HALIFAX – Former Pixar Canada head Amir Nasrabadi is joining DHX Media in the new role of executive vice-president and general manager of its animation studio in Vancouver.
Nasrabadi brings over 20 years’ experience in production, operations, finance and strategy in the animation and visual effects industry, having held senior roles with Illumination, Paramount Animation, and The Walt Disney Studios before launching and running Pixar Canada in Vancouver in 2009.
Effective June 10, he will oversee all animation production at DHX Media’s studio, leading the Vancouver animation team in working closely with its creative, content and brands teams.
“As a well-known and…
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TORONTO – TSN has signed electronics retailer The Source as a presenting partner of its afternoon sports show Overdrive, which is now broadcast in its entirety weekdays from 4:00-6:00 PM ET on TSN4 and 6:00-7:00 PM ET on TSN2.
Hosted by Bryan Hayes, Jamie “Noodles” McLennan and Jeff “O-Dog” O’Neill, Overdrive offers entertaining insights in to life in the sports world, including interviews with players, coaches, and industry insiders, along with a dose of the hosts’ hilarious stories.
The partnership kicks off Monday as the show broadcasts live on-location at Maple Leaf Square in Toronto in advance of Game 3 between the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins. The show…
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TORONTO – RTDNA Canada has announced the finalists for the national RTDNA Awards of Excellence, honouring the best journalists, programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in radio, television and digital.
The national winners will be announced at the RTDNA Canada 2019 National Conference & Awards Gala scheduled for 10-11, 2019 at the Sheraton Hotel in Toronto. Click here for details on the event.
The 2019 national finalists are:
Digital
Best Podcast
980 CKNW – This Is Why
CBC Montreal – Mic Drop
CBC New Brunswick – The Hook, An Original Podcast Series
CBC Saskatchewan – Boushie
Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award
CBC North Iqaluit – Northmart in Iqaluit…
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TORONTO – Global has struck a new broadcast partnership with the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) which includes exclusive coverage of the 37th annual CCMA Awards on Sunday, September 8 from Calgary's Scotiabank Saddledome.
As part of its award broadcast, Global’s ET Canada will produce a live, 30-minute red carpet show hosted by ET Canada's Cheryl Hickey and The Morning Show's Jeff McArthur that will stream live on multiple platforms and feature interviews with country music's top names.
“Global is proud to partner with the Canadian Country Music Association to deliver Canadians a compelling, star-studded evening celebrating country music in Canada," said…
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Expect a pressure-packed, high-demand, 3500 MHz auction in 2020
BAY STREET’S TELECOM industry analysts were a little surprised at the $3.47 billion collectively shelled out by Canada’s wireless carriers for 600 MHz spectrum (except for Bell, which shelled out nothing for no 600 spectrum) in the federal government’s just-completed auction.
“(I)t appears the competition amongst (the big three) was far fiercer than expected, driving the price up to $1.89/MHz-pop and leading to a total spend of $2.65B,” wrote Canaccord Genuity’s Aravinda Galappatthige in a note to investors, which said he had expected the trio of Rogers, Bell…
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Auction raises $3.47 billion
OTTAWA – The results of Canada’s 600 MHz spectrum auction were announced after the markets closed Wednesday afternoon.
Rogers Communications acquired the most licences, 52, for a whopping $1.725 billion. “We are proud to make leading and meaningful investments to build the 5G ecosystem in Canada and to help drive our country’s global competitive advantage,” said Joe Natale, president and CEO, in the company press release. “This 5G spectrum is a precious and scarce resource that will benefit Canadians and Canadian businesses across the country.” Rogers was awarded licences in the A and…
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First ever audio venture for streamer
TORONTO – SiriusXM Canada is making way for the launch of new comedy channel next week entitled Netflix Is A Joke Radio.
The channel, debuting April 15 on channel 93, will harness the streamers’ lineup of stand-up comedy that includes talent such as Adam Sandler, Aziz Ansari, Bill Burr, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Ellen DeGeneres, Gabriel Iglesias, Jerry Seinfeld, John Mulaney, Ken Jeong, Ricky Gervais, Sarah Silverman, Sebastian Maniscalco, Trevor Noah, and Wanda Sykes.
Recorded from SiriusXM's new studios in Los Angeles, the channel will also air segments from Netflix's upcoming stand-up specials plus will introduce an…
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MONTREAL — Quebecor’s TVA is so fed up with how its all-sports channel is being treated by Bell that an executive confirmed it will defy a CRTC demand and pull TVA Sports from all Bell TV distribution systems at 7 p.m. Wednesday, just as the National Hockey League playoffs begin.
"We don't have confidence" in the CRTC process, said Groupe TVA COO Martin Picard in an interview. "We've already waited too long."
While the Commission has a dispute resolution process that uses final offer arbitration to impose new carriage contracts when asked to do so by one of the parties,…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications CEO Brad Shaw today affirmed his company’s stance against the federal government’s and CRTC’s desire to see new, non facilities-based wireless competition in Canada.
In February, as readers will recall, the CRTC launched a new review into the wireless market and noted its view was to mandate mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs – or third party carriers who lease space on incumbent networks) to operate in Canada since few have launched under the existing regs. Those who would like to launch an MVNO in Canada have said the wholesale rates proposed by…
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TORONTO – RTDNA Canada has announced the Central Region winners of the RTDNA Awards of Excellence, honouring the best journalists, programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in radio, television and digital.
The Central Region winners will now compete with winners from the West, Prairie, and East regions for the best of the best, the National Awards, which will be announced at the RTDNA Canada 2019 National Conference & Awards Gala scheduled for May 10-11, 2019 at the Sheraton Hotel in Toronto.
The 2019 Central Region winners are:
Digital
Best Podcast
CBC Montreal – Mic Drop
Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award
CP24 – North York Van Attack
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