By Ahmad Hathout A consortium of copyright holders wants the Federal Court of Appeal to take a second look at a decision by the Copyright Board of Canada that lowered... Continue Reading
Bell Media’s Crave announced Monday its new original comedy series The Trades will premiere on the streaming service March 22, as revealed Sunday night during TSN and CTV’s broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII. Shot... Continue Reading
CRTC said it is 'concerned' about job losses By Ahmad Hathout Citing regulatory concerns, Bell announced Thursday another round of job cuts and radio station sales. The telecom is cutting... Continue Reading
Sherri Clark moves into Global Toronto news director role Global News on Wednesday announced Mackay Taggart has been promoted to director of its eastern stations. Most recently Global News’ Ontario... Continue Reading
The Governor in Council has reappointed René Légère and Jennifer Moore Rattray to CBC’s board of directors, on the recommendation of Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge. In addition, Marie-Anne Tawil has been appointed as a... Continue Reading
CBC announced Wednesday the second round of AccessCBC, a national program that provides pre-development training, mentorship and financing support to Deaf and disabled creators. For the second iteration of the initiative, CBC... Continue Reading
Quebecor Content’s senior director of acquisitions and Quebec cinema, Louis Pearson, announced Wednesday the appointment of Yoann Sauvageau as director of TVA Films, a division of TVA Group. “I am... Continue Reading
Bell Media announced Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Amazon to bring its streaming service Crave to Prime Video Channels in Canada. Set to launch soon, Crave’s Premium ad-free plan will... Continue Reading
CBC/Radio-Canada on Monday unveiled its first-ever National Indigenous Strategy, called Strengthening Relations, Walking Together, and also announced the creation of a new Indigenous Office at the public broadcaster. The announcement was... Continue Reading
Magnify Digital, a Vancouver-based company that specializes in audience development technology for the creative industries, announced last week the Canada Media Fund (CMF), Telefilm Canada and the National Film Board of Canada... Continue Reading