TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) released Wednesday its annual report, which shows the not-for-profit funding body’s investments in Canada’s screen-based industries activated $1.7 billion in industry activity during the... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) on Wednesday released a decision concerning three movies that aired last spring on Bell Media’s Crave streaming service, which were the subject of a... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Corus Entertainment announced Wednesday its IP and production venture Waterside Studios and its podcast network Curiouscast have partnered with international podcast producer Blanchard House to produce four podcasts, all of... Continue Reading
TORONTO – In recognition and support of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Hollywood Suite announced Wednesday it will present 24 hours of Indigenous-centred programming on Sept. 30. The... Continue Reading
National public broadcasters CBC/Radio-Canada and Radio New Zealand (RNZ) announced Tuesday a new partnership agreement focused on the key areas of Indigenous cultures and languages, podcasts and journalist training. According... Continue Reading
Bell is currently going through “strategic review” on programming By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Bell has revealed that WildBrain’s heavily redacted application last month accusing it of giving an undue... Continue Reading
TORONTO and MONTREAL – The Canada Media Fund said Monday it is starting the process of making changes to its funding programs that will take a platform-agnostic approach to supporting content creators,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – After a year-long research initiative on Canadian content — which included interviews, a survey, in-person and virtual workshops, and written submissions — the Canada Media Fund last week... Continue Reading
TORONTO – CBC last week announced its fall 2023 podcast and audio slate, which includes several new podcast series, an exclusive interview with Mick Jagger on Q With Tom Power, and... Continue Reading
This summer has been a terrible lesson in how quickly our lives can change. Floods in Nova Scotia, wildfire smoke from Northern Quebec blanketing major cities, storms in central Canada,... Continue Reading
