CALGARY – Corus Entertainment’s corporate secretary and prominent Calgarian Jack Perraton died February 19th after a brief battle with leukemia. He was 65.
Throughout his career, Perraton (pictured) worked as…
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OTTAWA – Establishing a carriage relationship with Netflix, YouTube, Google, Yahoo! and others as well as reworking how money is distributed to fund online entertainment are two ways to…
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OTTAWA – A viewer advisory that aired during an animated sitcom should have warned viewers about a violent scene, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled.
The CBSC reviewed…
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TORONTO – The pitch Rogers Digital Media is making to advertisers, agencies and other marketers is audience intelligence, says Rogers Media’s chief digital officer Jason Tafler.
With over 1,000 digital media assets…
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TORONTO – A new Canadian company called TapCast.TV wants to make that television show more social, interactive, personalized, and connected – all with just one tap.
The company is behind…
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OTTAWA – The success of independent producers under the CRTC’s group licensing regime (GLR) will be tied to that of the broadcasters, the Canadian Media Production Association’s Prime Time…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has green-lit two new radio stations to serve the communities of Shelburne and Collingwood, ON.
After a public hearing last Fall, the Commission approved an…
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OTTAWA – There are positives to take away from illegal downloading, argued two members of a panel at the Canadian Media Production Association’s annual conference in Ottawa. They said…
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MONTREAL – The costs of launching of three new specialty channels pulled down 2011 profits at Quebecor’s TVA Group.
The Montreal-based television and magazine company reported net income for the…
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OTTAWA – Its game over for Telus’ complaints against Bell over exclusive mobile rights agreements to select National Hockey League (NHL) and National Football League (NFL) content, the CRTC…
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