OTTAWA – The Canadian television broadcasting sector saw total operating revenues rise 0.9% to $7.5 billion in 2016, while profits before interest and taxes grew 15.9% from $732.8 million in 2015 to $849.0 million in 2016, according to…
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TORONTO – User experience has surpassed content and distribution in the pursuit of entertainment and media revenues, says a new PwC report.
Global Entertainment and Media…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) not only applauded Heritage Minister Joly’s announcement of an independent advisory committee for appointments to the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors, it…
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TORONTO – Interactive Ontario added three new board members plus promoted two employees following its annual general meeting earlier this week.
New to IO are directors Sean Skelton, Member of…
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TORONTO – The latest iteration of the Star Trek television franchise will land on CTV and Space on in September.
Star Trek: Discovery will make its exclusive Canadian broadcast premiere…
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REGINA – SaskTel has announced plans to upgrade high speed Internet service in 46 Indigenous and First Nations communities throughout Saskatchewan in 2017/18, in some cases even doubling or tripling…
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TORONTO – Adara Technologies is taking its Switched IP Video (SIPV) solution south of the border to Scottsboro Electric Power Board, a triple-play cable operator based in Scottsboro, AL…
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OTTAWA – Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has created an advisory committee tasked with compiling and submitting a list of potential candidates for the Board of Directors at CBC/Radio-Canada.
The independent,…
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MONTREAL – Bell Media is continuing to take down sports departments at its local TV stations, this time at CTV Montreal.
A blog post by Steve Faguy says that…
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MONTREAL – The National Film Board of Canada has unveiled a new three-year plan that seeks to address Indigenous creators’ longstanding concerns about systemic inequities in the existing Canadian…
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