MONTREAL – Calling itself “one of the country's largest private investor in English and French-language content”, Astral Media said it invested close to $150 million in Canadian content development in fiscal... Continue Reading
OTTAWA and GATINEAU – The Canadian specialty, pay, pay-per-view television and video-on-demand (VOD) services sector saw its total yearly revenues grow 7.6% to $2.9 billion, up from $2.7 billion in the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – In two submissions on separate files, independent broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV has asked the CRTC to allow more open competition among Canadian specialty service operators, or to perhaps... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CBC English Services announced where, exactly, the money will be saved and employees let go which were originally made public yesterday. On the English side, its portion will... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Calling him “a new leader for challenging times”, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) has named industry veteran Norm Bolen as its new president and CEO.... Continue Reading
WINNIPEG – Aboriginal broadcaster APTN has re-launched its website, and is exploring ways to offer its content across multiple platforms such as mobile and “various video delivery systems”. The site features APTN’s... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Digital media distribution company Yangaroo said it was successful in its goal of making the 2009 Juno Awards cheaper and a little greener. Using its digital media distribution... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Television news channel CP24 will debut a new morning news show and radio station beginning Thursday morning. Called ‘CP24 Breakfast’, the 3.5 hour news program pledges to deliver breaking... Continue Reading
TORONTO - CBC/Radio-Canada employees looked around the various rooms in which they heard the news today, wondering which of them will be among the 800 or so without a job... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Sports and entertainment company Insight Sports staged a “management buyout” of some of its assets, plus undertook a corporate restructuring of its event, web and broadcast properties. Kevin... Continue Reading
