The CRTC has approved several Certified Independent Production Funds (CIPFs) as eligible to receive contributions from streamers through the Online Streaming Act.
In a...
Toronto-based DHX Television Ltd.’s WildBrain has not been disadvantaged by Rogers giving preference to its competitors, the CRTC has decided, thereby dismissing WildBrain’s complaint.
WildBrain distributes children’s programming through Family Channel, Family...
Cabin Radio, operating under 506992 N.W.T. Ltd., has finally been approved...
BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. have come to an agreement to...
The CRTC does have jurisdiction in a dispute...
Rogers Communications Inc. saw revenues rise slightly in the second quarter...
Corus Entertainment Inc. reported losses in revenue and profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2025.
The broadcaster said Thursday, June 26 that revenue dropped by 10 per...
Important programs that the CRTC decides are mandatory for broadcasters to...
Rogers Communications Inc. is urging the CRTC to...
CBC/Radio-Canada made a series of suggestions to the CRTC about updating the rules for determining what...
In the CRTC’s review of its framework...
Telus Corp. has plans to launch broadcasting...
CBC/Radio-Canada has decided to terminate the program whereby senior executives at the Crown corporation...
Rogers Communications Inc. has responded to a Part 1 application filed with...
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he plans to increase CBC/Radio-Canada’s...
Blue Ant Media is promoting three staff members to new ranks.
Jamie Schouela is the production studio’s new chief operating officer, while Carlyn Staudt has become...
While Toronto-based DHX Television Ltd., which...
The CRTC has approved the sale of 21 radio stations previously owned by BCE...
Toronto-based DHX Television Ltd., which operates WildBrain Television, is...
Wildbrain Ltd. has named Emma Witkowski to the new role of vice present of...
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) has submitted a proposal to the CRTC that would see funding go to radio stations outside major cities for the purpose of...
The CRTC is asking for comments on a proposal for a temporary fund aimed at...
The final replies to the CRTC’s review of the independent local news fund (ILNF) offer a wide range of...
Netflix Inc. is pulling its financial support of programs in the Canadian...
Amazon.com, Inc. is set to become the seventh member of the Motion Picture...
Rogers Communications Inc. is picking up BCE Inc.’s stake in Maple Leaf...
With Parliament returning today, there are a handful of bills affecting the online world still before...
Telus Corp. wants to see an unredacted version of Corus Entertainment...
As the CRTC reviews Google’s application for...
Patrick Smith has joined the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) as director of regulatory affairs. He will primarily be involved in developing policy and representing...
The CRTC has released the final conditions for contributions to be paid by online streamers to support...
Digital media saw an increase in revenues last year while conventional broadcasters experienced...
Rogers Communications Inc. and an independent programming company locked in...
While providing closed captioning on all programming for the deaf and hard...
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld two lower court rulings that found Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron and Telus Corp. did not violate another company’s patents.
In...
As a lockout between Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron...
Quebecor Inc. announced Monday that it has installed two new executives in...
Alphabet Inc.’s Google wants the Federal Court of Appeal to set aside a...
Strong results from its media division gave Quebecor Inc. a robust second quarter, the company reported...
Profits at Stingray Group Inc. took a dive in the first quarter of fiscal...
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has made slashing CBC/Radio-Canada’s...
Despite legislation introduced by the federal government meant to boost...
A federal MP and a member of the Ontario legislature from Kingston, Ont. have sent a joint letter to...
Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc., also known as CPAC, says it needs an increase to the money it receives through a wholesale fee to keep its core operations going as normal...
Rogers Communications Inc. reported a successful second quarter of the 2024 fiscal year. Although the...
More sports leagues have been added to the list of game live streams...
The CRTC said Tuesday it is “prepared” to reconsider the eligibility...
The CRTC has agreed with CBC/Radio-Canada that it may exclude its spending...
An online TV streamer has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a Turkish broadcaster millions of dollars in damages as part of a copyright dispute over the pirating of...
Canadian broadcasters and telecoms reported experiencing mixed effects from...
Blue Ant Media Inc. is calling on the CRTC to lighten its CanCon spending obligations, blaming its...
Broadcasters that hold the rights to televise live...
