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February 4, 2020 5 years ago

Prime Time 2020: Why boutique streamers believe there’s plenty of room alongside Netflix

By Etan Vlessing OTTAWA – Most people go to Netflix or Amazon Prime for their online TV fixes, but a host of niche streaming services like Britbox, Shudder and CBC… Continue Reading

February 3, 2020 5 years ago

APTN lumi now offering 600-plus hours of content and premium membership

WINNIPEG — APTN’s lumi streaming service is now offering premium membership with access to its full catalogue of programs, totalling more than 600 hours of content. Premium subscribers will have… Continue Reading

January 31, 2020 5 years ago

BTLR report is prime time at CMPA’s annual conference

By Christopher Guly OTTAWA – After barely a day to digest, the Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review panel report claimed centre stage during day one of the Canadian Media Producers… Continue Reading

January 31, 2020 5 years ago

Prime Time 2020: Lennox, Tait, clash over streaming-era financing strategies

By Etan Vlessing OTTAWA – As Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and other U.S. streamers compete in Canada alongside local digital rivals Crave and CBC Gem, Bell Media president Randy… Continue Reading

January 29, 2020 5 years ago

Altering the Acts: Panel recommends huge future role for a new CRTC, Cancon contributions from everywhere

Renamed Commission would oversee all media in Canada By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – Eighteen months, thousands of pages from more than 2000 written submissions, dozens of staff and six panel members… Continue Reading

January 28, 2020 5 years ago

Apples to Apples: Toward an equitable contribution framework for Canadian content, an analysis

By Lenore Gibson ON WEDNESDAY, THE BROADCASTING and Telecom Legislative Review panel will deliver its long-awaited final report. Canada’s private broadcasters await that report with interest. The panel’s recommendations will… Continue Reading

January 27, 2020 6 years ago

Altering the Acts: Broadcast and Telecom Review panel report to be released Wednesday

OTTAWA – The federal government’s expert panel which has spent 18 months building recommendations on how the various Acts which govern television, radio, broadband and telecom in Canada should,… Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 6 years ago

With Peacock and Flex, Comcast says it’s “better-positioned” than competitors

PHILADELPHIA – Comcast executives said Thursday that its subsidiary’s upcoming Peacock service, combined with the cable division’s Xfinity Flex streaming device, will make the most effective revenue-generating streaming ecosystem… Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 6 years ago

Crave adds four new standup specials 2020

TORONTO – With a new lineup that marks Crave’s largest order ever for stand-up comedy specials in one year, four all-new, one-hour specials are set to join the service… Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 6 years ago

How can CBC compete with digital giants’ content budgets? “The answer is we can not,” says CEO Tait

By Greg O’Brien TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Catherine Tait recently asked her colleagues for a tally of what the likes of Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Apple+ and others… Continue Reading