Attracting a record average audience of 5.3 million viewers across Bell Media’s TSN, RDS, CTV, Noovo and Crave, Canada Soccer’s men’s national team’s first-ever FIFA World Cup victory last Thursday... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout A paper published in the Canadian Bar Review last spring that called federal jurisdiction over online streamers “suspect” was studied by Canadian Heritage, according to heavily redacted... Continue Reading
The CRTC on Thursday approved Stingray’s acquisition of Calgary’s CHUP-FM (C97.7) from Rawlco Radio. The $6.1-million acquisition, announced in November, will see Stingray operate three FM stations (including CKMP-FM and... Continue Reading
CBC/Radio-Canada has an opportunity to better serve small communities lacking media coverage and should have “the reflection of local communities and audiences” explicitly stated in its mandate, according to a report by... Continue Reading
Time and Toronto-based ArtsHouse Media Group last week announced a partnership to launch Time Canada, a licensed Canadian edition of Time’s publication. Expected to launch this fall across digital, print, live events, video and social... Continue Reading
CBC/Radio-Canada announced Tuesday it plans to significantly increase its commitment to sports coverage of Canada’s high-performance athletes, professional women’s sport, and major sporting events hosted in Canada and around the world, following... Continue Reading
Rogers Sportsnet and CBC announced Tuesday that Canada’s national public broadcaster will no longer carry NHL broadcasts. As the national media rightsholder for NHL games, Rogers had been sub-licensing to CBC... Continue Reading
By Doug Barrett, adjunct professor in the Arts, Media & Entertainment MBA Program at the Schulich School of Business
On June 3, Culture Minister Marc Miller scored an own goal…
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CBC on Monday announced it will create two new documentary funds and is boosting support for filmmakers creating projects for the public broadcaster’s Absolutely Canadian documentary series. The announcement, made at the Banff World... Continue Reading
Canadian film and TV production company Muse Entertainment and Toronto-based independent magazine The Walrus announced Monday a first-look development partnership to adapt original reporting and longform journalism into premium documentary and unscripted... Continue Reading
