May 28, 2018 4 years ago

Cancelled in-house shows reveal CBC, Bell Media strategy shifts

TORONTO – Bell Media set to cancel Discovery's Daily Planet next week after 23 seasons and Space's Innerspace after nine cycles, and the CBC ending its daytime lifestyle series The... Continue Reading

May 24, 2018 4 years ago

How the CBC joined TV’s golden age with Netflix

HEATHER CONWAY, CBC EXECUTIVE vice-president, English Services, likes drinking from the Netflix co-production tap.The pubcaster hit ratings gold with high-profile Netflix collaborations like Alias Grace and Anne as it grows... Continue Reading

December 15, 2017 5 years ago

System bypass: AMC Sublicenses McMafia to Amazon Prime for exclusive in Canada; and Britbox is coming

SEATTLE – Amazon Prime Video in late September first announced it had picked up the BBC and AMC crime drama McMafia for 200 territories, excluding the U.S. and Canada, where... Continue Reading

October 17, 2017 5 years ago

MIPCOM 2017: Why it’s time Canadians got on board the global drama gold rush

CANNES – Go worldwide, young man and woman.That's the message out of MIPCOM where the trend towards international funding of TV dramas featuring partners and talent beyond Canadian shores is... Continue Reading

October 16, 2017 5 years ago

MIPCOM: Netflix’s Canadian strategy? Just follow the money, to kids

CANNES - Heritage minister Mélanie Joly in late September surprised the industry by unveiling a $500-million agreement with Netflix to make Canadian content that was light on deal-points, including how... Continue Reading

September 7, 2017 5 years ago

OTT movie streamer Filmatique expanding to Canada

FILMATIQUE, A U.S.-BASED video streaming service targeting fans of auteur movies, is expanding to Canada as a first step in its international roll-out.Lorenzo Fiuzzi, co-founder of the movie-themed SVOD, told... Continue Reading

June 7, 2017 5 years ago

Upfronts 2017: Rogers Media set to get back into streaming TV after Shomi

Modernized OMNI on the way, tooTORONTO – Watch this (digital) space.That's the word from Colette Watson, senior vice president of television and broadcast operations at Rogers Media, who told Cartt.ca... Continue Reading

May 25, 2017 5 years ago

Report: As Netflix shifts work to L.A., Hollywood film location shoots surge in Canada

THE DECISION BY NETFLIX to divert much more production to Los Angeles, despite more generous and uncapped tax credits on offer in Canada and elsewhere outside California, has spooked some... Continue Reading

February 2, 2017 6 years ago

CMPA Prime Time: Talking points take centre stage; Can Cancon still thrive?

OTTAWA - As the CMPA’s Prime Time conference debated the economics behind who’s making and buying content in a rapidly-changing global media business, attention turned Thursday to 6 out of... Continue Reading

November 29, 2016 6 years ago

Amazon Video coming to Canada December 1st, says Bell’s Turcke

GATINEAU – The long-anticipated expansion of Amazon Prime Video into Canada could happen as early as December 1.At least Mary Ann Turcke, Bell Media president, believes it, having told the... Continue Reading