CBC releases strategic plan outlining need for ‘increased focus’ on where some people are increasingly getting their news: online and on social media.
Making a “fast...
Getting the implementation of the Online Streaming Act over the finish line and ensuring consistent funding for programs that support the creation of Canadian content are at...
The CRTC announced on Friday, Oct. 10 that it is revamping rules for radio...
The CRTC has approved several Certified...
Toronto-based DHX Television Ltd.’s WildBrain has not been disadvantaged...
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 distribute each other’s specialty channels “across platforms.”
The companies announced Tuesday,...
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...
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 received performance bonuses. The program had come under fire from opposition politicians before the recent election.
On May 14, the board of directors of the public...
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...
While Toronto-based DHX Television Ltd., which...
The CRTC has approved the sale of 21 radio stations previously owned by BCE Inc. to Vista Radio Ltd. All the stations listed in the Feb. 13 decision are located in British Columbia.
The purchase price is just over $3.03 million, with Vista adding a tangible benefits...
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 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 politicians.
MPs have roughly one year to act on the bills before the next election must be called. But, since this is a minority government, an election may come sooner...
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...
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 decreases, a new report from the CRTC has found. The results of the annual highlights of the broadcasting sector study were issued by the commission Friday.
Commercial...
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...
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 funding a mainstay in his talking points this year. But CBC CEO Catherine Tait says she is not worried about the broadcaster's survival if his party gains power in the next election.
“The...
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...
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 protected from pirate streamers through a site-blocking order issued by the Federal Court earlier this...
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...
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) denounced a wave of recent legal challenges filed by Apple Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., and the Motion Picture Association-Canada...
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...
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 exempt from the requirements of the Online News Act and for Canadian news organizations to receive...
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...
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 CBC/Radio-Canada when consultations on the public broadcaster have already been done.
In Thursday’s question period, Independent senator Donna Dasko asked what became 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...
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 Senate’s Question Period Wednesday. Government representative in the chamber Marc Gold fired back just as vehemently.
“Senator Gold, I have some good news for you and your...
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...
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 Québécois firing broadsides. The party used question period in both the House of Commons and the Senate to lambaste the public broadcaster.
Opposition leader Pierre...
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...
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 featured a mixed bag of returns. Subscriptions were up, earnings were down and average revenue per user (ARPU) was constant.
Postpaid wireless phone subscriptions jumped from 43,289 in Q1 2023 to 45,247...
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...
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 advance notice of its plans to cut 4,800 positions in February, despite being legally obligated to do so, according to statements...
