GATINEAU – Being exempted from regulation, CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais said in 2013, is still a form of regulation. So, one shouldn’t get the sense that just because Netflix…
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MONTREAL – The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) has ruled in favour of CBC/Radio-Canada's application for a review of the bargaining unit structure for employees working in the province…
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TORONTO – Shaw Media is asking the CRTC to licence an innovative new English-language specialty news channel called Global News 1 that promises to deliver local news on a…
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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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