by CCRL | Aug 23, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, ON Aug. 23, 2011 – World Youth Day in Madrid did not attract a great deal of media coverage and what there was tended to focus on a small protest rather than on the large number of pilgrims. Concerns about costs were reported deadpan, despite the easily...
by CCRL | Aug 23, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, August 22, 2011 – On July 28, HBO Canada aired the documentary “Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Activist and Rebel” at 3:30 p.m. Because the program featured adult topics and nude photographs it was clearly outside the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council’s...
by CCRL | Jul 8, 2011 | Media Watch
OTTAWA-GATINEAU, July 8, 2011 (CRTC) — Today, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it is postponing until June 4, 2012 the licence renewal hearing for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada...
by CCRL | Jun 9, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, June 9, 2011 – The League was recently advised that the Advertising Council of Canada (ASC) has upheld, on appeal, the League’s complaint about some outdoor advertising by Virgin Radio earlier this year in the Toronto area. The campaign included a series of...
by CCRL | May 20, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, ON May 20, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League has called on Heritage Canada to explain its grant to Vancouver punk rock band “Living with Lions” for its new album. The album “Holy S**t” is subtitled “The P** Testament.” The CD package is designed...
by CCRL | Feb 16, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, February 16, 2011 – The League has written to Bell Express Vu customer service and to Bell Canada’s executive team asking them to reconsider the decision to discontinue Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)at the end of February. We pointed out that...
