Zoom appoints Taillon to lead Montreal sales
A new sales director for Zoom Media’s Montreal office has been appointed.
APTN launches summer sked
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network has released its programming grids for the hot months.
Wii Fit arrives with energetic push
Aimed primarily at fitness-seeking moms, Nintendo’s newest interactive gizmo is meeting them at the mall and sprinkling ads in some of their favourite reads and TV shows.
Yahoo portal gets Zoomer-friendly
Yahoo Canada and 50Plus.com have penned a deal geared to make their online content more relevant to web-surfing boomers.
NASCAR off to the races in Canada
TSN will be ready when the flag drops for a second season of stock car racing’s all-Canadian circuit.
NADbank announces board member shake-up
There are some new names on the board of directors at NADbank following the organization’s recent AGM.
Extra Awards to include community newspapers
The innovation is a step toward the integration of the previously announced co-management agreement between CNA and CCNA.
JumpTV signs deal with World Championship Sports Network
The Toronto-based company will fuel the sports net’s new web home with video, new customer relationship management tools, social networking and other capabilities.
Canadians digitally divided
A new segmentation system gives a 360-degree view of Canadians’ attitudes toward, and use of, digital technologies.
Premiere dates set for The Hills, Gossip Girl, Instant Star
MTV’s #1 series makes its conventional network debut on CTV on June 1, while GG returns on May 30 and the fourth season of IS bows June 8.
Canwest announces 11 new fall shows
Canwest has revealed what shows advertisers can expect to see this fall, promising more details in the upfront presentations for Global and E!.
Canadians collect clutch of Clios
For starters, Ogilvy & Mather’s goofy Diamond Shreddies spoof grabbed the Grand Clio in the Integrated category.
Next media star: ZO’s Shenkman
Strategy has hunted out a new batch of stellar young professionals. Today, we spotlight Danny Shenkman, account supervisor at ZenithOptimedia.
Canadian nets set dates for upfronts
With the New York upfronts wrapped up, CTV, Global, CBC and Citytv are gearing up for presentations in the coming weeks.
Survivor topples Housewives on Sunday
BBM/Nielsen Top 30 – May 5-11
The two-hour Survivor: Micronesia, followed by a reunion special, gave the victory to Global on Sunday night, pushing the previous week’s winner, CTV’s Desperate Housewives, down the list… but not far.
- Some GroupM Canada senior executives have left the agency
- Is GroupM being dismantled? Reports point to rebrand and restructuring
- 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
