KENORA and GATINEAU – Shaw Communications has filed a letter with the CRTC this month letting the Commission know it has withdrawn its application to renew the broadcast license…
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GATINEAU – Media Access Canada (MAC) lauded the large English-language broadcasters for meeting their accessibility conditions of licence Wednesday morning, but the group added during the broadcasters’ licence renewal…
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TORONTO – Rogers TV customers may now add standalone channels on a pick-and-pay basis to any of its in-market subscription packages, the company said Wednesday.
According to its website,…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor Media’s TVA Group was quick to poke holes in CBC/Radio-Canada's proposal for guaranteed funding, calling for a review of the public broadcaster’s mandate.
Julie Tremblay, president…
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TORONTO – Viewability is becoming a key concern to Canadian advertisers, with ‘viewable rate’ as a campaign objective now ranking four times higher than one year ago, according to new data…
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MONTREAL – Groupe V Media has named Dimitri Gourdin as executive vice-president, strategy and communications.
With almost 20 years of experience in strategic affairs, marketing, communications and public relations,…
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TORONTO – With the official launch of the Cooking Channel still a few weeks away, sister channel Food Network Canada is hosting programming blocks from the new service’s most delicious…
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Netflix, et al, changing the market
GATINEAU – The tipping point is coming.
That was part of the message delivered to the CRTC by Bell Media during its appearance before the…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada said that it would be prepared to drop advertising on all of its platforms in exchange for an addition $418 million in government funding.
In its lengthy…
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SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter is collaborating with Disney and People to live stream a special Rogue One: A Star Wars Story event this Friday in advance of the film’s…
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