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December 11, 2020 2 months ago

New Quebec City animation studio launches

QUEBEC CITY – Epic Storyworlds co-founders Steve Couture and Ken Faier announced this week they have set up Loomi Animation, a studio based in Québec City focussed on animation series... Continue Reading

December 9, 2020 2 months ago

Netflix-Banff Diversity of Voices 2021 program open for applications

TORONTO — The Banff World Media Festival, in partnership with Netflix, the Canada Media Fund, Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office and SODEC, today announced applications are now being accepted for the... Continue Reading

December 9, 2020 2 months ago

BBTV expands content management deal with CMF’s Encore+ YouTube channel

VANCOUVER — Media tech company BroadbandTV (BBTV), which provides distribution and monetization solutions to content owners, announced Tuesday it will extend its content management solutions to the Encore+ YouTube channel... Continue Reading

December 9, 2020 2 months ago

CBS All Access adds new content and family-friendly features – but only in the U.S

NEW YORK — In advance of its upcoming rebrand to Paramount+, CBS All Access today announced the U.S. version of ViacomCBS’ streamer is adding new product features for families and... Continue Reading

December 9, 2020 2 months ago

Middle East broadcaster chooses Nextologies tech for OTT channels

DUBAI and TORONTO — Broadcast solutions provider Nextologies today announced MBC Group (Middle East Broadcasting Center) has chosen the Toronto-based company to provide broadcast-grade signal transport and technology services for... Continue Reading

December 8, 2020 2 months ago

Quebecor’s Hublo comes to IGA’s rescue

MONTREAL — When the IGA supermarket chain saw website traffic spike due to the explosion of online grocery shopping at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, it turned to Quebecor’s... Continue Reading

December 7, 2020 2 months ago

Amazon launches Prime Video Watch Party in Canada

TORONTO — Amazon Prime Video customers in Canada can now set up a social viewing experience with friends and family with the new Prime Video Watch Party, a new desktop-viewing... Continue Reading

December 7, 2020 2 months ago

Global adds four more free news streams to its app

TORONTO — Global News today announced the addition of four new regional news streams to its Global TV App. Available now, unique news streams for Okanagan, Lethbridge, Peterborough and Kingston... Continue Reading

December 4, 2020 2 months ago

Warner Bros cracks windows, in the States

No changes in Canada BURBANK – Warner Bros. Pictures Group announced Thursday it will release its entire 2021 feature film slate concurrently with the company’s main streaming platform, HBO Max.... Continue Reading

December 2, 2020 2 months ago

Cord cutters love streaming live television, says VMedia

TORONTO — RiverTV, VMedia’s live and on-demand streaming TV service which launched in June, today revealed the results of its first national customer satisfaction survey which shows Canadian cord cutters... Continue Reading

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