Rights, diversity and the need for a strong, sustainable Canadian production sector
LAST WEEK, HUNDREDS OF independent producers, broadcast executives, government officials and countless other industry stakeholders made their annual…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications is continuing to adjust its organizational structure under new CEO Joe Natale.
This week, chief customer officer Deepak Khandelwal announced he was leaving the company…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian television broadcasting sector saw total operating revenues rise 0.9% to $7.5 billion in 2016, while profits before interest and taxes grew 15.9% from $732.8 million in 2015 to $849.0 million in 2016, according to…
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TORONTO – User experience has surpassed content and distribution in the pursuit of entertainment and media revenues, says a new PwC report.
Global Entertainment and Media…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) not only applauded Heritage Minister Joly’s announcement of an independent advisory committee for appointments to the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors, it…
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TORONTO – Interactive Ontario added three new board members plus promoted two employees following its annual general meeting earlier this week.
New to IO are directors Sean Skelton, Member of…
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TORONTO – The latest iteration of the Star Trek television franchise will land on CTV and Space on in September.
Star Trek: Discovery will make its exclusive Canadian broadcast premiere…
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OTTAWA – Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has created an advisory committee tasked with compiling and submitting a list of potential candidates for the Board of Directors at CBC/Radio-Canada.
The independent,…
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MONTREAL – Bell Media is continuing to take down sports departments at its local TV stations, this time at CTV Montreal.
A blog post by Steve Faguy says that…
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MONTREAL – The National Film Board of Canada has unveiled a new three-year plan that seeks to address Indigenous creators’ longstanding concerns about systemic inequities in the existing Canadian…
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