The CRTC has approved My Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)’s purchase of four Bell Media radio stations in eastern Ontario. The stations include CFJR-FM (Move 104.9) and CJPT-FM (Bounce 103.7) in Brockville and CFLY-FM... Continue Reading
Ahead of its March 31 public hearing on modernizing its definition of Canadian content, the CRTC has added a public opinion research report to the public record and is setting out the key... Continue Reading
WildBrain, in partnership with The Pokémon Company International, announced Wednesday the launch of a new Pokémon free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel on Samsung TV Plus in the United States. Launched just... Continue Reading
In celebration of International Women’s Day next month, Hollywood Suite announced its March programming lineup will showcase films featuring women in front of and behind the camera. The lineup includes the exclusive... Continue Reading
The federal government last week reappointed Sandra Mason and William (Bill) Tam to CBC/Radio-Canada’s board of directors and also appointed former Numeris CEO Neil McEneaney to the board as a replacement for Sandra Singh, whose term... Continue Reading
Bell Media last week announced a co-development agreement with Canadian comedian and filmmaker Tom Green’s production company, Tom Green Productions Canada Inc., to create original content for Crave and CTV. The agreement... Continue Reading
Advocacy groups for Canadian film, TV and media production companies are applauding Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge’s recently released set of proposed changes to modernize the mandate, funding and governance of... Continue Reading
Bell Media’s CTV Life Channel announced last week its new original docuseries Queen of the Castle will premiere Wednesday, March 26 at 8 p.m. ET on CTV Life, CTV.ca and the CTV app, and stream next... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge has released a set of proposed changes aimed at modernizing the objectives, governance and funding of CBC/Radio-Canada, ranging from banishing advertising during... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC said Thursday it is considering reducing the financial obligations on traditional commercial radio broadcasters while maintaining content requirements to level the playing field with online... Continue Reading
