MONTREAL – Quebecor Content has finalized an agreement with Blue Ant International to provide premium nature content for Videotron’s Indigo, illico and Club illico platforms.
The agreement includes four 4K…
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AS OF THIS WRITING, it appears the next CRTC chair will be an interim one – someone who will keep the lights on and the bills paid through the…
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OTTAWA – The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage is apparently going to call for a 5% levy on ISPs in order to pay for Canadian content in a new…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has awarded five new Type B Native FM radio station licences to three broadcasters seeking to serve the Indigenous communities of Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa and Toronto.
The…
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TORONTO – ACTRA wasted no time in sending the next CRTC chair the message that it expects more love for Canadian performers.
Responding to media reports that Jean-Pierre Blais did…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) has finalized a master affiliate agreement with NFL International LLC for the distribution of NFL Network and NFL On Demand.
Launched…
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MONTREAL – TSN is the official English-language broadcaster of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens after inking a new regional broadcast rights agreement beginning with the 2017-18 season.
The new deal will…
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WELL, GIVEN THAT WE'RE celebrating media in Alberta, let's just start by saying that CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais demurred from simply mumbling "adios" and riding quietly into a western…
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BANFF – CTV’s two hour, crowd-sourced special Canada In A Day will debut on Sunday, June 25 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on CTV, CTV Two, and CTV Go, just…
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“I will be presenting my vision for the creative sector in September”
OKAY, FULL TRANSPARENCY, I wasn't going to scribble about this.
I went to the advertised keynote partly to…
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