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OTT subs set to overtake traditional TV by 2020: report
Media | 04/23/2019 4:53 pm EDT
The number of Canadians who opt for over-the-top services is set to surpass the number of Canadians who subscribe to traditional television providers next year, according to a report released yesterday by Convergence Research Group. The Victoria, B.C.-based research group also estimates that OTT subscription revenue grew by 33 per cent in 2018 to $1.12 billion, and forecasts that it will grow to $1.51 billion in 2019. The 2018 OTT access revenue superseded Convergence’s growth expectations from two years ago, when the 2017 version of the report predicted access revenues of $972...
Quebecor calls on provincial parties to support film tax credit
Media | 09/26/2018 5:00 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. is urging Quebec political parties to pledge that they’ll keep a provincial film and TV tax credit and support the province’s film industry, the company said in a press release Wednesday. Quebecor president and CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau said in the release that Quebecor has been making its case to Quebec’s Liberal government for “more than a year” that it needs “fiscal predictability” so it can invest $40 million into building new studios. “Without such guarantees, studios such as MELS are at the mercy of shifting government policies, such as the cuts in...
CBS All Access launches early in Canada
Media | 04/23/2018 1:28 pm EDT
CBS Corp.’s All Access streaming service is now available in Canada, the company said in a press...
Corus plans TV ad tech test next month
Media | 04/05/2018 6:29 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. is “accelerating” its transformation into a more data-centric company, its...
Data, programmatic ads benefit in telecoms’ media ownership: Moody’s
Media | 02/23/2018 12:53 pm EST
Data insights and programmatic advertising that could disrupt digital...
CBS All Access coming to Canada in June
Media | 02/16/2018 5:04 pm EST
CBS Corp.’s All Access streaming service is coming to Canada in June, the company’s president and CEO...
BBC-ITV streaming service coming to Canada
Media | 01/15/2018 5:12 pm EST
Britbox, a streaming service showcasing British television, will be “coming soon to Canada,” according to its website.
The contract-less monthly subscription service, driven by the United Kingdom’s BBC and TV broadcaster ITV PLC, is currently available in the...
MHz Choice launches in Canada
Media | 09/20/2017 2:58 pm EDT
Streaming service MHz Choice, which exclusively features international productions, is now available in...
Skinny TV has room to grow: Macquarie
Media | 08/21/2017 11:52 am EDT
Skinny-basic uptake will only grow in Canada and that could spell bad news for broadcasters’ bottom lines in the future, according to Macquarie Capital Markets analyst Greg MacDonald. In a Monday note, MacDonald highlighted...
New OTT offerings pose threat to BDUs, opportunity for producers
Media | 08/17/2017 4:47 pm EDT
A proliferation of new streaming TV competition in Canada is set to benefit...
Disney going it alone with planned streaming services
Media | 08/09/2017 5:17 pm EDT
Walt Disney Co. will end its partnership with Netflix Inc. and launch two of its own separate...
CBS All Access expanding into Canada
Media | 08/08/2017 4:24 pm EDT
CBS Corp. will launch its CBS All Access streaming service in Canada next year, the company said in a...
Blue Ant partners with Smithsonian Networks to create content
Media | 12/14/2015 2:33 pm EST
Blue Ant Media Inc. announced Monday it has partnered with Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between CBS Corp.’s Showtime and the Smithsonian Institution, to create Blue Skye Entertainment,...
Blue Ant sells content to Asia
Media | 11/27/2015 2:59 pm EST
Blue Ant Media Inc.’s international division announced Friday it has made sales of more than 175 hours of content from its catalogue of factual, factual entertainment, nature and wildlife, lifestyle and documentary series to...
U.S. version of Mr. D picked up by CBS: report
Media | 10/30/2015 7:21 pm EDT
CBS Corp. has picked up CBC/Radio-Canada sitcom Mr. D and will be creating a U.S.-based version, according to an online report by Postmedia Network. Postmedia reported that Gerry Dee, the creator and star of the show that is...
CBS to live-stream first regular-season NFL game
Media | 09/02/2015 6:38 pm EDT
CBS Corp.’s sports division said Tuesday that next month it will live-stream a regular-season National Football League game for the first time. The game featured is an Oct. 4 matchup between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins, which is taking place at Wembley Stadium in London. CBS said it will also live-stream a game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Carolina Panthers on Nov. 26, which is Thanksgiving in the United States. This will mark CBS’ first live-stream of an NFL game on Thanksgiving, which is traditionally a popular day for football viewing. Beyond these two games,...
CBS, Cablevision carriage agreement features streaming
Media | 08/25/2015 7:55 pm EDT
CBS Corp. and Cablevision Systems Corp. announced on Tuesday that CBS All Access and Showtime streaming services will be delivered to Cablevision’s Optimum Online customers as part of a...
Apple television service delayed: report
Media | 08/14/2015 4:57 pm EDT
Apple Inc.'s plans to offer live Internet-based television to residents of the United States have been delayed, said a report from Bloomberg on Friday. An article said sources have indicated talks are progressing slowly...
CBS to live-stream all national ads during Super Bowl 2016
Media | 07/29/2015 7:59 pm EDT
CBS Corp. plans to live-stream every national ad online in addition to its traditional broadcast of the 2016 Super Bowl, Variety reported Tuesday. According to the publication, in previous years those who streamed the game online could only see a handful of the national ads. The article noted that the move “could...
Netflix’ reach to pass U.S. networks next year: analysts
Media | 06/30/2015 5:41 pm EDT
Netflix Inc.'s audience is already on par with two out of the three major U.S. television networks and will be bigger than all three in about a year, U.S. investment analysts said last week. Chase White and Barton Crockett of FBR Capital Markets & Co. said in a note issued June 24 that Nielson Co. does not issue...
Showtime streaming available for U.S. Apple customers next month
Media | 06/04/2015 4:48 pm EDT
CBS Corp. said Wednesday that it will offer Showtime as an over-the-top (OTT) streaming service to customers of Apple Inc. in the United States, starting next month. The launch will coincide with the premiere of two new seasons of Showtime’s hit shows Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex on July 12, CBS said in a press release. CBS said the new service will be available on the Showtime app for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, as well as for Apple TV customers, for $10.99 US per month. Showtime spokesman Frank Marchesini said in a phone interview that more partners are being sought, and that...
CBS launches OTT video service
Media | 10/16/2014 5:17 pm EDT
CBS Corp. is the latest U.S. media company to say it will start providing consumers with an online option for accessing video content without the need to subscribe to a television service. The company said in a press release...