TORONTO – The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) offered 12 recommendations to the Canadian Content in a Digital World consultations , designed to ensure that made-in-Canada content continues to entertain…
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TORONTO – For the sake of Canada’s broadcast industry and content producers, Internet broadcasters like Netflix cannot be exempted from broadcast regulation any longer, says the Alliance of Canadian Cinema,…
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MONTREAL – CBC/Radio-Canada’s new home in Montreal will be right next to its old one after the public broadcaster’s board of directors approved a proposal for a new broadcast centre…
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HALIFAX – UK broadcaster CBeebies has commissioned 25 new episodes of preschool series Twirlywoos from DHX Media, bringing the total number of episodes to 100.
The stop-motion and live action series…
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LAVAL – CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais stressed the idea of “citizenship obligations” as he concluded a hearing Thursday into licence renewals for major French-language private television broadcasters.
Questioning Corus Entertainment,…
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OTTAWA – Three Canadian programs won the Shaw Rocket Prize for best in kids and youth programming as well as the best in digital experience at an industry gala…
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LAVAL — After a day of pushing major French-language television broadcasters to justify their demands for fewer regulatory burdens, the CRTC pushed the other way…
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TORONTO – In a sometimes entertainingly worded decision, Ontario Superior Court of Justice judge Fred Myers sided with Bell Media in saying VMedia’s new Roku TV skinny basic cable…
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OTTAWA – The disruption of the traditional broadcast TV model – the one-to-many into a one-to-one relationship – means that data has become critically important to the future of…
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OTTAWA – Some of Canada’s most successful content creators are concerned the federal government’s rules around Canadian content may not be in the best interests of the industry. They…
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