Fans consumed over 250 TB of wireless data during the 13 matches hosted in Canada
Bell Media announced Tuesday that 30.5 million unique Canadian viewers overall tuned into live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament on TSN, RDS, CTV, Noovo and Crave, according to preliminary data from Numeris.
The 104 tournament matches at FIFA World Cup 2026 attracted a per-game average audience of 1.6 million viewers, an increase of more than 50 per cent compared to the 2022 tournament held in Qatar, Bell Media said in a press release.
The 2026 final on Sunday became the most-watched…
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Corus says it is adding news gathering roles
By Connie Thiessen
Unifor says the latest round of layoffs at Corus will impact 43 unionized workers across the country, with most of those job losses in Alberta.
The union says an estimated 28 positions are set to be eliminated in Alberta, two in British Columbia, five in Winnipeg, two in Saskatoon, three in the Maritimes, and three in the Ontario region.
Corus confirmed to Cartt’s sister publication Broadcast Dialogue on Thursday it’s centralizing television production for its Global News stations in Edmonton and Calgary in Toronto as part of programming changes…
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While the history-making run of Canada Soccer’s men’s national team at FIFA World Cup 2026 came to an end on Saturday afternoon, Canadians were watching the action in record numbers, with an average audience of 5.4 million viewers on Bell Media’s TSN, RDS, CTV, Noovo and Crave, according to preliminary data from Numeris cited by Bell Media in a press release Monday.
Surpassing previous Canadian viewership records, the Canada vs. Morocco match becomes the most-watched Canada match ever at the FIFA World Cup, and the biggest non-final match on record, according to Bell Media.
Overall, according to the…
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The CRTC on Monday launched three separate proceedings to garner comments on the market capacity and the appropriateness of issuing a call for radio applications to serve three Quebec markets, including Shawinigan and Mékinac Regional County Municipality, Saint-Hyacinthe, and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
The proceedings follow applications from LE5 Communications Inc. to operate new French-language commercial FM radio stations serving the three markets.
For all three proceedings, interested parties have until August 5 to submit comments. The deadline for replies to interventions is August 20.
If little or no interest is expressed to…
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With an average audience of 5.2 million viewers on Bell Media’s TSN, RDS, CTV, Noovo and Crave, Canada Soccer’s men’s national team’s 1-0 victory over South Africa on Sunday ranks as the most-watched non-final FIFA World Cup knockout round match on record in Canada, according to preliminary data from Numeris cited by Bell Media in a press release Monday.
Overall, according to the viewership data, 11.8 million unique Canadian viewers tuned in for some part of the match, which saw audiences peak with 8.2 million viewers at 4:53 p.m. ET as Canada midfielder Stephen Eustáquio scored the…
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By Connie Thiessen
A group of minority shareholders has formally filed its opposition to Corus Entertainment’s proposed $500-million debt-for-equity recapitalization plan, urging the CRTC to demand full transparency or reject the takeover entirely.
As part of the recapitalization plan, Corus is seeking to move its CRTC licences to a new company. The majority shareholders of that newco will be lenders who will forgive approximately $500 million worth of debt hanging over the media company. The transfer would end control by the Shaw Family Living Trust and position investment firm Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. as the largest…
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Attracting a record average audience of 5.3 million viewers across Bell Media’s TSN, RDS, CTV, Noovo and Crave, Canada Soccer’s men’s national team’s first-ever FIFA World Cup victory last Thursday evening is the most-watched World Cup group stage match on record in Canada, according to preliminary data from Numeris cited by Bell Media.
In total, 11.7 million unique Canadian viewers tuned in for some part of the historic match — which started at 3 p.m. local time in Vancouver — a viewership increase of 34 per cent compared to Canada’s second match at the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar,…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The Shaw Rocket Fund has filed for a court review of a CRTC decision last month that did not require Rogers to continue paying into the fund beyond August 2025 — and did not find a public hearing was warranted on the matter.
The Federal Court of Appeal application, dated May 21, seeks clarification about whether an administrative renewal of Rogers’s licence – which involved no public consultation – meant that the commission effectively extended for the rest of the term that funding mandate, which was a condition of approving the cable giant’s purchase of Shaw Communications’s broadcasting…
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TVO Media Education Group (TVO) announced Tuesday the appointment of Vanessa Case as the Ontario public broadcaster’s new vice president of media, effective immediately.
Case reports to CEO Pary Bell and serves as a member of TVO’s executive leadership team. She will have executive responsibility for TVO’s programming and editorial strategy, with accountability for the direction, performance and stewardship of TVO’s content portfolio across broadcast and digital ecosystems, TVO said in a press release announcing her hiring.
As vice president of media, Case “will provide ownership and leadership for the development, commissioning, acquisition, and performance of programming spanning…
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The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an application for leave to appeal from Canada’s largest broadcasters regarding a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that supplanted a Copyright Board decision regarding rate setting for the retransmission of distant television signals.
The high court does not provide reasons for rejecting leave to appeal applications.
The group of broadcasters who brought the leave to appeal application to Canada’s highest court include Bell, Rogers, Telus, Videotron, Cogeco and the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA).
They sought clarification about whether a relatively new judicial…
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