OTTAWA – Canada’s broadcasters aren’t about to give up spectrum and go through another digital upgrade again without being paid for moving – and believe some of the funds…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC unveiled sweeping changes to the Canadian TV broadcasting system earlier today. The Regulator has eliminated genre protection rules, shifted from Canadian content exhibition quotas to…
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OTTAWA–GATINEAU – Canadian-made content can hold its own among the best in the world, and therefore no longer requires “certain” regulatory protections, CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais said Thursday while…
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HALIFAX – DHX Media has been commissioned by Nickelodeon in the U.S. and YTV in Canada to produce a new, live-action musical-comedy series geared to tweens.
Make It Pop, currently…
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TORONTO – Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) is creating a new original series that centres on the day-to-day tribulations and triumphs, complete with a comedic twist, of a person living…
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TORONTO – Organizers of the 2015 Canadian ISP Summit have issued a call for speakers and content for this year’s event, which will take place November 9 – 11,…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Florida-based Consolidated Travel Holdings Group has paid $200,000 as part of a settlement over violations to Canada's telemarketing rules, plus agreed to stop making unsolicited telemarketing calls to consumers…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor ended 2014 with a net loss attributable to shareholders of $30.1 million as it continues to refocus on what it describes as its main growth businesses.
The…
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TORONTO – TSN is using its five national feeds to offer basketball fans wall-to-wall coverage of the NCAA basketball conference championships.
Coverage begins Thursday and will include the complete quarter-finals,…
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HAMILTON – With the Juno Awards set for Sunday, SiriusXM Canada is reinstating Juno Radio to highlight the best Canadian musical talent from the past and present.
The limited-run takeover…
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