OTTAWA – The CRTC is expected to rule this week on Corus Entertainment’s request to buy French specialty channels Historia and Series+ and the piece of Teletoon (including its…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment has yanked popular Toronto radio morning show The Dean Blundell Show off the air from CFNY-FM, also known as 102.1 The Edge.
“Effective immediately, we are…
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LOS GATOS, Calif – Netflix is taking credit for the rise of the term “binge watching”.
According to a recent survey conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of Netflix…
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TORONTO – International sports network beIN SPORT is teaming up with Ethnic Channels Group in a “strategic and exclusive partnership” to launch beIN SPORT on cable and satellite across…
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HALIFAX – Children's entertainment company and future Family Channel owner DHX Media has announced a $133 million secondary offering of 28,363,796 of its common shares.
While DHX will not receive any of…
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TORONTO – Rogers’ recent $5.2 billion deal for Canadian broadcast and digital rights to NHL games over the next 12 years could be penalized by regulators should they perceive…
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MONTREAL – Bell Media is making ten of its French-language specialty channels available for free to subscribers of Bell Satellite TV, Bell Fibe TV, Cogeco Cable, Shaw Direct, Videotron,…
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TORONTO and LOS ANGELES – Canadian producer and distributor Shaftesbury said Thursday that has sold four projects from its digital division Smokebomb Entertainment to U.S.-based over-the-top streaming service Hulu.
Those…
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TORONTO and OTTAWA – Newly launched Gusto TV has bought 56 hours of lifestyle programming from BBC Worldwide Canada, some of which will premiere later this month, the companies announced…
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MONTREAL – Telefilm Canada celebrated the growing interest in Canadian film, especially on the international scene, at its fifth annual public assembly held this week at the PHI Centre…
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