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• Cultural Authority and Canadian Public Broadcasting in the 1930s: Hector Charlesworth and the CRBC

  - 2008-01-01

  The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission CRBC, created as Canada's first public broadcaster in 1932, struggled throughout its short existence to establish its legitimacy and authority as a cultural and social force in a North American environment dominated by entertainment-oriented commercial broadcasting. This study focusses on the views of Hector W....

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• Adventures in Rainbow Country and the Narration of Nationhood

  - 2006-10-01

  The Canadian family-adventure series Adventures in Rainbow Country followed in the wake of the deeply optimistic 1967 Centennial celebrations and reflects the country's long tradition of nation building. Given the rise of the Separatist and Red Power movements in Canada, the program's depiction of the harmonious co-existence of anglophone, francophone,...

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• Broadcast research in the Americas: revisiting the past and looking to the future

  - 2006-09-01

  Canada, Latin America, and the United States have assumed great international significance in the past few decades as borders wither, goods and people move more freely around the globe, and finance takes on a more integrated and powerful role in global marketplaces. Trade agreements like the North American Free Trade...

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• Canadian hardware, foreign software: the political economy of pay-per-view

  - 2006-09-01

  On February 1, 1983, the introduction of First Choice, currently known as The Movie Network, marked a significant step in the evolution of Canada's video industry. For a nominal fee, cable subscribers were able to watch uninterrupted and unedited versions of top box office releases that had completed their theatrical...

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• Canada

  - 2003-01-01

  C ANADA B ASIC D ATA Official Country Name: Canada Region Map name: North & Central America Population: 31,592,805 ...

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• The Aspers are not threatening free expression, the government is.(Izzy Asper, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and the CRTC)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-06-25

  Shortly after the Izzy Asper media acquisition flurry, I was fired by the North Shore News after writing a successful weekly column there for two years. Simultaneously, I was booted from a perch I'd held at the Calgary Herald for a year. I have no reason then...

  Tags: broadcasting, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., CanWest Global Communications Corp., Government, SOFTWARE

• Telesat, CBC Team Up For Another Broadcasting Milestone.

  - 2000-09-07

  OTTAWA, Sep 07, 2000 Almost 27 years after Telesat Canada helped the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation make history by using satellite technology to distribute television signals to all points across the nation, Telesat is once again paving the way for another "world's first" from...

  Tags: broadcasting, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., NETWORKING, satellite, TANDBERG Television, TV

• Cabletel Communications Teams Up With Teleglobe and CBC to Bring the Sydney Olympics to Canada

  - 2000-08-29

  Business Editors MARKHAM, Ontario--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 29, 2000 Cabletel Communications Corporation (AMEX-TTV, TSE-TTV) today announced the Company has been selected by Teleglobe Communications Services Inc. and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC to supply equipment to transmit live broadcasts from the Sydney 2000 Olympics to Canada. When Canadians tune...

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• Canadian Marconi: CFCF television from signal hill to the Canadian television network

  - 2000-06-22

  Broadcast historians writing about Canada have written largely about the rise and decline in the fortunes of Canada's public broadcasting--the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC. The historic dominance of this public sphere has succeeded in providing the foundation for a host of scholarly Canadian books and articles. As important as these...

  Tags: broadcasting, Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Hopkins, M., Marconi, network, Ottawa, radio, RCA, Renewal, TVs, U.S.

• CRTC: Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1999-3-1.

  - 1999-04-13

  M2 PRESSWIRE-13 April 1999-CRTC: Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1999-3-1 C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:120499 Ottawa HULL, QUEBEC 25 MAY 1999, 9:00 A.M. Further to its Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1999-3 dated 24...

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