OTTAWA – Canada’s broadcasters aren’t about to give up spectrum and go through another digital upgrade again without being paid for moving – and believe some of the funds…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC unveiled sweeping changes to the Canadian TV broadcasting system earlier today. The Regulator has eliminated genre protection rules, shifted from Canadian content exhibition quotas to…
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OTTAWA–GATINEAU – Canadian-made content can hold its own among the best in the world, and therefore no longer requires “certain” regulatory protections, CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais said Thursday while…
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HALIFAX – DHX Media has been commissioned by Nickelodeon in the U.S. and YTV in Canada to produce a new, live-action musical-comedy series geared to tweens.
Make It Pop, currently…
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TORONTO – Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) is creating a new original series that centres on the day-to-day tribulations and triumphs, complete with a comedic twist, of a person living…
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TORONTO – TSN is using its five national feeds to offer basketball fans wall-to-wall coverage of the NCAA basketball conference championships.
Coverage begins Thursday and will include the complete quarter-finals,…
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HAMILTON – With the Juno Awards set for Sunday, SiriusXM Canada is reinstating Juno Radio to highlight the best Canadian musical talent from the past and present.
The limited-run takeover…
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MONTREAL – Quebec’s public cultural and educational television network Télé-Québec has bought the broadcast rights to British miniseries The Honourable Woman from BBC Worldwide North America.
Co-produced by BBC and…
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WASHINGTON – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has begun its technical review of three detailed proposals for a comprehensive audio system that will bring a more immersive audio…
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OTTAWA – Women in Communications and Technology (WCT) is teaming up with Microsoft Canada in an effort to raise the profile of women, their roles, and their contributions to…
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