TORONTO – Sportsnet and Twitter are bringing back Ice Surfing as a weekly show for the 2018-19 NHL regular season.
Rogers Media said Tuesday that Sportsnet Ice Surfing will jump…
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TORONTO – The Ontario city of Hamilton has become the first Canadian municipality to receive a special SOCAN Licensed To Play designation by supporting fair and legal music licensing…
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VANCOUVER – OUTtv is developing T.E. Wilson’s Detective Sanchez novel series into a new serialized one-hour drama series called Mezcalero.
Produced in association with No Equal Entertainment, the series…
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TORONTO – Toronto-based JV Productions Inc. has promoted Courtney Campbell to president, replacing retiring founder Vyvyan Campbell.
In her new role, Campbell (pictured) will spearhead the further development and growth…
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OTTAWA – The federal government today officially launched its promised review of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Acts with a seven member panel of thinkers and experts who will also…
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OTTAWA – With the CRTC’s report on the future of programming distribution in Canada now in hand, it is expected that Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly…
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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…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian television broadcasting sector saw total operating revenues fall 4.8% from to $7.1 billion in 2017, while profits before interest and taxes jumped 10.5% to $940.7 million in 2017 from the year…
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NEW YORK and LONDON – Discovery Inc. has signed a US$2 billion deal with the PGA Tour to create a new international multi-platform home for golf content that will include…
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TORONTO – Corus-owned Global will serve up two new dramas, four fresh comedies, and one new family-friendly reality show alongside 20 returning series in its fall primetime lineup, the broadcaster…
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