MONTREAL – Stingray Digital Group announced Wednesday that it has acquired the Holland-based Festival 4K television channel.
Available to more than 7 million subscribers currently under contract, says…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Underscoring its support of local content, the CRTC has set new minimum thresholds for local news on the country’s private TV broadcasters plus will establish a new…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC will consider broadcast licence renewal applications from Canada’s big English- and French-language ownership groups at two public hearings this November.
The Commission said Wednesday that it…
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TORONTO – Actor, producer and Guinness World Record holder Suresh Joachim is attempting to break the world record for the longest radio DJ marathon.
Joachim, who already holds some 50 Guinness…
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TORONTO – The Independent Production Fund (IPF) is investing close to $2 million in 16 new English and French-language scripted drama series designed and produced for exploitation on web platforms…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC will be recognized with a 2016 Public Service Award of Excellence this fall for its Let’s Talk TV initiative aimed at modernizing the Canadian television…
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TORONTO – Fans of W Network’s Love It or List It may now play in the online world of interior design or real estate thanks to a new game…
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TORONTO – Rogers-owned OMNI Television has filed an application with the CRTC for a new must-carry, multilingual and multicultural channel to be known as OMNI Regional.
The proposed national channel…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC is continuing its crackdown on telemarketers making robocalls, announcing Tuesday that it has dinged nine individuals and companies in several countries for calling Canadians whose…
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TORONTO – CBC has committed to increase the number of women directing its scripted television series.
The public broadcaster said that women will make up half or more of all directors…
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