BANFF – It’s not easy being a small fish in an ocean filled with predators new and old – and with unpredictable tides – but the strong, well-organized school…
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GATINEAU – The screen went black for about 15 minutes Friday morning at the CRTC’s Let’s Talk TV policy hearing when chairman Jean-Pierre Blais abruptly called for a break…
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WATERLOO, ON – Netflix's popularity continues to surge in Canada, now accounting for between 30%-40% of downstream traffic in the peak evening hours, according to data from Sandvine.
Three years ago, Netflix…
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VANCOUVER – Telus has added more than 50 CTV programs to its Optik TV lineup, making the likes of Amazing Race Canada, The Big Bang Theory, Grey's Anatomy and…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor is expanding its philanthropic Éléphant: The Memory of Québec Cinema initiative to include a film festival devoted to restored and digitized movies.
The inaugural Éléphant ClassiQ will…
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GATINEAU – Canada’s independent and ethnic broadcasters faced off before the CRTC on Thursday, with the more established Category A services arguing the removal of buy-through provisions which sustain…
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TORONTO – After investing in U.S.-based lifestyle digital media company KIN, Corus Entertainment said Thursday that it will launch KIN Canada, bringing the company’s multichannel network KIN Community, as well…
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TORONTO – Cindy Witten has been named as the new senior director of the Radio Network Talk department at CBC. The department produces all of the network programming on…
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THERE ARE ALWAYS A HANDFUL of questions asked repeatedly by commissioners during a CRTC hearing which can tip followers off about the direction the Regulator is leaning on certain…
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GATINEAU – At one point during the CRTC’s Let’s Talk TV hearing yesterday, chairman Jean-Pierre Blais noted the utter lack of media in the room covering the primary focus…
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