TORONTO – Sportsnet has nailed down the Canadian television, online and mobile rights to the more than 250 soccer matches leading up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. Sportsnet’s... Continue Reading
TORONTO - CBC/Radio-Canada, Rogers Media and Shaw Media are teaming up on a new venture that allows advertisers to bid for space on their respective digital advertising inventory in real-time. Called the... Continue Reading
by Steve Faguy GATINEAU - It's the most important decision about private French-language television in Canada in years, but the CRTC's renewal of licenses for major broadcasters contained few surprises.... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Independent producers who attended a special Banff Media Festival preview event and reception in Toronto on Wednesday were likely very encouraged to hear top Canadian media executives speak... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Shaw Communications has received CRTC approval to buy out the half of specialty channels Mystery and The Cave that it doesn't already own. Both English-language category A channels are... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC on Thursday renewed the licences of the French-language television services operated by TVA Group, Astral Media, and Canal Évasion, plus maintained the existing conditions of licence... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The shift by the music and advertising industries towards digital media distribution had a positive impact on Yangaroo’s fourth quarter and 2011 financial results. The Toronto-based digital media... Continue Reading
TELEVISION STILL TRUMPS social media, with most respondents saying that they would forego social networks if staying online meant they could no longer watch television, according to a new international poll... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has launched an online voting system to help choose the next chair of the CBC. The independent watchdog called the practice of appointing the CBC... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – A television interview about the student protests in Quebec was fair and balanced and therefore did not breach any broadcast codes, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) said... Continue Reading
