OTTAWA – Despite the growing popularity of OTT services like Netflix, CraveTV and shomi, many Canadian viewers still don’t understand that they are watching online video or TV content when they use these services, according to new research from the Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
How OTT Services Blur The Line for Internet Video and TV Viewing: Analysis of the English-Language Market recalculates MTM’s data to account for these viewers and provides an overview of who was confused about OTT services as a form of online video.
Highlights from the report include:
– Approximately 1 in 10 Canadians aren’t aware that Netflix…
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TORONTO – Some 30.4 million Canadians (or 86.3% of the population) have watched CBC/Radio-Canada’s coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games across all networks and platforms during the first 10 days, CBC said late Tuesday.
The most-watched day of the Games to date was Sunday, August 14 (Day 9), when 20.4 million Canadians tuned in across all television and digital platforms. The public broadcaster said that 6.9 million Canadians watched its coverage of Jamaica’s Usain Bolt capturing the gold medal and Canada’s Andre De Grasse winning bronze in the men’s 100m. The audience for CBC’s English-language broadcast and digital simulcast peaked at…
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TORONTO – CBC Radio One has named CBC Radio Two morning host Tom Power as the new voice of its long-running daily arts, culture and entertainment program q.
Current q host Shadrach Kabango (Shad) will host his final show on August 16, though the public broadcaster said that Shad “will explore new creative opportunities including a new radio show with CBC”.
Power (pictured) joined CBC in 2008 as the host of Deep Roots and was named host of Radio 2 Morning in 2011. He will take the helm at q in October and a new host for Radio 2 Morning will…
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TORONTO — Award-winning writer-producer Karen Walton is joining the 2016 Bell Media Prime Time TV Program as executive producer in residence, to lead a story room of television writers as she develops an original series, Bell Media and the Canadian Film Centre announced Thursday.
The 2016 Bell Media Prime Time TV Program, presented in association with ABC Signature Studios, provides a real-world story room experience for six to eight TV writers a year. From this September to December, Walton will lead a group of soon-to-be announced TV writers through the story room development of…
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TORONTO — SiriusXM Canada continues to court the favour of its shareholders as it seeks to go private, suggesting on Thursday they can expect higher value for shares than originally proposed, should they vote to support the transaction at a shareholder meeting on August 30.
This comes three days after a group of SiriusXM Canada shareholders holding approximately 8.4 million Class B company shares issued a press release to voice their objection to the company valuation contained in a management information circular issued August 2. In the shareholder group’s view, the proposed privatization of the satellite radio service…
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WATERLOO, ONT. — Canadian broadcasters in Rio de Janeiro for the Summer Olympics are using video distribution technology from Waterloo, Ont.-based Dejero Labs to manage their coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
This marks the first deployment of Dejero’s Live+ Multipoint video distribution network at a Summer Games, the company said in a news release on Monday. Dejero said its technology simplifies access to high-quality, live-streamed video for Canadian broadcasters CBC, Bell Media (TSN) and Rogers (Sportsnet), as well as several international broadcasters present in Rio.
Live streams are distributed from a source location to multiple broadcasters simultaneously….
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TORONTO — As the Rio 2016 Olympic Games officially kick off Friday evening, Canadians wanting to watch the opening ceremony will be able to choose from a range of viewing options.
Starting at 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. PT), TV viewers will be able to watch English-language coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games opening ceremony live on CBC, CBC News Network and TSN. Viewers will also be able to live-stream coverage online at cbc.ca/olympics and via CBC’s app for Rio 2016, available for free download for iOS and Android devices.
In addition, for the first time in…
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TORONTO — With the world gearing up for the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games this weekend, CBC is making available two free apps that will not only allow Canadians to watch live-streaming coverage but to also experience virtual-reality feeds of select events.
CBC’s app for Rio 2016 and the CBC Olympic Games Virtual Reality app for iOS and Android devices will help to make CBC/Radio-Canada’s coverage of Rio 2016 “the most digitally accessible Olympic Games experience ever, with more than 4,000 live-streaming hours,” CBC said in a news release.
With CBC’s app for Rio 2016, Canadians will have…
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TORONTO — Most Canadian voters are probably aware of some of the country’s smaller political parties, such as the farcical Rhinoceros Party and the single-issue Marijuana Party. But what about the Pirate Party of Canada or the Bridge Party of Canada? How about the Party for Accountability, Competency and Transparency?
We’re guessing that, like Cartt.ca, even the most politically engaged Canadians may not be familiar with the majority of the 23 federal political parties registered currently in Canada. But thanks to a recent decision by the Broadcasting Arbitrator, lesser-known political parties will have access to a minimum of…
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TORONTO – Veteran CBC sportscaster Steve Armitage has pulled out from CBC’s broadcast team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games due to a recent diagnosis of chronic heart failure.
Armitage (pictured), who has covered 15 Olympic Games for the public broadcaster, was scheduled to provide live play-by-play commentary for CBC’s coverage of swimming and diving events from Rio. Elliotte Friedman will assume this role in Armitage’s absence.
“I am not going to Rio for the Games because I have no other choice. If I thought I could ’wing it’ or fake it, I would be there”, Armitage said Wednesday in a…
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