OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT promised a review of the Broadcasting and Telecommunication Acts in its 2017 budget and last week the CRTC took the first step down this path when it issued: Continue Reading
Creative community applauds move that acknowledges "the full potential of Canada’s creative sector"
MONTREAL – The federal government will spend $125 million over five years to help boost the country’s creative…
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VANCOUVER – CBC and Creative BC have struck a new funding partnership that will support the creation of short-form digital content developed by BC storytellers.
The two organizations will…
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OTTAWA – Gusto Worldwide Media is launching its linear channel Gusto TV in Singapore this summer, marking the first time that the food and lifestyle channel will be available…
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TORONTO – Can cord cutting in Canada be halted, or at least slowed, by solving the country’s “drama problem”?
Veteran lawyer and engineer Peter Miller and Ken Engelhart, former SVP…
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Flagship daily show The Big Story delves deep into day’s “critical story”
TORONTO – Rogers Radio launched a new podcast network Monday, complete with a daily show known as The Big…
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OTTAWA – Global News has scooped political journalist Mercedes Stephenson from CTV News to be its new Ottawa Bureau Chief and the permanent host of political affairs program The West…
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TORONTO – The Independent Production Fund (IPF) is investing over $2 million in 17 new English and French-language scripted short-form series designed and produced for exploitation on digital platforms and…
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TORONTO – Bell Media’s 104.5 CHUM FM radio station in Toronto is undergoing a “brand refresh” that includes changing its name to CHUM 104.5.
The live, on-air transformation took place…
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TORONTO – Sportsnet will produce and televise over 150 English-language national hockey games throughout the 2018-19 NHL season across Hockey Night in Canada on Saturdays, Rogers Hometown Hockey on…
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