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 to operate an English-language commercial FM radio station to replace its English-language AM station CBY Corner Brook and to transfer its transmitters CBDT-FM Deer Lake, CBNA-FM St. Anthony, CBNC-FM Stephenville, CBNE-FM Port-aux-Basques, CBNF-FM Boone Bay, CBNH-FM St. Andrew’s, CBNJ-FM Port Saunders, CBYM-FM Mount St. Margaret, and CBYP-FM Portland Creek, in Newfoundland and Labrador, to the proposed new FM station. CBC is also asking for the…
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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 Deaf and disabled creators.
Seven participants across four projects have been selected for the scripted comedy/drama and kids streams and, new this year, one participant has been selected for the podcast stream.
For the third iteration of AccessCBC, which launched in May 2025, CBC continues to collaborate with the Disability Screen Office (DSO), a…
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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 as its new executive director.
She succeeds Elizabeth Friesen, who is retiring after more than 12 years at the helm of Telus Fund since its inception in 2013.
“Camenzind brings a proven track record of launching, leading, and transforming film funds, with deep expertise at the intersection of storytelling, impact, and strategic investment in Canadian content,” reads a Telus Fund announcement. “Her appointment signals an…
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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 to address the “serious competitive imbalances” that he says are destabilizing Canada’s private television broadcasting ecosystem.
Echoing many of the points he has made previously regarding what he calls a “crisis” in private broadcasting — including in May when layoffs at TVA Group were announced — Peladeau said in a statement Tuesday that, despite its…
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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 new carriage agreement with Rogers to carry the aforementioned channels after the CRTC found the cable giant wasn’t subjecting them to an undue disadvantage. WildBrain says Rogers has subsequently told it that it intends to remove the channels from its distribution service in the coming months. Together with its failure to secure a similar deal with Bell following a similar CRTC decision, WildBrain’s 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., the acclaimed police drama stars Supinder Wraich as police officer Sabrina Sohal, Enrico Colantoni as staff sergeant Vincent Brambilla, and Samer Salem as detective Zak Kalaini. Other series regulars returning for Season 3 include Stephen Lobo, Adolyn Dar, David Cubitt, Toby Levins, Melanie Papalia, Andres Joseph and Carmen Moore. The 10-episode third season is slated to premiere on CBC in winter 2026.
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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, will premiere on CBC Gem on Friday, Aug. 29.
Comprising 14 10-minute episodes, the sixth season of The New Wave of Standup shines a spotlight on 14 emerging comedy performers, including Tim Blair (CBC’s TallBoyz), Raajiee Chelliah, Adrienne Fish (CTV’s Roast Battle Canada), Nathan Hare, Wassim El-Mounzer (CBC Radio’s Laugh Out Loud), Randee Neumeyer (CBC Radio’s Laugh Out Loud), K.C. Novak, Callum O’Neil, Bree Parsons (CBC Radio’s The Debaters), Hassan Phills (Crave’s The Office…
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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 include Wild Rose Vets (Season 2), which premieres on APTN in English on Sept. 1 and on the APTN Languages channel in Cree on Sept. 3, with same-day streaming on APTN lumi. In addition, the third season of documentary series Little Big Community will premiere on APTN in English on Sept. 1 and will be available to stream the same day on APTN lumi.
On…
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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 CRTC on Thursday denied the Toronto-based media company’s September application to find Rogers was preferencing Corus’s services – Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and Nickelodeon – and those from Disney+ over its own by the way it marketed the services.
“Rogers as a BDU is carrying services from companies, including companies it competes with in other ways (such as Corus),” the CRTC said in its decision. “BDUs are permitted to make business…
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