Specialty channel shifts as Corus buys Canadian Learning Television for $73M (MSN Money Canada)
TORONTO - TV viewers were treated to another episode of "Specialty Channel Shuffle" on Friday as Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX:CJR.B) announced it's buying Canadian Learning Television from CTVglobemedia for $73 million.
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Television News - - A new way to watch TV (CNN Money)
A new way to watch TV (CNN Money)
When Fox and NBC Universal announced last March that they would join forces to put their TV shows online, the pundits of Silicon Valley howled with derision. Old media doesn't get the Internet, they said. Michael Arrington, the influential editor of TechCrunch, rattled off the reasons the project would never succeed and suggested that Fox and NBC quickly name their joint venture before it got …
Television News - - 'Dexter' author set 'the rules,' but TV series takes its own route (USA Today)
'Dexter' author set 'the rules,' but TV series takes its own route (USA Today)
Author Jeff Lindsay is no fan of horror novels, preferring biographies and historical fiction. He doesn't like scary movies and doesn't watch much TV except for the occasional episode of Dora the Explorer with his 4-year-old. But on Sunday nights, he's tuning in to Dexter on CBS. Dexter is based on Lindsay's novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter about a nocturnal serial killer named Dexter Morgan (played …
Television News - - Corus buys Canadian Learning Television from CTVglobemedia for $73M (Canadian Business)
Corus buys Canadian Learning Television from CTVglobemedia for $73M (Canadian Business)
TORONTO - Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX:CJR.B) is buying the Canadian Learning Television specialty channel from CTVglobemedia for $73 million.
Television News - - Briton joins Iranian Press TV as presenter (Calcutta News)
Briton joins Iranian Press TV as presenter (Calcutta News)
Britain born journalist Yvonne Ridley, who was taken into custody by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2000, is now working as a TV presenter for Iranian Press TV after converting to Islam to honour her promise to captors.
Television News - - Rogers Television helps to nab Toronto murder suspect (680 News)
Rogers Television helps to nab Toronto murder suspect (680 News)
Toronto - Toronto police credited the media and Rogers Television, in particular, for helping them find a murder suspect who's been on the run since 2005.
Television News - - Clinton on Experience … (New York Times)
Clinton on Experience … (New York Times)
An analysis of the television advertisement for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton that began running on Friday in Texas.
Television News - - Carla Lewis-Long Joins AmericanLife TV (Broadcasting and Cable)
Carla Lewis-Long Joins AmericanLife TV (Broadcasting and Cable)
AmericanLife TV named Carla Lewis-Long senior vice president for affiliate sales.