FACEBOOK IS PAYING Major League Baseball (MLB) at least $30M U.S. for the exclusive rights to stream 25 afternoon games in the U.S., marking the first time that a…
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TORONTO – RTDNA Canada has released the regional finalists for its annual awards honouring the best journalists, programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in radio, television and digital.
“It has been…
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TORONTO – TSN’s live multiplatform coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament best known as March Madness will tip off March 15 at 12:00 PM ET.
Coverage of college basketball’s biggest…
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DARTMOUTH – Newcap Radio owner Newfoundland Capital Corporation credited its Ontario broadcasting operations for an uptick in fourth quarter revenues.
For the period ended December 31, 2017, revenues of $47.4…
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OTTAWA – Production of the feature film Maudie, the Canadian/Irish co-production starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke, generated $6.4 million in GDP, drove $9 million in total economic output,…
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TORONTO – The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is adopting all 12 of the recommendations made after the conclusion of an anti-harassment audit of workplace policies and practices.
The audit,…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Chapter of the International Institute of Communications (IIC Canada) will host its two-day annual conference at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa on October 31 and…
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OTTAWA – Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) chair Sylvie Courtemanche has been named Woman of the Year by Women in Communications and Technology (WCT).
Prior to joining CBSC in January,…
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TORONTO – Canada’s creative community has released an industry-wide code of conduct to help prevent and respond to harassment, discrimination, bullying and violence in the workplace.
The Code, which has…
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OTTAWA – Despite the plethora of video content choices, the majority of Canadians still subscribe to a paid TV service, says a new report from Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
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