MONTREAL – Télé-Québec, the province’s educational and cultural public broadcaster, announced today it will debut a Québec version of Saturday Night Live with two live 90-minute specials on February 8... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Bite TV has awarded $10,000 to fund a new web series to the winner of its first Bite Comedy Web Series Competition. Held yesterday at Toronto’s Second Day... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Declining newspaper advertising revenue in Quebecor’s news media division sent the company’s first quarter profits plunging, despite increased revenue from its telecommunications business. Quebecor recorded Q1 2013 profit... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Bell Canada and Astral Media executives attempted a bit more of a conciliatory approach in presenting its new, sharper, different, application to the CRTC which seeks permission to... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – An advocacy group led by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) told the CRTC today it should reject a second attempt at a Bell-Astral merger because it would... Continue Reading
TORONTO – TVO is set to debut its first commissioned drama series that tells the story of eight medical students and the challenges they face practicing rural medicine in Northern... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - As part of its application to buy Astral Media, BCE is asking for an exception to the CRTC's common ownership policy that would allow it to own an... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The head of the Canadian Film Centre says the Ontario government’s $9 million multi-year investment in the CFC represents a renewed commitment to the province’s screen-based industry. In... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Rogers Media has appointed four of its sales executives to serve as primary contacts with advertising clients in each of its business divisions. Last week, the company announced... Continue Reading
TORONTO – TSN announced last week that its popular nighttime sports anchors, Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole (as well as the much abused, if never seen Producer Tim), have been... Continue Reading
