By Connie Thiessen The CRTC is proposing cost recovery regulations that would apply to the largest online platforms that distribute news content as it continues to set up a framework around... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen CBC News has announced its intention to launch 14 new free ad-supported streaming (FAST) channels, featuring breaking news, weather, and news headlines. CBC News BC and CBC... Continue Reading
SiriusXM Canada on Wednesday announced 10-time Grammy award-winning country singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton is launching an exclusive year-round SiriusXM channel on May 23 at 12 p.m. ET. Curated and presented by Stapleton and... Continue Reading
The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC), which represents 2,500 English-language screenwriters across Canada, announced Wednesday its members have ratified a new three-year independent production agreement (IPA) with the Canadian Media Producers Association... Continue Reading
Subscribing to a paid TV service is still something done by two-thirds of Canadians, according to the latest TV Distribution report from the Media Technology Monitor, a product of CBC/Radio-Canada. Thirty-seven... Continue Reading
The CRTC will decide how much it will cost Bell and Quebecor to broadcast each other’s sports channels, it said this month. The two companies agreed that they could not... Continue Reading
Canadian consumers seek affordability and are open to ad-supported streaming options to save money, but nearly half of them are likely to cancel those subscriptions if prices continue to climb,... Continue Reading
Corus Entertainment’s Global announced Tuesday season one of the Irish/Canadian/Belgian crime drama Hidden Assets will debut Wednesday, June 5 at 9 p.m. ET on Global and Corus’s multi-channel streaming service StackTV. “When evidence from... Continue Reading
Canadian Heritage has announced the appointment of Sylvain Lafrance as chairperson of Telefilm Canada. In addition, Deborah MacPherson and Claude Doucet have been appointed as members of Telefilm’s board of directors. The five-year terms of all... Continue Reading
Super Channel on Tuesday announced LG Channels is the latest platform to host its two free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels, Super Channel Hearties and Super Channel Uncovered. The two... Continue Reading
