It is indeed ironic: while running a high profile multi-media campaign to save local news, both Global and CTV admit publicly their strategies to create secondary channels, has failed and they likely will go under, taking their local newscasts with them. First billed as hip alternatives to stodgy mainstream channels, both filed to find significant [...]
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The Globe reports today that the feds are considering a $150 million fund for news for small TV stations. Considering that both CTV and Global have put up their secondary string of A and E channels, this might be good news for them, allowing them to either find a buyer or get them off the [...]
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As darkness continues to gloom over CanWest’s financial state, today they announced they are selling five small over the air tv stations in Montreal, Hamilton, Red Deer, Kelowna and Victoria. And if they can’t find a buyer at a reasonable price, they’ll be shut down as CanWest desperately tries to shed debt dating back to [...]
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