MONTREAL - Jean Bureau has been elected president of the board of the Association of Film and Television Producers of Quebec (APFTQ).Currently co-chairman and co-founder of the production company Incendo,... Continue Reading
NEW YORK – Canadian television service providers may soon have to pay more for popular U.S. channel AMC.According to a Multichannel News report, CEO Josh Sapan said AMC is worth... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Industry stakeholders will have more time to compile their comments after the CRTC pushed back deadlines for its proposed English-language closed captioning quality standards, and BCE’s proposed broadcasting... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Three month old Shaw Premium Audience Network (S.P.A.N.) has added CBS.com, TV.com and CNBC.com to its roster of partner sites, which also includes exclusive digital representation agreements with... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC has pushed back its deadline for comments on proposed French-language closed captioning quality standards.Further to a request, the Commission said Wednesday that the deadline for the submission... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Thanks to a new partnership with Telefilm Canada, Canadian films will have a weekly spot on CBC TV.Starting next summer, CBC will showcase Canadian works such as The Trotsky,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Family Channel is gearing up for its ninth annual Bullying Awareness Week scheduled for November 14 – 20, 2011.This year’s campaign, named What’s Up, Stand UP!, will focus... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Rogers Sportsnet and the Canadian Soccer Association have inked a new five-year agreement which includes exclusive multiplatform media coverage for Canada’s Men’s and Women’s national soccer team matches.In... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CTV has launched some ‘first class’ marketing initiatives designed to promote its new series called PAN AM which takes off September 25th.Flying wasn't always about long lines and... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Having spent three years building the HBO Canada brand, it just might be time for Corus Entertainment and Astral Media to do the same for Showtime in this... Continue Reading
