By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA – The creative industry applauded the House moving bill C-11 forward after accepting most of the Senate’s amendments Thursday night.
But the industry also held some reservations…
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By Konrad von Finckenstein, former chair of the CRTC
The Senate will review Bill C-18, the Online News Act, next week. Hopefully it will be a thorough review and improve…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced earlier this month new features for its Optik TV product, including accessing content from multiple apps more quickly.
The product features a simplified menu to access…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC on Monday denied an arbitration request from television distributor Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley for a deal to retransmit Quebecor’s TVA Sports.
Quebecor has said it…
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By Connie Thiessen
Political leaders and Indigenous artists gathered in Montreal on Tuesday to demand that the CRTC introduce a five per cent minimum quota for Indigenous music content on commercial radio.
The demand…
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By Connie Thiessen
WildBrain has announced it’s reached an agreement to acquire Toronto animation pre-production studio, House of Cool, expanding the company’s pre-production capabilities for animated series, specials and features.
Under the agreement,…
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By Konrad von Finckenstein, former chair of the CRTC, and Philip Palmer, former general counsel at the Justice Department focused on communications law
The Online News Act, Bill C-18, states…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC ruled Thursday that Rogers gave itself and its own sports channels an unfair preference by refusal to carry for broadcasting Timeless’s OneSoccer.
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By Connie Thiessen
It was another record-breaking year for film and television production in Ontario last year, according to Ontario Creates, which released its annual statistics report Tuesday morning.
Ontario reported its highest…
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MONTREAL – Martin Carrier, the president of TVA Group’s film studio MELS, is stepping down on March 24, a press release said Thursday.
“I leave with the knowledge that MELS…
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