OTTAWA – Film and television production in Canada experienced an overall decrease in production volume of 0.8% to $5.82 billion from $5.86 billion between 2011/12 and 2012/13, according to a... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Bell will donate a further $5.47 million to Canadian mental health programs after Tuesday’s Bell Let’s Talk Day recorded a total of 109,451,718 tweets, texts, calls and shares.More... Continue Reading
NEW YORK – While new viewing platforms like Netflix or iTunes are often blamed for declining levels of cable and satellite subscription services, a new survey from Ipsos MediaCT found... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Corus Entertainment’s purchase of Ottawa-based radio stations CKQB-FM (The Bear 106.9) and CJOT-FM (Boom 99.7) from Bell Media will close on January 31st , Corus confirmed Tuesday.Formerly owned by... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Canadians concerned that their telecommunications service provider may be sharing their private information with government agencies got an unexpected boost from Canada’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner.A report... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Corus-owned Telelatino is rebranding its Spanish-language channel TLN en Español (TLNE) as Univision Canada after finalizing a licensing agreement with Hispanic media company Univision Communications Inc.Already a Univision... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Shaw Communications said Tuesday that it is offering $500 million principal amount of 4.35% senior notes due 2024 and $300 million principal amount of floating rate senior notes due... Continue Reading
WHILE THE CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION television market is at the beginning of a decade-long decay, growth is still in the cards for cable and telecom companies in Canada thanks to the... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The simultaneous substitution of American broadcast signals for Canadian ones, when the programming is identical, has been going on since the 1970s.Back then, cable operators were often described... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC) are challenging Bell Canada’s practice of using customer information for behavioural and other marketing.In an... Continue Reading
