EDMONTON – Super Channel has acquired the dark comedy Get Shorty from MGM Television.
Based in part on the 1990 best-selling novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard, the ten-episode…
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TORONTO – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) has reached a tentative agreement for the renewal of their National Commercial Agreement (NCA) with advertisers.
The current…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications has 26,000 employees and about one third of those are front line staffers who deal with the customer all day, every day.
In his first 13…
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TORONTO – Live sports streaming service DAZN has arrived in Canada, promising football fans the digital subscription product NFL Game Pass with every live NFL game of the 2017…
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THE RECENT CRTC DECISION to reset broadcaster minimum spending requirements on programs of national interest (PNI) to a lowest-common-denominator level of 5% (see here for more)…
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MONTREAL – Six years ago, in the summer of 2011, a pair of Montreal businessmen went public with a project to revitalize the radio market in Montreal. Using two…
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OTTAWA and TORONTO – Members of Canada’s screen-based media industries expressed cautious optimism towards this week’s three new CRTC appointments, though reiterated their call for Commissioners with backgrounds…
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DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS APPEARS to be in talks to acquire HGTV and Food Network owner Scripps.
According to a Reuters report, Scripps is seeking a buyer at a time when…
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OTTAWA – The federal government on Tuesday unveiled the new Canadian Digital Service, a group tasked with improving the design and delivery of the government’s online services.
A blog…
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GATINEAU – The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) is warning Canadians not to use the same password for various websites, accounts and devices.
Citing a string of…
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