TORONTO — Blue Ant Media announced today its Makeful channel will broadcast the Canadian premiere of a new reality series, The Prince’s Master Crafters: The Next Generation, which features Prince... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – TVA Group, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media, announced yesterday its financial results for the second quarter of 2022, which show revenues decreased by $12 million year-over-year to $147.5... Continue Reading
Expert group concludes work with little attention given to website blocking proposal By Amanda OYE OTTAWA – The work of the government’s Expert Advisory Group on Online Safety, which was... Continue Reading
TORONTO and MONTREAL — The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today the appointment of five new directors to its management team as the organization continues its restructuring plan to build... Continue Reading
By Christopher Guly OTTAWA – Canadian broadcasting legend Patrick Watson (above), who pioneered cutting-edge programming at CBC and who died in the early hours of July 4 at the age... Continue Reading
Mostly francophones from Québec By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – After a group of 60 people, including Radio-Canada personalities, sent an open letter to the CBC/Radio-Canada asking it to refuse to... Continue Reading
By Douglas Barrett
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, the gathering of independent Canadian producers at the Banff World Media Festival woke up to an unpleasant surprise.
In a late-night session of the Canadian Heritage Committee (which Cartt.ca said could only be described as “chaotic”) as many as 150 amendments were considered to Bill C-11 and a 30-year-old provision in the principal policy section of the Broadcasting Act went from this:
(i) the programming provided by the Canadian broadcasting system should
(v) include a significant contribution from the Canadian independent production sector
to this:
(i) the programming provided by the Canadian broadcasting system should
(v) include the greatest possible contribution…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC today launched a consultation on whether stock footage costs should continue to be included in the criteria used for Canadian program certification. Both the Commission and... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Three organizations representing community television and radio stations have applauded amendments made to clarify the role of “community” in Bill C-11, legislation which would give the CRTC enhanced... Continue Reading
By Denis Carmel OTTAWA - On Tuesday, the Senate transportation and communications committee heard pointed opposition to a bill that would give the CRTC the ability to further regulate the... Continue Reading
