TORONTO – Former Bell Media exec Laurie McAllister has been appointed director of ACTRA Toronto’s independent and broadcast production department, effective immediately.
McAllister left Bell Media where she was the…
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WHEN JUSTIN TRUDEAU is sworn in as Prime Minister his Liberal party will face a number of key telecommunications issues in the next 12 months.
These include meeting the challenge…
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GATINEAU – New digital media offerings certainly have problems fitting into the various interpretations of the well-worn Acts and Regulations which the CRTC must attempt to apply to emerging…
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TORONTO – CBC has named Chris Harris as executive producer, digital, scripted, effective immediately.
Harris, pictured, returns to CBC from his most recent position as VP strategy and business development with…
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TORONTO – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and the Association Québécoise de la Production Médiatique (AQPM) kicked off…
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HAMILTON – Hamilton’s Mohawk College will launch a new course next year which will teach all of its journalism students how to ensure the news they produce…
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OTTAWA – Francophones are often surrounded with English content both from the U.S. and from within Canada itself, but do they consume it, and if so, in what language?
Anew…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor says that Bell Canada’s ExpressVu is on the hook for some $141 million to Videotron and TVA Group after the Supreme Court of Canada refused to…
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TORONTO – Business journalist Amanda Lang is leaving the CBC this week to produce and host a show for Bloomberg TV Canada that will begin airing early next year.
Channel Zero made…
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LOS GATOS, CA – Netflix added 3.62 million new streaming members in the third quarter, but didn’t attract as many new U.S. subscribers as it had anticipated.
The online streaming…
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