CALGARY – Shaw Media has promoted Christine Shipton to Senior Vice President, Content.
In this role, Shipton (pictured) will be responsible for the company's content strategy across all platforms, as…
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TORONTO – Blue Ant International has added a slate of new 4K and HD nature and wildlife content to its inventory in advance of next month’s TV and entertainment…
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GATINEAU – It didn’t seem like that big a deal.
Tiny wanna-be Internet video distributor Leiacomm (no word if it’s named after the Princess…) complained to the CRTC claiming Bell…
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GATINEAU – Being exempted from regulation, CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais said in 2013, is still a form of regulation. So, one shouldn’t get the sense that just because Netflix…
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MONTREAL – The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) has ruled in favour of CBC/Radio-Canada's application for a review of the bargaining unit structure for employees working in the province…
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TORONTO – Shaw Media is asking the CRTC to licence an innovative new English-language specialty news channel called Global News 1 that promises to deliver local news on a…
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BANFF – It’s not easy being a small fish in an ocean filled with predators new and old – and with unpredictable tides – but the strong, well-organized school…
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GATINEAU – The screen went black for about 15 minutes Friday morning at the CRTC’s Let’s Talk TV policy hearing when chairman Jean-Pierre Blais abruptly called for a break…
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WATERLOO, ON – Netflix's popularity continues to surge in Canada, now accounting for between 30%-40% of downstream traffic in the peak evening hours, according to data from Sandvine.
Three years ago, Netflix…
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VANCOUVER – Telus has added more than 50 CTV programs to its Optik TV lineup, making the likes of Amazing Race Canada, The Big Bang Theory, Grey's Anatomy and…
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