GATINEAU - CRTC commisioner Christopher MacDonald’s persistent questioning on day one of the hearing into license renewals for several BDUs roughly translated to: “What’s taking so long with the set... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - TVA Group has promoted France Lauzière to president and CEO and chief content officer of Quebecor Content after Julie Tremblay stepped down on Friday. Tremblay is also resigning... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Corus distribution division Corus Studios has finalized international content deals for six of its original lifestyle series ahead of MIPCOM.The new sales include:- Backyard Builds has been sold to... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Groupe V Média has added three new members to its revamped creative solutions team.Effective October 2, Randy Mauskopf (pictured) is director of creative solutions and business development for... Continue Reading
AU QUEBEC, LA CLASSE POLITIQUE et culturelle a décidément mal avalé la politique culturelle récemment dévoilée par la ministre du patrimoine canadien, Mélanie Joly. Le centriste Parti Libéral du Québec... Continue Reading
IN QUEBEC, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S cultural policy announcement has landed with a decisive thud. The province’s governing Liberals were as scathing in their denunciation of the “Creative Canada” policy as... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Quebecor is once again throwing its support behind the Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) which this year will take place October 4 – 15 in Montreal.In addition to... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – In a speech today at an Economic Club of Canada event, Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly officially unveiled the federal government’s long awaited digital content strategy. Dubbed... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC has shot down a request by Canal Évasion to cut its Canadian programming expenditure (CPE) requirement from 46% to 32% of its previous year’s gross revenues.Évasion... Continue Reading
Plus, spectrum set asides are a bad ideaTORONTO – Customer service at Rogers had better improve because on Tuesday, CEO Joe Natale put a target in front of himself and... Continue Reading