OTTAWA – The CRTC has sided with Telus and Bell in a complaint against Videotron over exclusivity of some of its video-on-demand content.In separate applications made last June, Telus and Bell claimed... Continue Reading
“COME WITH ME. I’LL show you why I wanted to be president of the CBC.”Those were CBC president and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix’s first words to me last week as... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – An original television campaign, web content and print ads are all part of a weighty new advertising partnership between Quebecor Media Sales and golf retailer Golf Town.QMI Sales... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – It was good to be a TV distributor in 2010.That’s the message we see in the CRTC’s aggregate financial data recently posted on the Commission’s web site. Expenses... Continue Reading
WHILE MASSIVE SPENDING cuts at one bankrupt broadcaster led it back into the black in 2010, another that was home to the Olympics saw the Games both boost – and... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Is Kory Teneycke coming back to run Sun TV News? A story in the Globe and Mail says yes, next week.Sun TV News, a new TV news channel... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Quebecor Media has priced its new senior notes due 2021 of an aggregate principal amount of $325.0 million.The new senior notes will be sold at par, will carry... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Quebecor has received regulatory approval to proceed with its new “hard news and straight talk” Sun TV News channel. It is expected to launch early next year.Friday’s decision... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Canada’s top two communications industry regulators lamented the fact that they don’t have the appropriate tools to deal with a rapidly changing marketplace. CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Does bigger necessarily mean better? Corus Entertainment appears to think so, and asked the government to support vertical integration in the broadcast industry so that Canadian players can better compete... Continue Reading