TORONTO – Canadian content creators are applauding the statement from the G8 meeting in Russia vowing to better enforce intellectual property rights and crack down on piracy of things such... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Lower-cost shows like reality and game shows may be one reason why Canadian producers’ revenues from TV productions continue to fall, Statistics Canada reports. In 2004, film and... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Two broadcasters have been found by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to have violated their standards, the CBSC announced today. The first decision involves two reports on Global... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Monday Night Raw is going to The Score. On Wednesday, World Wrestling Entertainment and the headline sports channel will make official a deal that is already a bit... Continue Reading
TORONTO – BBM released its latest round of radio ratings Monday afternoon, and the pecking order was shuffled a little in Toronto and Vancouver. The A12+ top line results show... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Bell Globemedia's $1.7 billion offer to purchase CHUM Ltd. last Wednesday is sounding some alarm bells among producers and journalists, especially given CHUM's layoff of 281 people also... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – A Télé-Québec public affairs show was not racist when it broadcast episodes critical of Islam, the CRTC has found. The commission received complaints from some viewers who were... Continue Reading
TORONTO – TSN has nabbed sportscaster Darren Dreger away from Sportsnet. Dreger, who has 19 years in the biz, begins July 31 as TSN’s Hockey Insider, alongside Bob McKenzie. Dreger... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Alliance Atlantis has licensed second-window rights for its popular CSI franchise, worth a total of about US$250 million, the company announced. The multinational deal involves the original CSI:... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The CRTC is calling for applications for new radio stations in Sydney, N.S. and Sudbury, Ont. The commission has received an application for a commercial station in Sudbury,... Continue Reading
