MONTREAL – Quebecor said Wednesday that its board of directors have approved a two-for-one stock split of the company’s outstanding Class A multiple voting and Class B subordinate voting…
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OTTAWA – A French- language radio broadcast that included the word f*ck in English did not violate any offensive language codes, as it does not have the same offensive…
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SEATTLE – Amazon’s Fire TV Stick Basic Edition is now available in Canada, promising fast access to thousands of movies, TV shows, apps, and games.
The streaming media player is…
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MONTREAL – Yann Paquet has been promoted to VP of Quebecor Content while Martin Picard has taken on the new VP role at TVA Group as part of a…
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OTTAWA – Former Corus exec Sylvie Courtemanche is joining the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) as its new chair, replacing the retiring Andrée Noël.
Courtemanche (pictured) was most recently a…
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TORONTO – Production exec Carol Commisso is the new vice-president of development at Halfire Entertainment.
An industry veteran, Commisso (pictured) was the production executive for original scripted programming at Rogers Media…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. last week announced its fourth quarter revenue increased by 1.1%, to reach $578.5 million, driven by growth of 1.4% in its Communications segment.
That was…
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TORONTO – Theatre chain Cineplex has announced a three-year sponsorship agreement that will bring Sunday Night Football and the Super Bowl live to Cineplex theatres across Canada.
In addition…
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TORONTO – Ontario’s public broadcaster TVO said Friday it will introduce two new Ontario Hubs by January 2018 “to expand its balanced, in-depth regional journalism across the province,”…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor’s broadcaster/TV producer/publisher TVA Group reported last week a net loss of $15.3 million in the third quarter of 2017, ended September 30th, compared with a…
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