BANFF – Corus revealed its slate of new and returning original productions for its kids networks YTV and Teletoon for 2014 and 2015 that includes 18 commissioned shows.
The announcement, made…
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WINNIPEG – Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is celebrating the online launch of Our Songs, an international project that shares contemporary Indigenous music with the world, co-produced by the…
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TORONTO – Last week the three largest private English language broadcasters all laid down their cards and showed their hands for the upcoming fall TV season.
While some of what…
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MONTREAL – Vidéotron billed it as “the app that will change TV forever,” but in the end it wasn’t quite so revolutionary. On Thursday, the Quebec cable and wireless…
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BANFF – On Sunday, seven wise folk sat as a panel to road-map what the future holds for our business.
These were: moderator Peter Sussman, executive director of Aver Media…
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BANFF – While Shelly Glover, our Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, hasn’t spoken publicly to or about the industry very much since her appointment last July, (we…
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BANFF – Back in the day we had a plethora of annual Canadian industry events and mass huddles.
There was the Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual confab, and the BDU…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada’s month-long coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil kicks off Thursday on TV, radio, online at cbc.ca/fifaworldcup for computers, and through an interactive app for mobile…
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BANFF – CTV unveiled the second wave of exclusive content launching on its digital hub CTV Extend Monday at the Banff World Media Festival.
New content includes the Veronica…
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BANFF – Disney XD has commissioned a 10-episode order of its recently piloted series Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage) for the 2014/2015 television season, the network said Monday…
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