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Corus proposes contribution framework at CRTC, says time to regulate streamers is now
Internet and Governance | 11/30/2023 11:13 am EST
Those who stand to benefit from the Online Streaming Act want the CRTC to act as quickly as it can while those who may be forced to pay are urging caution. The commission is...
CRTC changes should help overcome disappointing FY, Corus says
Media | 10/31/2023 5:22 pm EDT
A host of problems led Corus Entertainment Inc. to post a difficult fourth quarter and year end results, the firm’s president and CEO told an analysts’ call.
“I would use the term double whammy to describe the twofold blow we’ve been dealt in fiscal 2023,” Doug Murphy said Friday. “The first blow has been the meaningful decline in advertising revenues. The second has been the significant increase in required spending on Canadian programming.”
The...
CRTC considers regulatory relief for Corus as profits decline
Media | 10/20/2023 12:46 pm EDT
The CRTC is proposing to loosen some of Corus Entertainment Inc.’s...
Bell files leave to appeal over CRTC decision to renew its licence without hearing
Media | 10/16/2023 5:45 pm EDT
BCE Inc. filed an application with the Federal Court of Appeal for leave to...
“WildBrain can’t have their cake and eat it to,” Bell tells CRTC in undue preference dispute
Media | 09/14/2023 6:10 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that WildBrain...
No financial justification to increase skinny basic rate from $25 to $28: CRTC
Media | 09/05/2023 3:40 pm EDT
The CRTC denied an application by BCE Inc., Bragg Communication Inc.’s...
CRTC changes ad rules for discretionary services
Media | 09/05/2023 3:34 pm EDT
The CRTC said Tuesday that it was altering the rules for commercials on discretionary services. The matter was instigated by a filing from Quebecor Inc.’s TVA Group.
The commission is removing the limit of 12 minutes of advertising per hour but is keeping the...
CRTC denies request from Rogers-owned radio station to lower CanCon requirement
telecom | 08/10/2023 4:32 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied a request from Rogers Communications Inc. to delete the...
WildBrain says Bell is giving one up to its competitor Corus
Media | 08/09/2023 5:33 pm EDT
WildBrain Ltd. is accusing BCE Inc. of breaching its regulatory obligations...
Rogers’s proposal to expand PNI categories requires larger public consultation: CMPA
Media | 07/20/2023 4:36 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposal to change...
Applications to reduce CPE, PNI, requirements will lower the bar for streamers’ contributions: Friends
telecom | 07/18/2023 5:56 pm EDT
The public broadcasting advocacy group Friends...
Corus adds itself to Meta boycott
Internet and Governance | 07/17/2023 5:03 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. is adding itself to the list of industry players who are suspending advertising on Meta Platform Inc. after the tech giant announced it will block Canadian news content on Facebook and its other platforms...
FRPC, PIAC, demand CRTC handle consolidated broadcasting proceeding request as Part 1
Media | 07/11/2023 3:35 pm EDT
The Forum for Research and Policy in...
CRTC entertaining idea of consolidating multiple broadcasting COL requests
Media | 07/10/2023 4:15 pm EDT
The CRTC is seeking comments on whether it should consolidate several...
Corus expects modest revenue decline in Q4, leaning into CanCon amid US writers’ strike
Media | 06/29/2023 4:59 pm EDT
As the advertising recession maintains its grip on Corus Entertainment Inc.’s revenue stream, the company said it will continue leaning into its Canadian and unscripted...
ILNF recipients want Corus excluded from the pot until CRTC conducts wider policy review
Media | 06/29/2023 4:27 pm EDT
Local independent news stations want to exclude Corus Entertainment Inc. from the Independent Local News Fund (ILNF) until the CRTC issues a broader policy review – a move...
Bell asks CRTC to eliminate local news requirements and reduce CPE, PNI expenditures
Internet and Governance | 06/23/2023 6:26 pm EDT
BCE Inc. says in order for it to be competitive the CRTC must amend its...
Quebecor and CRTC clash over “regulatory straitjacket”
Media | 06/19/2023 5:36 pm EDT
Quebecor Media Inc. is asking the CRTC to remove some of the conditions of...
Unions opposed to broadcasters’ calls to lighten regulatory load until C-11 is fully implemented
Media | 06/16/2023 4:35 pm EDT
Several trade unions representing Canadian media...
Social media platforms want total exclusion from new broadcasting regime
Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 4:17 pm EDT
Social media companies are asking the CRTC to be added to the list of...
Change financial threshold for Online Streaming Act exemptions, CRTC told
Internet and Governance | 06/15/2023 6:05 pm EDT
The proposed financial threshold for exemption for online streaming undertakings in the new Broadcasting Act should be changed, several organizations have told the CRTC. How...
Corus wants in on local news fund post Rogers-Shaw
Media | 05/26/2023 3:58 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. has written to the CRTC asking whether or not that the company will be allowed...
Corus again blames ‘recession’ for revenue drop; looks ahead to C-11
Media | 04/13/2023 6:31 pm EDT
Fiscal 2023 will be an "especially challenging" year for Corus...
