The CRTC will hold a virtual hearing on Oct. 30 as it considers separate broadcasting applications from CBC, Quebecor Media and Résonance Média. CBC is asking for a broadcasting licence... Continue Reading
CBC last week announced the participants chosen for the third year of AccessCBC: A CBC Initiative for Creators with a Disability, a national program that provides pre-development training, mentorship and financing support for... Continue Reading
Telus Fund, a Certified Independent Production Fund that administers Telus’s financial contributions in support of Canadian content promoting health and well-being, announced Wednesday it has appointed media executive Leah Camenzind... Continue Reading
On the same day TVA Group’s 2025-26 programming lineup was revealed, its acting president and CEO, Pierre Karl Peladeau, issued an appeal for action to government authorities and the CRTC, asking them... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen WildBrain has announced it’s ending its broadcast channel business, including Family Channel, Family Jr., WildBrainTV and Télémagino. The kids’ and family entertainment purveyor said it has been unable to negotiate a... Continue Reading
CBC and Lark Productions announced Monday the third season of award-winning CBC original drama Allegiance is currently shooting in-studio and on-location in and around B.C.’s Lower Mainland through Nov. 6. Set in Surrey, B.C.,... Continue Reading
A new season of The New Wave of Standup, filmed earlier this year at the Guilt & Co venue in Vancouver’s Gastown as part of the Just For Laughs Vancouver Festival,... Continue Reading
Indigenous broadcaster APTN announced Tuesday the premiere dates for its fall programming, which includes returning favourites and the Canadian linear TV premiere of FX’s comedy series Reservation Dogs. Heartfelt series returning this autumn... Continue Reading
By Monica Auer, executive director of the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC)
Parliament established the CRTC in 1968 to implement a new Broadcasting Policy for Canada and added telecommunications to its responsibilities in 1975. The CRTC must follow this and other legislation, such as the Accessible Canada Act and other requirements of other federal departments. In 2024, for example, the Treasury Board issued a Trust and Transparency Strategy setting out three strategic objectives for government departments and agencies such as the commission: transparency, accountability and public participation.
The Treasury Board describes “transparency” as the availability…
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By Ahmad Hathout WildBrain has lost another undue preference case against a broadcaster it alleged was giving a leg up to its main competitor in the children’s programming space. The... Continue Reading
