SEATTLE – Amazon Prime Video in late September first announced it had picked up the BBC and AMC crime drama McMafia for 200 territories, excluding the U.S. and Canada,…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has promoted Claude Doucet to Secretary General.
Doucet (pictured), formerly executive director of communications and external relations at the Commission, took on the role on an…
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VANCOUVER – The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is undertaking an anti-harassment audit of workplace policies and practices.
The audit will be led by Daina Green who is recognized internationally…
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OTTAWA – Production on Canadian horror film Pyewacket, shot in Ontario’s Sault Ste. Marie and surrounding communities over 19 days, created $5.4 million in economic output and generated $3.7…
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Oh, and is it time for Bell Media and Corus to merge?
NETFLIX IS THE NUMBER one TV channel in Canada. Quibble with old definitions of an OTT and TV…
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OTTAWA – As one of its last actions before their Christmas break, the House of Commons passed a motion Wednesday to kick off the mandatory five-year review of…
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TORONTO – Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment announced Wednesday it will add the Canadian Football League’s Grey Cup Champion Toronto Argonauts to its stable of Toronto sports teams.
The…
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TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) will invest $4.5M in the production of nine innovative digital media projects that applied for funding to the Experimental Stream Commercial Projects…
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MONTREAL and FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Stingray and Singing Machine have unwrapped a new karaoke mobile app for Android phones and tablets.
Combined with Stingray’s library of licensed karaoke songs…
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TORONTO – Groupe Média TFO's mobile first children’s series MaXi has found a new home on digital platforms across the world.
All 26 11-minute episodes will now be offered on…
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