Corus Entertainment Inc. expects to have cut a quarter of its full-time...
Broadcasting arbitrator Monica Song released the latest paid time political...
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB)...
The CRTC is considering broadening the scope of the Broadcasting...
Apple Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., and the Motion Picture Association-Canada...
The Wire Report welcomes former reporter Hannah Daley back as its new editor. Originally from New Brunswick, Daley studied journalism at King’s College in Halifax, and worked for online business news publication allNovaScotia.com. She then helped launch the sister site allNewBrunswick.com out of Moncton.
Daley is no stranger to The Wire Report, having reported for Hill Times Publishing’s telecom, broadcasting, and digital media news source from March to...
BCE Inc. has filed for an injunction to stop the launch of Discovery...
The CRTC has kicked off what could be the final hurdle for Google to be...
The CRTC on Tuesday announced it is initiating two consultations on making...
Stingray Group Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. both announced new offerings of free, ad-supported...
The Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) is opposing a plan by Rogers Communications Inc. to change the conditions of service for linear community programming. The association filed an intervention with the CRTC on June 12.
The Toronto...
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) is asking the Federal Court...
A Toronto law firm is launching a class action suit against SiriusXM Radio...
The Competition Bureau has approved BCE Inc.’s acquisition of Outfront...
Rogers Communications Inc. announced Monday that it had signed deals to bring programming from Warner...
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has chosen the collective responsible for...
An Ontario senator is wondering why the Department of Canadian Heritage is looking at the future of...
Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced Thursday it would offer...
Sirius XM Canada Inc. agreed to pay a $3.3 million penalty to the...
Stingray Group Inc. unveiled its financial results for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2024 on Tuesday. Despite a substantial non-cash impairment charge, causing a net loss, the company posted significant revenue growth and improved EBITDA margins.
Stingray’s Q4...
Online streaming services generating over $25 million in annual Canadian...
Conservative senator Leo Housakos continued his party’s attacks on CBC/Radio-Canada during the...
Éric Forest of the Independent Senators Group took to the floor of the Red...
The CRTC is asking for comments on its proposed Cost Recovery Regulations...
The CRTC is stepping in to resolve a dispute between BCE Inc. and Quebecor Inc. over the costs of distributing their sports channels.
In November, following the inability...
The CRTC has approved a request from APTN to consolidate its four channels...
The CRTC approved amendments to Corus Entertainment Inc.'s broadcasting...
Kids and family entertainment company Wildbrain Ltd. released the financial results for its third quarter...
CBC/Radio-Canada continued to come under fire in Parliament Thursday. The...
Quebecor Inc. reported a robust increase in revenues and profits for the first quarter of 2024, driven...
The Conservative Party launched attacks on CBC/Radio-Canada Wednesday after several days of the Bloc...
CBC/Radio-Canada has significantly reduced its financial shortfall and will...
Sylvain Lafrance has been appointed the new chair of Telefilm Canada, effective Thursday. His term will...
Monday the Bloc Québécois continued its assault on plans for CBC/Radio-Canada to merge some of its operations.
Last week, Montreal newspaper La Presse reported that a transformation plan is in the works that would see fewer executives in the company administer files...
The Bloc Québécois has sounded the alarm after a report in La Presse that...
BCE Inc. issued its first quarter 2024 results Thursday morning and...
The Miracle Channel Association (MCA) has been granted a licence for a...
Canada’s oldest public broadcaster is in a funding crunch but listeners...
Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday that it is entering into an agreement with Amazon.com Inc. that will see Amazon Prime take over coverage of Monday night NHL...
BCE Inc. announced Thursday that it is launching seven English and three...
Following the release of its first quarter results of 2024, Rogers...
Toronto entertainment company WildBrain Ltd. has named Mark Trachuk as its general counsel. He will also...
A group of public interest broadcasters is getting more money from the...
As it reported further declines in revenue for the...
BCE Inc. did not give the federal government...
Major broadcasters are opposed to Accessible Media Inc.’s (AMI) request...
A member of the Progressive Senators Group is calling on the federal...
Advertising on foreign digital media like Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook and Alphabet Inc.’s Google has led to over $13 billion of revenue leaving Canada, a report from...
