Two big Canadian media players, Astral Media Inc. and Corus Entertainment Inc., have boosted their ownership in specialty television network Teletoon. Astral and Corus, which each held 40 per cent of ...

GATINEAU, Que. - The CRTC has given its approval for Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX:CJR.B) to buy Astral Media's half ownership in Teletoon. Corus already owned half of Teletoon and the divestment of ...

Astral Media TVPlus, headquartered in Montreal, has signed on to use Toronto-based Specialty Data Systems’ (SDS) broadcast management technology. SDS secured contracts with Astral Media TVPlus ...

MONTREAL/OTTAWA: The Canadian Competition Bureau has cleared the way for the proposed Bell-Astral merger, though Bell must first divest a number of Astral’s ownership interests in such channels as ...

Corus Entertainment has received final regulatory approval for its takeover of the Historia and Séries+ channels, plus Teletoon Canada, handing it ownership of Cartoon Network in the country. Corus ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Toronto, Ontario – November 17, 2008 – Astral Media TVPlus, headquartered in Montreal, is ...

I'm hoping to get into the habit of writing a "Back of the Envelope" analysis weekly. Every week (hopefully!) i'll be featuring two similar companies, and quickly showing why any rational investor ...

Bell tried to shake up the Canadian media landscape last year by acquiring Astral Media, but it ran into a CRTC-sized roadblock -- regulators didn't want 25 TV stations moving to one provider. After ...

TORONTO — Teletoon will become northern mission control for Marvel superheroes. The Canuck net and Marvel Animation inked a multiyear output deal Monday that will see the comicbook-based entertainment ...