TORONTO – International sports network beIN SPORTS announced its live streaming platform beIN SPORTS PLAY will become beIN SPORTS CONNECT as of July 16, 2014, with new added features…
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HALIFAX – DHX Media is now officially the owner of Family Channel, Disney XD, and Disney Junior with the official closing of its $170 million purchase of the former…
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TORONTO – “Contemporary lifestyle network” FYI will take the place of Twist TV as of September 1st, Shaw Media confirmed today.
As we reported in June, the new channel is…
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GATINEAU – Rogers has been left quite a regulatory pile of laundry to sort through with its license renewals announced Thursday. And, the company was told "no" a lot.
The…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications and WWE today announced a 10-year broadcast and multimedia agreement, making Rogers the exclusive distributor of WWE's flagship programming in Canada through 2024.
Financial terms were…
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GATINEAU – There is broad consensus among parties to the CRTC’s TV policy review that a mandated small basic package is not likely to come with a lower price…
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MONTREAL – Benoit Robert has been hired as president and CEO of Quebecor’s sports and entertainment group, succeeding Aldo Giampaolo, who is now CEO of Feeling Productions, which manages…
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TORONTO – Starting next week Canada will play host to the top 16 under-20 women’s teams at FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 and CBC and Sportsnet World…
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TORONTO – Halla Bol! Kids TV will become the first channel in the Hindi-language kids category on U.S. satellite TV distributor Dish Network this summer thanks to independent Canadian…
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TORONTO – Blue Ant Media said today it has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with the annual Polaris Music Prize.
The newly formed relationship “ensures the Polaris Music Prize retains…
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