has made an offer to acquire CHUM Limited for C$1.7 billion ($1.5 billion) with the full backing of CHUM’s controlling shareholders and board of directors.

From its earliest days, Toronto’s Citytv has watched its pennies. For instance, when Citytv-79 launched on September 28, 1972, its original 30kW ERP UHF signal was too weak for most Torontonians to ...

TORONTO CHUM solidified its position as Canada’s third-largest private broadcaster last week when it inked a deal to acquire Craig Media. The $200 million deal is of both financial and strategic ...

Canadian media company CHUM Limited announced today (April 12) that it has signed an agreement to purchase Calgary-based TV broadcaster Craig Media Inc. for Canadian $265 million ($197.8 million) in… ...

Canadian broadcaster CHUM has selected Avid iNEWS for its newsroom automation system. The broadcaster purchased and installed the automation system for its flagship station, Citytv Toronto and CKVR in ...

StreamingMedia.com welcomes vendor case studies. Please contact editor Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen at erics@streamingmedia.com. Canadian-based CHUM Limited is one of the country’s leading media ...

Canada’s Chum Television has promoted two senior executives in an effort to pump up its commitment to working with indie producers. Effective immediately, company veterans Paul Gratton and Diane ...

Switzer helped launch MuchMusic and Hollywood Suite. By Karen Bliss Canadian media giant Jay Switzer, a former CHUM CEO who helped launch the country’s first national music video channel MuchMusic in ...

The NewMusic was a weekly music and culture television newsmagazine that aired on the Canadian television stations owned by CHUM Limited - MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic, Citytv and CP24. Created by John ...

Moving on from the previously announced departure of long-time cfo Taylor Baiden, Canadian media conglom Chum Limited has hired on a new head of finance. It was announced Monday that Alan Mayne will ...