations at private broadcasters such as CTV and Canwest Global as their [...]
Canada-U.S. Web Retrans Lines Drawn
Brand Marketing
Canadian film and TV producers Wednesday opposed an effort by U.S. TV networks to stop webcast upstart JumpTV.com from retransmitting TV signals to Canadian consumers via the Internet. The move [...]