X1-powered, voice-controlled
CALGARY – Shaw Communications upped the ante in Canada’s television and broadband market Wednesday, launching a new voice-controlled platform it has dubbed BlueSky TV.
Using Comcast’s X1 platform, Shaw…
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OTTAWA – Added special effects rendered a news report unfair and biased in contravention of broadcast codes, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled.
The CBSC investigated a news report that aired on…
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment’s acquisition of Shaw Media appears to paying off as the company reported a 72% lift in profits and a 105% jump in revenues for its…
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VANCOUVER – OUTtv has announced Vancouver-based private equity firm Stern Partners as its new majority owner, and promoted Brad Danks to CEO.
The national LGBTQ television network said Wednesday that…
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WATERLOO, ON – Former Vice Media Canada exec Ryan Fuss has been named chief revenue officer at Waterloo start-up Sortable.
Fuss (pictured) will be responsible for all revenue-generating activities at…
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HALIFAX – DHX Media has licensed exclusive U.S. broadcast rights for 30 brand-new half-hour episodes of popular children's television property Teletubbies, that will begin airing on Nickelodeon’s Nick…
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MONTREAL – More than 20,000 student-athletes will take part in Bell Let’s Talk Day, joining with fellow students and others in the university community to discuss the impact of…
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As for TV ads? Flat is the new up
TORONTO – The ways in which humans interact with technology will be significantly altered in 2017 and beyond, as mobile devices…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – TSN has inked a new, multi-year media rights extension with Major League Soccer to become Canada’s exclusive English-language broadcaster of MLS.
Beginning with the 2017 season,…
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TORONTO – Television marketing and research association thinktv is sponsoring a presentation by branding professor, marketing consultant and writer Mark Ritson at FFWD Advertising & Marketing Week…
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