TORONTO – Bell Media’s Bravo has unveiled a slate of new and returning dramas as it preps for a month-long free preview starting June 1st.
The new shows include crime drama Animal Kingdom which debuts June 14 with a two-hour premier, mystery series Guilt on June 21, as well as the return of its original series 19-2 (pictured) on June 20. Cult favourite Pretty Little Liars also debuts on Bravo starting June 21.
The Bravo Freeview will run June 1 – 30 on over 30 TV service providers across Canada, including Bell, Rogers, Eastlink, Shaw, Shaw Direct, Cogeco, Telus, Sasktel, Tbaytel, Videotron,…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC is calling Bell, Rogers, Shaw and Videotron to a public hearing in September to review the rollout of their skinny basic TV packages and implementation of pick-and-pay.
The Commission said Tuesday that as part of the process to renew their licences, it wants to ensure TV service providers are offering the new channel packaging choices to Canadians “in a manner that is consistent with its regulations and the spirit of its policy”. It added that less than 100,000 Canadians have signed up for the new basic TV package since it debuted March 1st, up from…
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TORONTO – TSN and RDS have extended their multi-media rights agreement for exclusive coverage of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) Ice Hockey World Championship through 2023.
The IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship will continue to be broadcast live across TSN’s five national feeds, with live streaming and on-demand viewing available to TSN subscribers through TSN GO. RDS will also deliver live coverage across its platforms, including RDS, RDS2, RDS Info, and RDS GO.
The new agreement with Infront Sports & Media will also see TSN platforms air live coverage of the semi-finals and final from Europe’s preeminent club hockey competition, the Champions…
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VANCOUVER – RTDNA Canada, The Association of Electronic Journalists, has unveiled the 2015 nominees for its Network awards.
The winners will be announced at the annual RTDNA National Conference, set for June 2 – 4, 2016 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Toronto.
"The RTDNA’s network awards once again highlight the depth and scope of outstanding storytelling in Canada,” said RTDNA Canada president Ian Koenigsfest, in the news release. “….and despite another year of challenges in our industry, this year’s winners are world class."
The nominees are:
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature – Radio
– AMI Audio: Contact, The Flag at 50
– AMI Audio:…
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BOSTON – Even as the U.S. cable industry scrambles to eliminate the need for installing traditional set-top boxes in the home, it has stepped up its fierce fight against a regulatory proposal to open up the set top leasing business and stoke retail competition.
As we reported earlier, National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) president and CEO Michael Powell lambasted Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler for promoting the proposed 'Unlock the Set-top' rulemaking. If it gains Commission approval later this year, the controversial proposed rule would mandate that cable operators give third party manufacturers…
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BOSTON – It wasn’t long ago where cable leaders like Comcast CEO Brian Roberts felt constrained by – and complained about – the slow pace of technological development in the industry.
MSOs were once 100% tied to either the Motorola (formerly General Instrument) or Cisco (formerly Scientific-Atlanta) video platforms – and their development cycles – when it came to providing consumers with new in-home equipment like cable set top boxes. Development was slow and carriers bought gear optimized for the industry as a whole and not necessarily their own customers.
Over the past five years or so, pressured by the intense…
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TORONTO – CTV’s daily talk series The Social kicks off ‘Radio Week’ Monday by welcoming Bell Media radio hosts from the company's network of stations across the country during the week of May 16 – 20.
From stations in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, Marilyn Denis (CHUM FM Toronto), Nira Arora (Virgin Radio Vancouver), Meredith Shaw (CHUM FM Toronto), Andrea Collins (formerly of Virgin Radio Montreal and currently with Virgin Radio Toronto), and Nat Hunter (QMFM Vancouver) join The Social co-hosts Melissa Grelo, Cynthia Loyst, Lainey Lu and digital correspondent Jess Allen throughout the week.
"The Social is all about opinion and…
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TORONTO – Rogers is ditching the Mobilicity brand and will switch its approximately 150,000 customers to its Chatr flanker brand this summer.
Customers will be unable to add new Mobilicity lines to their account after August 15, but can change their current plans until joining Chatr, a Rogers spokesperson told Cartt.ca. Rogers will also convert "a large number" of Mobilicity’s dealers to Chatr branded stores and countertops.
The spokesperson added that Mobilicity customers will have broader coverage zones with Chatr, and that the company will offer “comparable plan options”. Currently, Mobilicity offers unlimited talk, text and data plans in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications will provide a one-month service credit to all customers in Fort McMurray and surrounding Northern Alberta communities affected by the recent wildfires that swept through the city, the company said Saturday.
The application of this credit is retroactive to May 3, the date of the mandatory evacuation, and will ensure all affected customers continue to have access to Shaw Go WiFi, FreeRange TV and their @shaw.ca email account while they are out of their homes without needing to worry about their account's status.
In addition, all residents and visitors in Northern Alberta and Edmonton have been given…
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OTTAWA – Can Canada maintain a rights market of its own for cultural content in the face of rampant and rapid technological change? If so, how? Should we? At what costs? What would any new rules say?
These very difficult, complex questions, along with Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly’s recent announcement that our aged legislation covering Canadian content rules will soon be getting an overhaul, were front and centre during the first morning of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Biennial conference into new developments in communications law and policy at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa.
For example,…
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