TORONTO – The Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund invested over $12 million in 127 new media and related television productions last year, according to its annual report released Thursday.The... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) is urging the CRTC to require Canadian broadcasters to stick to last year's TV Policy, thereby living up to their obligations to Canadian audiences.In... Continue Reading
TORONTO – As Canadians heads to the election polls on Monday, RTNDA Canada - The Association of Electronic Journalists and RTDNA - The Radio Television Digital News Association say that they... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Veteran radio broadcaster Costas Halavrezos will be honoured with the 2011 RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award in the Atlantic Region.The Lifetime Achievement Award was created in 2002 to recognize... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Canadian television viewers need protection from the “anti-competitive practices of the large broadcasting companies”, according to Telus.The telco made the comments Wednesday in reference to the “concentration of... Continue Reading
TORONTO – While many in the traditional media industry would like to see the regulations applied to conventional electronic media extended to new media companies, Rogers Communications' CEO Nadir Mohamed... Continue Reading
TORONTO – On Sunday May 1st, ZoomerMedia will introduce an overhauled ONE.The Brand New ONE specialty service will feature a new look, a host of new shows and a new... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Shaw Media announced last week that Andrew Eddy has joined Shaw Media as vice-president of content and distribution. He will be a member of the Shaw Media Management... Continue Reading
AS OVER-THE-TOP video services, Internet enabled televisions and broadband speeds all escalate, Canadian broadcasters will come to find the market power that allows them in 2011 to exclusively purchase popular... Continue Reading
LOS GATOS, Calif. – Video streamer (and in the States, DVD-mailer, too) Netflix continues to add hundreds of thousands of customers and tens of millions in revenue and profits, the... Continue Reading