MONTREAL – Five years ago, during a surprisingly competitive CRTC process to award new commercial AM radio stations in Montreal, one independent group burst onto the scene with grand…
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TORONTO – Veteran CBC sportscaster Steve Armitage has pulled out from CBC’s broadcast team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games due to a recent diagnosis of chronic heart failure.
Armitage…
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VANCOUVER – Canadian businesses can and should better support LGBTQ diversity and inclusiveness, according to a new study commissioned by Telus.
Conducted by MARU/VR&C (formerly the Research & Consulting Division…
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TORONTO – Just in time for summer road trips, Corus Entertainment has launched a TV Everywhere app for its Disney Junior network.
Free to Disney Junior subscribers, the app offers a…
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TORONTO – ABC Studios’ boutique production subsidiary ABC Signature Studios has signed on as associate sponsor of the Canadian Film Centre’s program for TV writers.
The Bell Media Prime…
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SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter has announced plans to live stream weekly games from Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Hockey League (NHL), but existing licensing agreements will prevent…
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Netflix has grabbed the exclusive streaming rights for FX's American Crime Story franchise everywhere except in Canada after finalizing an SVoD licensing agreement with 20th Century Fox…
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HALIFAX – DHX Media has licensed the first season of its new animated comedy series Looped exclusively to Amazon Prime in the U.S. where it debuted on Prime Video on…
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TORONTO – Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) has wrapped up the exclusive Canadian broadcast rights for Cricket Australia, England Cricket Board, Cricket Ireland and Caribbean Premiere League.
The rights…
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TORONTO and NEW YORK – The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) has acquired digital rights organization Audiam, a deal that it says will enable…
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