E! spotlights Canadians
Northern talents including Nelly Furtado and Céline Dion will be spotlighted on True Hollywood Stories.
Canwest factual channels get busy for Fall
BBC Canada and History Television have several series poised to make their North American debuts. Some classic faves will also show up.
Sears recoups #1 radio spot:
Media Monitors – July 21-27, 2008
The retail biggie, which had reduced its ad spend lately after leading all other radio spenders for a few weeks, climbed up from #5.
Need a lift?
NL Tourism wants to pick up hot Torontonians.
TV viewers are swapping remotes for mice
A new study shows that people are beginning to migrate online to catch whole episodes of their favourite primetime series.
Podcast ad standards get sorted
Podcasters now have advertising units to think about, and sponsors can count on more uniformity across the digital download universe.
Nike Golf powers Weather Network widgets
Golfers glean a new window into their game with desktop weather gizmos, as Nike continues to amp its digital sport enhancer cred.
Newcap nabs 12 Ontario FM licenses
The Haliburton deal extends the Dartmouth-based company’s radio reach.
Maria a winner for CBC
The final performance of the net’s reality casting call passed a million viewers, though fewer came back Monday to see Elicia MacKenzie win.
ABC announces sweeping changes
Today, the Audit Bureau of Circulations declared its intention to reduce audit costs, freeze rates and modify rules for Canadian and American newspapers.
CBC-Quattro deal spells new ad opps
News, sports and entertainment will be piped through mobiles.
Ford, Amp Energy target gamers with tours
The automaker and the energy drink get in the game this summer.
Notes from the mediascape: Washington Post partners with Predictify
The venerable newspaper’s latest move to engage its online readers gets them in on a new angle – the future.
CBC, ABC committed for Life
Teen sweethearts get married at 18. Comedy ensues. And a U.S. net wants in on it.
Walrus names national sales rep
It’s Toronto’s DPS Media, which currently handles national print sales for several major-market urban weeklies.
- Is GroupM being dismantled? Reports point to rebrand and restructuring
- Some GroupM Canada senior executives have left the agency
- Havas Media Canada makes three senior leadership appointments
- Media leaders concerned ad spend not going to Canadian media
- Upfronts 2025: Fox announces significant investment in sports
