TORONTO – Showcase’s new fall advertising campaign, which kicked off this week, centres around its two new police dramas Copper and Common Law. The four-week campaign will build awareness and... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Astral Media is rebranding movie channels Mpix and MorePix as The Movie Network Encore and The Movie Network Encore 2 (TMN Encore and TMN Encore 2) effective September... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Once known as a specialty arts channel, Bell Media-owned Bravo now ranks as the #5 non-sports specialty channel thanks to American series like Dallas. Compared to the summer... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Canadian contractor Mike Holmes has been named the third most trusted celebrity by Forbes. Holmes (pictured) topped the list behind Morgan Freeman and Ron Howard. Forbes complied its... Continue Reading
HALIFAX - DHX Media is buying Cookie Jar Entertainment in a $111 million deal that will result in Canada's largest children's entertainment company. The two program distributors said Monday that the combined... Continue Reading
“ONLY IN CANADA” were the three words I couldn’t get out of my head while reading Corus Entertainment’s application to the CRTC to change the Nature of Service (NOS) for... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Blue Ant Media said Friday that it has entered into an agreement to purchase digital specialty channel bold from the CBC. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the transaction... Continue Reading
THESE CRTC HEARINGS INTO big acquisitions have simply become giant public negotiating exercises where a lot of dirty laundry is aired in public by those who feel they’ve been wronged... Continue Reading
WATERLOO - Barrington Broadcasting Group and Time Warner Cable News have selected cellular newsgathering products from Canadian manufacturer Dejero for several of their cable channels. “Time Warner Cable News and... Continue Reading
TORONTO – TVO is launching a free Android app for Google TV this week. The app in addition to a Google TV set top device will allow viewers to stream TVO programs... Continue Reading
