GATINEAU – The CRTC has decided November 5th is the day it will hear why Corus Entertainment should be able to purchase French specialty channels Historia and Series+, three Ottawa... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund’s cross-country consultation tour kicks off September 12 with stops in 18 cities in all provinces and territories to get input from industry stakeholders about... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Telus has fired another legal salvo in its fight against the federal government’s wireless policy, this time challenging the Industry Minister’s authority to set the eligibility requirements for... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The CBC the Toronto International Film Festival announced a new content partnership Thursday that will see some of TIFF’s top industry and public events held at the Corp’s... Continue Reading
BURNABY, B.C. and TORONTO – The Telecommunications Workers Union and the United Steelworkers announced today the two unions have agreed to a tentative merger. The merger would join the TWU,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Tony Lacavera said he would have been happy to just ignore the “ridiculous” campaign waged by Canada’s incumbents about the supposed unfairness of the government’s 700 MHz auction... Continue Reading
NEW YORK – A unique partnership between the National Film Board of Canada and the New York Times’s Op Docs is hoping to take online documentary storytelling to new heights. The two organizations... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Julie Bristow, former CBC executive director of studio and unscripted programming, has launched her own content creation company, Bristow Global Media Inc. BGM will specialize in and produce... Continue Reading
GUELPH, ON – Broadband telecommunications engineer Karl Poirier passed away Friday at the age of 67, the SCTE announced Wednesday. LinkedIn photo Poirier, who was a part of the original... Continue Reading
WHITEHORSE, YT – NorthwesTel announced today its new solar-diesel hybrid station is up and running, and will power the carrier’s Engineer Creek microwave site in the Yukon for the next... Continue Reading
