MONTREAL – Bell Media continued its buying spree this week, announcing that it is partnering with agency ICM Partners and Canadian comedian and TV host Howie Mandel to acquire Montreal-based comedy…
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TORONTO – Randy Lennox says he promised when first joining Bell Media from Universal Music Canada not to "do change for change's sake."
But scale for scale's sake?
Bulking up by…
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TORONTO – Underscored by big U.S. fare and “the most returning Top 20 hits of any prime-time television schedule in North America”, CTV unveiled its new 2018/19 primetime lineup…
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MONTREAL – Acquisitions continue to pay off for Stingray Digital Group which saw its fourth quarter profits jump by over 24%, the company said Thursday.
For the quarter ended March…
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TORONTO – Bell Media and Rogers Media-owned Dome Productions said that it will produce broadcast footage from this week’s G7 Summit in Charlevoix, Quebec in 4K Ultra High…
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TORONTO – Bell Media is rebranding four of its specialty channels as CTV properties plus is creating two new VoD services that will all live together in a new…
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WITH THE REVIEW OF the Broadcasting Act (Telecom and Radiocom, too) now under way, as was announced Tuesday, we’re all very anxious to hear what…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment's Maria Hale says she didn't sweat the small stuff at the recent Los Angeles Screenings by having to bid aggressively for digital rights to new…
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TORONTO – Rather than looking at next generation 9-1-1 like a plumbing project that is necessary and uninspiring, “we should be inspired by disruptors and ought to consider how…
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TORONTO—As might be expected, Canadian telecom executives are already choosing up sides for the forthcoming battle over the CTRC's proposals for reshaping how the feds regulate and tax traditional…
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