HOURS BEFORE THE CMPA’s Prime Time in Ottawa convention assembled Canada's English and French producers, broadcasters, funders, regulators and digital platform experts, Bell Media made public its second application to... Continue Reading
MARKHAM – The Ontario Association of Broadcasters has announced more details about its upcoming Career Development Day in Toronto. OAB’s Career Day 2013, to be held March 18 at 1... Continue Reading
TORONTO – VIA Rail Canada has launched a new interactive digital platform to provide passengers on VIA Rail trains free access to Canadian programming. Starting in Spring 2013, the On-Board... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Canadian Media Production Association past-president Norm Bolen focused the final presentation at Prime Time in Ottawa 2013 on the presence - or lack - of Canadian feature films on... Continue Reading
TORONTO – BMO Bank of Montreal announced today that it will continue its sponsorship of Shaw Media’s specialty channel HGTV Canada, providing the bank a strong presence in Monday night’s... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Jean-Pierre Blais, chair of the CRTC, challenged Canada’s independent producers to think unconventionally when it comes to promoting their creations, reaching audiences and attracting new advertising revenue. In... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Leveraging online platforms such as YouTube to generate additional revenue is having limited success, according to panelists on a session exploring new business models for film and TV... Continue Reading
TORONTO – As today is International Women’s Day, Canadian Women in Communications and the Globe and Mail are running a full-page ad recognizing seven women in the telecom, media and... Continue Reading
OTTAWA ? Every content producer can follow unique logic in deciding whether to extend a content brand beyond its original media platform in today?s transmedia landscape ? and if the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The comedy specialty channel Bite TV has rebranded with a new look to reposition the channel to a core demo of 18-49 year old males. The new look,... Continue Reading