TORONTO – Long-time Sportsnet personality Sid Seixeiro announced last week he is leaving Sportsnet’s and 590 The Fan’s Tim & Sid to join Citytv’s Breakfast Television as its new co-host.
Beginning March 10, Seixeiro will join Dina Pugliese to talk about a lot more than sports.
“It’s been a dream to work 20 years in the sports industry, especially alongside Tim Micallef, and express my passion and love for sports on a daily basis,” said Seixeiro in the Rogers Sports and Media press release.
“However, I’ve always been curious to explore other areas of the business and this was a unique opportunity…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The Motion Pictures Association (MPA) Canada sent a letter to the federal and British Columbia governments with a proposal to extend tax incentives to global film players for a three-year period, post-pandemic.
The four-point proposal, obtained by Cartt.ca through a freedom of information request, includes federal incentives for foreign studios to hire Canadian production companies, an adjustment to the 23% withholding tax on non-residents of big-budget live action productions that would release some of that tax to them through a rebate, a tax measure to incentivize purchases of Canadian products and services by global studios, and incentives for…
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I’M WRITING IN REPLY to your article “Will cuts at Bell Media affect Canadian programming? You bet” by Doug Barrett. There is much speculation and error in the piece, so I would like to provide you with some facts.
First, I would say that anyone who doesn’t understand the need for new approaches to confront a fast-changing Canadian media marketplace hasn’t been paying attention.
As the sector evolves, there are exciting opportunities to invest in compelling Canadian content, including in a historically underserved Québec market, as well as innovative new delivery platforms and other technologies. But there are also significant…
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By Doug Barrett
IN ANY STORY OF corporate “restructuring” or “streamlining” there is always another, inside story. What, in the case of the recent, and ongoing, terminations at Bell Media was that story, and how will the aftermath shape the development and production of programming in Canada?
Full disclosure: I have no inside knowledge of what occurred and have not spoken to anyone involved. On the other hand, having had a fair amount of experience in these things over the years as a lawyer and executive I have some insight.
Let’s start with the sheer scale of the thing. At…
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TORONTO — Distributel Communications today announced it has acquired independent telecom provider Primus Telecommunications, a Canadian subsidiary of Atlanta-based Fusion Connect, for an undisclosed amount.
“Bringing Primus into the Distributel family will mean more options, increased innovation and better value for Canadians and ultimately a better alternative for our country,” says Matt Stein, CEO of Distributel, in the company’s press release announcing the transaction. “We are thrilled to bring Primus under Canadian ownership and accelerate the pace of growth for both companies.”
Distributel says the acquisition allows the company to enhance its product range with Primus’ offerings which include a…
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TORONTO — Samsung Electronics Canada today announced it has extended its partnership with Centennial College’s Electronics Engineering Technician program through 2023.
The Samsung Tech Institute was first established at Centennial College’s Progress Campus in Toronto in 2015. Over the last five years, Samsung has supported more than 275 Centennial students to develop the skills needed to pursue opportunities in electronics engineering for digital appliances, with a number of program graduates now working at Samsung Service Centres across Ontario.
“When we launched The Samsung Tech Institute with Centennial College five years ago, our goal was to invest in the futures of…
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TORONTO — The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) today announced applications are now being accepted for its new Black Journalism Fellowship program, established in 2020 by the CJF in partnership with CBC/Radio-Canada and CTV News.
The fellowships are designed to help amplify Black voices, improve coverage of Black issues in the news and cultivate future Black media leaders, says the press release announcing applications to the program are now open. The deadline to apply is February 19.
The program includes three fellowships:
CJF-CBC/Radio-Canada Black Journalism Fellowship (sponsored by lululemon);
CJF-CBC/Radio-Canada Black Women’s Journalism Fellowship (sponsored by Aritzia); and
CJF-CTV News Black…
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By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA – Three days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau massaged his cabinet with a mini-shuffle, he released on Friday “supplementary” mandate letters to several ministers, including François-Philippe Champagne, who moved from heading up Global Affairs Canada as foreign affairs minister to succeeding Navdeep Bains as minister of innovation, science and industry.
The letters contain commitments drawn from both last year’s throne speech and the fall economic statement, and for Champagne, means that he is to continue building on Bains’ work with Rural Economic Development Minister Maryam Monsef to ensure that Canadians have access to…
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By Denis Carmel
GATINEAU – At 3:44 p.m. on Friday, January 15, the CRTC lawyer joked: “The moment you have long been waiting for,” before going with reading a long list of undertakings, which is of course the information CBC executives had agreed to provide to the Commission, on or before February 3.
It marked the end of a long week where CRTC commissioners and senior staff at the CBC verbally wrestled to provide this process a fulsome record without giving away too much. And now, the leadership of the Corporation, to counter-quote CEO Catherine Tait, can go back to…
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By John Bugailiskis
WASHINGTON – Building on the initial rollout of NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) over-the-air broadcasting that has reached more than 20 cities and 80 TV stations, America’s broadcasters have targeted nearly 20 more cities by the end of the summer. Pearl TV, a business group comprised of owners of more than 750 broadcast stations, and the Phoenix Model Market partners announced the plans at the virtual 2021 CES.
“We anticipate that NextGen TV will reach about 70% of U.S. household by the end of 2021,” said ATSC president Madeleine Noland during the kick-off a CES 2021 panel on the…
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