TORONTO – Taking a one-size-fits-all approach to tackling illegal content on the Internet won’t work, says Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University…
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BANFF – While broadcasters and producers look to finance their platform-hopping content with advertising, sponsorship and product placements, marketers are trying to match their brands with must-see content on…
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OTTAWA – A Canadian broadcast of an American talk radio program was not abusive toward Muslims, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council says.
On Sept. 3, 2006, during the episode…
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TORONTO – A poll of consumers conducted for Vidéotron shows they think that wireless services are too expensive and they want the government to open up the field to…
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TORONTO – The federal government has awarded licences for new broadcasting and telecom satellites to Telesat Canada and Ciel Satellite.
The firms intend to spend several billion dollars building…
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TORONTO – Canadian Football League games will soon be televised across the United States when the season kicks off at the end of the month.
CFL games will be aired…
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BANFF – The issue of media concentration made another appearance at the 2007 Banff TV festival when Jean Prewitt, CEO of the Independent Film & Television Alliance, spoke at…
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BANFF – By Susan Tolusso – Documentary filmmakers from a hot shop in Montreal locked up first and second prizes Wednesday in the richest pitching event at the Banff…
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BANFF – It will be October before Dawn Airey, the opening keynote speaker of this year’s Banff World Television Festival, starts her new job in charge of global content…
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TORONTO – Consumers’ evolving media consumption habits are driving changes in the business models adopted by traditional media players, resulting in once-unlikely partnerships and new branded content opportunities for…
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