Canadians proud of homegrown content, support international promotion: report

MONTREAL – Canadians are watching more television now than they did last year, and engagement towards Canadian films is steadily rising, says a new report.Canadian Audiences 2017 was released by the Canada Media Fund (CMF) in partnership with Telefilm Canada and is based on an online survey of 15-year-old and over Canadians conducted by Nielsen Media in May 2017.The report found a five-point, year-over-year increase in the consumption of television by Canadians, demonstrating that this platform is gaining popularity and is increasingly attracting frequent viewers who consume television once a day to six times a week.Wide-reaching platforms have the most impact...