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Information on media companies and the entertainment industry in Canada.
Media companies of Canada :
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AudioConexus
AudioConexus Inc. is a Media and Entertainment company that
produces audio tours and GPS tours for boats, buses, trolleys, trains, and
trams. The company also provides GPS triggered Automated Next Stop Messaging and
location-based advertising solutions (GPS Audio/Video Systems) for the mass
transportation industry. The company has offices in Toronto and Seattle. The
head office is in Toronto.
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CNW Group
CNW Group (CNW) is a commercial news release service
established in 1960 and jointly owned by PR Newswire and The Press Association.
CNW distributes media materials on behalf of a variety of customers such as
companies, governments, non-profit agencies and other establishments.
CNW distributes informational and promotional items for media outlets in a
variety of formats such as press releases, photographs, corporate webcasts and
B-Roll video footage.
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CSRWire Canada
CSRWire Canada (CSRWire.ca) is a commercial news release
service formalized in 2006 and owned by Environmental Communication Options.
CSRWire.ca is Canada's largest corporate social responsibility (CSR) news source
and only dedicated CSR wire service. CSRWire.ca distributes text and photo media
releases on behalf of corporations (Banrock Station), municipal (The City of
Hamilton, Ontario) and provincial government agencies (Ontario Power Authority)
in Canada, non-profits (Friends of the Earth Canada) and associations.
CSRWire.ca is significant for its policy of providing access to community papers
and secondary media markets in Ontario and other Canadian provinces.
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Corporate
Knights
Corporate Knights Inc. was established in 2002, and is an
independent Canadian-based media company in Toronto. They also have the world’s
largest circulation corporate responsibility magazine.
Corporate Knights magazine is distributed inside the Globe and Mail national
newspaper six times a year. The magazine publishes an annual ranking of the Best
50 Corporate Citizens in Canada. It also has a ranking of University business
school's in Canada for undergraduate and MBA rankings that identifies schools
that infused social and environmental impact management into their curricula.
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Fairchild
Group
The Fairchild Group (traditional Chinese: 新時代集團; pinyin:
Xīnshídài jítuán) is a business conglomerate in Canada, with headquarters in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Fairchild Group operates various media
properties under the Fairchild Media Group name. Fairchild operates Fairchild TV
(新時代電視, Pinyin: Xīnshídài diànshì), Fairchild Radio (加拿大中文電台, Pinyin: Jiānádà
Zhōngwén diàntái), and Mandarin broadcaster TalentVision (城市電視, Pinyin: Chéngshì
diànshì). Fairchild Group is also involved in real estate development, retail,
telecommunications and wholesale trade.
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High Fidelity HDTV
High Fidelity HDTV is a Canadian licensed television
broadcaster specializing in HD content. The company was launched in 2003 by
co-founders John Panikkar and Ken Murphy, both of whom have been involved in the
Canadian broadcasting industry for many years. High Fidelity HDTV is
headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and it currently operates 4 HD channels and
has plans to launch others as it currently has licences for 10 additional
channels.
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Infomart (Canada)
Infomart is a Canadian-based text information service
currently owned by CanWest News Service.
In the 1980s it was a partnership between Torstar and Southam newspaper chains.
Infomart's president was David Carlisle.
They provided the electronic news segment for the Telidon trials.
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Insight
Sports Ltd.
Insight Sports Ltd. is a Canadian sports media and
entertainment company based in Toronto, Ontario.
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Lionsgate
Home Entertainment
Lionsgate Home Entertainment is the home video and DVD
distribution arm of the Canadian-based Lions Gate Entertainment. Its library of
more than 8000 films owes some of its size to output deals with other studios.
Mainly concerned with the distribution of the Lions Gate film library, it also
distributes Mattel's Barbie-branded videos, as well as Clifford the Big Red Dog
videos from Scholastic and Stickin' Around videos from Nelvana.
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TVA Films
TVA Films is a Canadian film distribution and television
distribution company that was created by TVA Group Inc., a division of Quebecor
Media.
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The Thomson
Corporation
The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest
information companies. Thomson was active in financial services, healthcare
sectors, law, science & technology research, and tax & accounting sectors. The
company operated through five segments (2007 onwards): Thomson Financial,
Thomson Healthcare, Thomson Legal, Thomson Scientific, and Thomson Tax &
Accounting.
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Thomson
Reuters
Thomson Reuters is an information company created by The
Thomson Corporation's purchase of Reuters on 17 April 2008. It is a constituent
of both the U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index and Canada's S&P/TSX 60 index.
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