MONTREAL – Former CBC and TVA exec René Bourdages has been named director general, creation and innovation at the NFB, effective September 1st.Bourdages (pictured) is the founder and CEO of consulting... Continue Reading
Growing in small market QuebecMONTREAL – It only started in 2012, but Quebec’s Attraction Radio has already grown, entirely through acquisitions, to become one of the top radio broadcast owners... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – A drop in advertising revenue helped slow the pace of growth at Canada’s specialty, pay, PPV and VoD television services in the broadcast year ending August 31, 2015, according to... Continue Reading
BANFF - Quebecor Media put on one of the best scripted and packaged panels I've ever attended at Banff – and they made a very convincing case for the power... Continue Reading
CRTC addresses financial viability of news in local and community TV decisionGATINEAU – The CRTC is redrawing the local news and community TV landscape, however, it stopped short of creating... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The CRTC will consider broadcast licence renewal applications from Canada’s big English- and French-language ownership groups at two public hearings this November.The Commission said Wednesday that it will review... Continue Reading
BANFF – Inside the picturesque Banff Springs Hotel much is being said about monetization strategies for content development and distribution.And in that context it's fun to recall that titles like... Continue Reading
Sees no way to add video to Unlimited offerTORONTO – Despite having spent $2 billion so far on spectrum, plus a network build, then an upgrade to LTE all between... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Eleven Canadian production companies will receive more than $2 million in funding under the Quebecor Fund's Main Television Production Assistance Program (MPAP) following April 1, 2016 submissions.In this... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Cue Digital Media has expanded its content and sales team with three senior appointments, including Jake Labow as its VP of content.Susan Courtney was named director, news &... Continue Reading