Bill C-10 and Canadian ownership rules
By Len St-Aubin
BILL C-10 WOULD REMOVE from the Broadcasting Act the requirement that “the Canadian broadcasting system shall be effectively owned and controlled by…
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TORONTO — Blue Ant Media announced today it is launching Crimetime, its second free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel on the Roku Channel, following the launch of HauntTV…
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TORONTO — Bell Media’s CTV Life Channel, in association with Boat Rocker Studios’ unscripted division Proper Television, announced today production has begun on the new culinary series Mary Makes…
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Cumulative revenue for Canadian TV and radio has declined by $1.36 billion since 2016
By Robert Malcolmson
THE DIRE SITUATION FACING Canada’s television and radio industry – the lifeblood for Canadian…
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TORONTO — Hollywood Suite today announced the socially conscious documentary short What About Our Future? will have its Canadian broadcast premiere on Sunday, March 21 at 9 p.m. ET…
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OTTAWA — Almost all new Canadians own smartphones and watch YouTube videos, but they’re not so big on subscribing to traditional TV services, according to a new report from…
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TORONTO and LOS ANGELES — Canadian production company marblemedia, in association with Cloudco Entertainment, today announced it has received a series order for a half-hour, live-action comedy, Overlord and…
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TORONTO — Blue Ant Media’s new BBC First channel officially launched today in Canada.
Replacing the broadcaster’s Hi-Fi channel, BBC First is now available across Canada in free preview for…
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By Steve Faguy
FOR A MEDIA SECTOR whose consumption comes predominantly from commuters in their cars, what happens when everyone works from home and there is no more commuting?
The radio…
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By Konrad von Finckenstein and James Mitchell
THE PRINCIPAL AIM of Bill C-10, an Act to amend the Broadcasting Act, is to bring online broadcasting (i.e., “streaming”) under the aegis…
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