TORONTO – As Canadian media companies feel besieged by their industry's digital whirlwind, Blue Ant Media, like its larger rivals, has had to think about how to get bigger…
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BANFF – Ontario Premier Doug Ford's budget released last month unleashed major cuts to TVOntario… the provincial educational broadcaster created by the venerable former Premier Bill Davis – himself…
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TORONTO – SiriusXM Canada is rolling out a new streaming subscription package aimed at those who don't have a car, or don't use one very much.
The new "Essential" streaming-only…
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TORONTO – CBC News foreign correspondent Nahlah Ayed is returning to Canada where she will take over as the new host of CBC Radio One show Ideas beginning in…
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TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has added two new members to its Board of Directors following its recent AGM in Montreal.
Barry Chapman and Gary Pizante succeed outgoing…
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LA ROCHELLE, FR – Love Nature 4K has greenlit and begun production of a new natural history trilogy series known as Stormborn (working title).
Produced by Scotland-based Maramedia in association…
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MONTREAL – The National Film Board of Canada says that it is one year ahead of schedule on its pledge to spend at least 15% of its production funding…
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OTTAWA – Corriere Canadese has formally appealed to federal Cabinet the CRTC decision to grant a multilingual national multi-ethnic discretionary service with mandatory 9(1)(h) distribution…
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OTTAWA – Total broadcasting revenues sank 1.2% from 2017 to 2018 as television distribution providers (BDUs) posted negative growth for the fourth consecutive year, according to the CRTC’s statistical…
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Videotron, SaskTel score top marks for 7th time
TORONTO – TV service providers who make it easy for their customers to binge-watch their favourite content score higher in customer satisfaction,…
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