Newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet was sworn in Tuesday morning in Rideau Hall, with Mélanie Joly becoming Minister of Industry and Steven Guilbeault staying in his role as Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity.
A one-time Minister of Canadian Heritage from Nov. 2015 to July 2018 in former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first cabinet, Joly most recently served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under both Carney and Trudeau. In addition to her new industry minister role, Joly is also Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions. Her new appointment…
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By Peter Menzies, former newspaper executive, past vice chair of the CRTC, and a Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow
On June 1, the Vancouver Whitecaps will play one of the most important games a Canadian club sports team has ever played.
In most countries – in fact in almost any country – broadcasters would be clamouring over each other for the ability to show it. The national public broadcaster might be claiming it as a program of national interest and politicians would be weighing in to play a little hero ball of their own and grab the spotlight.
The Whitecaps’ Concacaf Champions League…
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APTN, CBC and Netflix announced Tuesday they have renewed hit Canadian comedy series North of North for a second season.
Series star Anna Lambe announced the renewal via Instagram on April 29. Lambe plays Siaja, a young Inuk mother who dreams of reinventing herself in her tiny Arctic community of Ice Cove. After a spontaneous and very public exit from her marriage, she finds herself navigating the often-hilarious highs and lows of relationships, motherhood, a new job and finding her way.
The first season cast also included Maika Harper, Braeden Clarke, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jay Ryan, Zorga Qaunaq, Bailey…
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CBC marks biggest day ever on digital on April 28
CTV News’ Election 2025 primetime federal election special was the most-watched broadcast coverage on Monday evening, leading all network competitors, according to a Bell Media press release Tuesday that cited data from Numeris.
The CTV News special drew an average audience of 1.8 million viewers in the 9 p.m. ET – midnight coverage window, leading its closest competitor, CBC, by six per cent, according to the press release. Anchored by CTV’s chief news anchor and senior editor Omar Sachedina and chief political correspondent Vassy Kapelos, the election special aired across…
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By Connie Thiessen
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), Writers Guild of Canada, and Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions are among the arts and culture groups congratulating Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal Liberal Party on the outcome of Monday’s federal election, as they outline their hopes for the new government.
“During the election campaign, producers were encouraged by Liberal Party commitments to support Canada’s cultural sector through the implementation of the Online Streaming Act, investment in Canada’s public broadcaster, and defence of our national cultural sovereignty in future trade negotiations with the United States; the government must…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers executives said Wednesday that the cable giant has been getting “substantial interest” from institutional investors about a stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE).
“We’re in discussions with folks who are interested in the assets we own and are soon to acquire,” Rogers CFO Glenn Brandt said during the company’s first quarter earnings conference call with analysts. “It’s premature for me to start speculating on when that might result in a transaction. I would say we are engaged in those conversations in earnest. We are more aware than the market is reflecting right now of the…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The News Forum allegedly entered into an affiliation agreement with Rogers knowing that the CRTC may grant it mandatory distribution, so it is inappropriate for the national news service to now ask the regulator to revisit the terms of that 2021 agreement after it was granted must-offer status, Rogers argues.
The ad-based service “understood the commercial implications of the Affiliation Agreement and was aware of the regulatory environment under which that Agreement would operate, and agreed to a period,” Rogers said in its April 14 response to The News Forum’s application to the CRTC…
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The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) on Monday released results from a recent survey showing most Canadians believe in promoting and supporting Canadian identity and culture through the content shown on screen.
According to the survey on Canadian identity and cultural industries, conducted by Abacus Data, 91 per cent of Canadians feel it’s important to protect Canada’s culture and identity, especially in contrast to the influence of the United States.
Eighty-three per cent of Canadians said they would like to see greater investment in Canadian-made TV, film and digital content to ensure more content with higher production values…
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Bell Media’s CTV News announced Wednesday the appointment of award-winning business journalist Amanda Lang as its chief financial correspondent.
In her new role, Lang will contribute regular updates and analysis on Canada’s financial landscape and key business stories across multiple CTV News platforms, including CTV National News, BNN Bloomberg, CTV News Channel and CP24.
In addition, she continues to host Taking Stock, BNN Bloomberg’s multi-platform, weekly roundup of business news, which airs Fridays at 3 p.m. ET on BNN Bloomberg, as well as on bnnbloomberg.ca, CTV News Channel, CP24, and as a podcast on Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen
John Meisel, who served as the chair of the CRTC from 1979 to 1983, has passed away at the age of 101.
According to an obituary published in the Kingston Whig Standard this week, the Queen’s University Professor Emeritus died peacefully on March 30.
Born in Vienna, Austria to Jewish Czech parents, the Meisel family was sent abroad by the Bata Shoe Company where Meisel’s father worked, as the Nazi occupation loomed. Jewish employees were dispatched to other Bata facilities, taking Meisel to the Netherlands, Morocco and Haiti before arriving in Canada in 1942.
He attended Ottershaw College in the…
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