VANCOUVER – Thunderbird Entertainment (which produces the CBC’s Kim’s Convenience, among other titles) announced the appointment of Matthew Berkowitz to head of development at its subsidiary…
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New Toronto pilot program
TORONTO – ABC Life Literacy Canada today announced a new program supporting digital literacy for adult learners from in-need communities.
The pilot program, which begins in…
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TORONTO – Bristow Global Media announced today that Megan Sanchez-Warner has joined the company as executive producer.
She brings over 15 years of television industry experience to the role,…
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TORONTO – SiriusXM Canada’s holiday music lineup will feature nine commercial-free channels, with one starting Wednesday, November 2.
The channels will offer listeners a variety of traditional holiday songs,…
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OTTAWA – Complaints over the National Do Not Call List spiked 13% as DNCL registrations hit 13,186,585, says the CRTC’s annual report released Friday.
During the 2015-2016 reporting period, from April…
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MONTREAL – Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly brought #DigiCanCon to Montreal Friday, the fifth of six in-person discussions on Canada’s cultural and creative industries.
"Montréal, home of many successful…
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OTTAWA – Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, will join Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly and CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais at next month’s International Institute of Communication…
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OTTAWA – Despite a 7% drop in revenue, Telesat's preliminary third quarter profits bounced back to the black.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2016, Telesat said that it expects to…
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MARKHAM, ON – The Ontario Association of Broadcasters will present the 2016 Ontario Hall of Fame Award to both Richard Costley-White and Chuck McCoy at the organization’s fall conference.
A Board…
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TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has launched a new $2M pilot program to support the production of Canadian linear drama or children’s and youth web series in…
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