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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North of North, the hit Arctic comedy series, will have its global premiere on Netflix this Thursday.
Produced by Red Marrow Media and Northwood Entertainment, the Nunavut-shot series — commissioned by the CBC and Netflix in partnership with APTN — stars Anna Lambe (True Detective: Night Country, Trickster) as Siaja, a young Inuk mother trying to reinvent herself in her tiny community of Ice Cove.
North of North had its Canadian debut in January on CBC and APTN, and all episodes will continue to be available to stream on CBC Gem and Continue Reading
Follows Pascale St-Onge pledge
By Ahmad Hathout
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday pledged $150 million to shore up the CBC/Radio-Canada and enshrine funding for the public broadcaster in the law if elected.
“Canada’s institutions and identity are under attack from foreign interference,” Carney said during a campaign stop in Montreal. “If elected, my government will take action to enshrine and protect and strengthen CBC/Radio-Canada for generations to come.
“We will not only increase CBC/Radio-Canada’s funding by $150 million, but we will also make this funding statutory, meaning Parliament as a whole will need to approve any future changes to its funding, not…
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Rogers and the National Hockey League announced Wednesday an $11-billion, 12-year agreement for the national media rights to NHL games on all platforms in Canada through the 2037-38 season.
Worth more than double the current $5.2-billion, 12-year media rights deal the two organizations signed in 2013, the new agreement will start with the 2026-27 NHL season.
The deal was first reported on Monday by Sportico.com, based on information from sources familiar with the details, the sports news website said.
Under the new agreement, NHL fans in Canada will have access…
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CBC News announced Monday it is providing extensive and in-depth reporting and analysis of Canada’s 45th federal election across all of its platforms, leading up to and including election day on Monday, April 28.
With an emphasis on live and local coverage reflecting voters’ questions and concerns, CBC News’s coverage will see several of its programs, including The National, The Current and At Issue, travelling to communities across the country to hear directly from Canadians about the issues that matter most to them.
CBC News flagship newscast The National’s host and chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault will be in Brampton, Ont., on March…
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By Connie Thiessen
Skywild Pictures is the new Toronto-based scripted television and film prodco, founded by writer and executive producer Travis Farncombe and TV executive/producer Angela Jennings.
Jennings, who’ll serve as president, will oversee the company’s stakeholder relations and corporate development, in addition to managing creative, financial and legal strategies, and daily operations. The veteran executive has produced over 700 hours of content, including series like MasterChef Canada, Canada’s Got Talent, and Luxe Listings Toronto. For the past decade, she’s been with Scott McGillivray’s MEM, most recently as president.
Farncombe (A Translator, 13 Minutes) will hold the title of CEO. Rounding out…
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