TORONTO – As the CRTC’s three-week hearing on the implementation of the Online Streaming Act got underway Monday in Gatineau, the Motion Picture Association – Canada (MPA-Canada) published results of a new survey it commissioned from spark*insights that shows Canadians see global studios and streaming companies as valuable contributors to Canada’s film and TV sector.
MPA-Canada advocates for the major international producers and distributors of movies, TV and streaming programming in Canada. Some of the global studios it serves include Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery (HBO).
According to spark*insights’s…
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Rogers says being singled out is ‘concerning’
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Three days after Rogers closed its acquisition of Shaw, the Competition Bureau launched an investigation into the cable company’s marketing of its “unlimited” wireless plans, saying it is misleading because the speed of the data is throttled after the monthly allotment is used.
The investigation was revealed when the bureau filed a request to the Federal Court this week to compel Rogers to divulge information related to the deceptive practices inquiry, which was launched on April 6.
The competition watchdog claims in its application that Rogers’s marketing of its “Infinite” plans…
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Advisor, Affiliate Relations (Telework/Hybrid) (French Services)
Job Requisition ID: JR00000298
Status of Employment: Temporary Long-Term (Fixed Term)
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Deadline Date: 2023-11-23 11:59 PM
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At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.
Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the…
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OTTAWA – Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge announced Tuesday the appointment of former Videotron executive Stephanie Paquette to the seat of regional commissioner of Quebec for the CRTC.
The lawyer with nearly 30 years of experience in the media industry will begin a five-year term starting November 23 — in the middle of the first week of the commission’s three-week hearing on the implementation of the Online Streaming Act.
Paquette has been Videotron’s senior director of content and strategic partnerships for the past six years and director of that area for seven years before that. That means she was responsible for acquisition…
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TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) last week announced it has published the first edition of Perspectives, a new publication from its Foresight and Innovation team.
Perspectives succeeds the CMF’s annual Key Trends Report, a press release explains.
“Split into three chapters, this inaugural issue, titled Flipping the Screen, dives into the digital creator economy, its contours, its rules, and its changing face as it expands out of our phones to conquer other, larger screens,” the release reads.
The fall 2023 edition of Perspectives can be read here and can be downloaded as a…
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By Doug Barrett, adjunct professor in the Arts, Media & Entertainment MBA Program at the Schulich School of Business. From 2004 to 2008 he was the chair of the Canadian Television Fund
Phil Lind was an unlikely hero, but a genuine one. Since his passing, much has been written about his decades’ – long service to Rogers Communications, his role as consiglieri to Ted Rogers, his determined recovery from a major stroke in his mid-fifties, his art collection, and his love of the Yukon.
However, scant attention has been paid to what I think is his greatest accomplishment: he was the…
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By Connie Thiessen
Quebecor-owned TVA Group has announced Thursday major changes “to secure its future at a time of crisis for the global media industry,” that will include the elimination of 547 positions or 31 per cent of the network’s current workforce.
The sweeping layoffs will encompass 300 positions in in-house production, 98 positions related to the operation of TVA’s local stations, and 149 positions in other departments. The media group says employees will receive a minimum of 16 weeks notice, from today, with a transition committee established for those who may wish to continue their careers elsewhere within Quebecor.
In its…
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By Connie Thiessen
Paramount Global has announced the global expansion of EyeQ, the ViacomCBS cross-product digital video advertising platform.
EyeQ allows advertisers to activate campaigns across the full scale of Paramount’s domestic and international digital content portfolio, spanning brands from CBS Sports to Pluto TV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.
Paramount says its Pluto TV FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming) service, with its growing footprint across four continents and 35 territories, will fuel EyeQ’s international expansion, in addition to the introduction of a Paramount+ ad tier in select international markets, including Australia and Canada, next year.
The international launch will begin as a beta program…
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TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) last week announced a new pilot program designed to support the growth of mid-career Canadian digital content creators making short-form video content exclusively for social media platforms including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
The new Digital Creators Pilot Program is part of the CMF’s Experimental Stream and will have a total budget of $500,000 for its inaugural edition, which will fund content creation as well as business and marketing activities.
“Great content is found on all platforms. As an organization focused on the future of storytelling…
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The media company has suspended its dividend
By Ahmad Hathout
TORONTO – Corus CEO Doug Murphy said Friday that the CRTC’s preliminary view that the media company should see relief from its regulatory obligations, at least temporarily, is a significant move because it understands the financial environment it is going through.
Last week, the CRTC said it is of the view that Corus should have its spending on programs of national interest reduced to 5 per cent, instead of the regular 8.5 per cent, and to extend the deadline to pay back what it already owes the regulator from…
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