OTTAWA – The CRTC has ordered a bevy of broadcasters to get it the information that it asked for so that it may move forward with its plan…
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WATERTOWN, NY – Broadcast veteran Mark Prasuhn has been named president and general manager of U.S. public television station WPBS-TV.
Prasuhn is currently president of CMU College of Makeup…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor more than doubled its quarterly dividend amidst first quarter gains in revenues and profits, the company said Thursday.
Consolidated revenues for the period grew 2.5% ($25.3 million) to…
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GATINEAU – The Feds are directing an additional $7.5 million in new funding to Telefilm Canada to help top up a financial shortfall in funding French-language productions in 2019–2020.
A…
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The union representing local TV news staff across the CTV chain has made it clear to Bell Media that its restructuring plans cannot leave media workers out in the…
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MONTREAL – The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is teaming up with Netflix to help develop Canadian documentary talent.
Thursday’s announcement said that the four-year investment by Netflix will…
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GATINEAU – The Bell vs. Quebecor saga continues, but this time it’s not about Bell the carrier and Quebecor the sports channel provider.
This time Bell Media is complaining to…
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OTTAWA – The Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada (ARC) and StatsRadio this week announced a collaboration to provide the organization's member radio stations with access to StatsRadio's…
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TORONTO – Canada’s three big private broadcasters, Bell Media, Corus Entertainment, and Rogers Media, have petitioned the CRTC to exempt them from providing described video to non-Canadian programs received…
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TORONTO – Canadian songwriters, composers, publishers, labels and performers will now receive their royalties quicker with the arrival of Entandem, a new joint venture between rights management organization Continue Reading