Champagne most lobbied minister in Canadian government, survey finds
Media | 03/22/2023 12:56 pm EDT
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne was the most-lobbied...
Corus still feeling effects of advertising recession
Media | 01/13/2023 5:43 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. president and CEO Doug Murphy said an “advertising recession” is the cause...
Corus partially blames advertising recession, CRTC required programming expenditures, for fourth-quarter losses
Media | 10/21/2022 7:18 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. revealed a $367.1 million...
Broadcasters want policy direction on C-11; streamers want their algorithms left alone
Media | 09/15/2022 7:51 pm EDT
Canadian broadcasting executives, from companies...
Corus revenue up, profit down
Media | 06/29/2022 5:18 pm EDT
For the three months that ended on May 31, Corus Entertainment Inc.'s overall revenue was up to $433.5...
Corus profit margins lower, citing end of CEWS.
Media | 04/08/2022 5:01 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc.'s profits were hit by the loss of approximately $12 million in wage subsidies...
Corus sells over 400 episodes of different series to Hulu
Media | 04/07/2022 3:31 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s Corus Studios announced Thursday it has sold more than 400 episodes of programming to Walt Disney Co.’s American streaming service Hulu.
The series in the deal feature lifestyle, renovation, unscripted and crime content. This is in...
Rogers “not putting a dime” in middle tier news market: Conservative MP
Media | 03/02/2022 7:16 pm EST
Community-owned television outlets “are not producing local news that...
Don’t leave local news in the hands of megacorporations, Heritage committee hears
Media | 02/16/2022 8:45 pm EST
Not-for-profit community news associations are sounding the alarm over the Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. merger, with one stakeholder saying "democracy dies in the dark...
CRTC CPE deferral will mean revenue in 2023: Corus CEO
Media | 01/13/2022 5:07 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. CEO Doug Murphy reiterated a long-standing call...
No evidence suggests foreign streamers will enter into exclusivity with Rogers, incumbent tells CRTC
Media | 11/26/2021 5:08 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. executives told the...
Safeguards can’t justify Rogers-Shaw merger: Bell to CRTC
Media | 11/25/2021 6:35 pm EST
No amount of proposed remedies will undo the damage of Rogers Communications Inc. gaining 47 per cent of the English-language broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) market, according to representatives of BCE Inc., who Thursday asked CRTC commissioners not to approve their...
Corus says COVID-delayed CPE requirements will significantly increase production spending
Media | 10/22/2021 4:47 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. expects to see a...
Bell, Telus and PIAC want CRTC to deny Rogers’ acquisition of Shaw’s broadcasting interests
Media | 09/14/2021 7:50 pm EDT
BCE Inc. and Telus Corp., considered to be two of...
TekSavvy takes GoldTV site-blocking fight to Supreme Court
Media | 08/26/2021 6:11 pm EDT
After Canada's first-ever site-blocking court order survived an appeal from...
Corus revenues rebounding
telecom | 06/30/2021 4:54 pm EDT
Revenues across Corus Entertainment Inc.'s radio and television divisions were up significantly as the company reported its third quarter earnings results Tuesday.
RBC...
Corus bounces back
Media | 04/09/2021 4:52 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. reported Friday that it had begun to recover some of the losses of the earlier stages of the pandemic, with bleeding stopped in its television segment. The company posted second quarter television revenues of $338.5 million, a mere three per cent drop from the $347.8...
Canadian radio broadcasters ask CRTC for space to compete with streamers
Media | 03/30/2021 5:35 pm EDT
The CRTC needs to do away with restrictive regulations, argue multiple...
C-10 regulations ‘Kafkaesque’: Quebecor’s PKP
Media | 03/12/2021 5:42 pm EST
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau told MPs at a Friday meeting of the House of Commons Heritage committee that the government initiative to overhaul the Broadcasting Act, known as Bill C-10, should focus more on deregulating existing traditional Canadian media. "For traditional broadcasters -- those that showcase...
Heritage committee to ask Guilbeault for draft policy directive for CRTC, summon Zuckerberg
Media | 02/26/2021 5:39 pm EST
MPs on the House of Commons Heritage Committee...
Broadcast Act updates not comprehensive enough: NDP, Conservatives
Media | 11/03/2020 6:44 pm EST
The Liberal government’s proposed updates to the Broadcasting Act have received sharp criticism from opposition parties, while some advocates for Canadian content makers...
TV advertising declines slow down for Corus in Q4
Media | 10/22/2020 5:32 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. continues to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the rate of decline...
Broadcasters sign up to BIPOC hiring directory
telecom | 10/05/2020 6:41 pm EDT
Canada’s largest broadcasters have committed to making the use of a Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) hiring database a prerequisite to giving original productions the green light. The broadcasters are...
COVID has created a CanCon crisis, and Corus won’t waste it: CEO
Media | 09/15/2020 5:37 pm EDT
The production slowdown stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns has created a crisis for Corus Entertainment Inc. in terms of meeting its CRTC-mandated Canadian programming expenditures (CPE),...
Cogeco radio feels COVID hit, but overall revenues increase
telecom | 07/16/2020 4:42 pm EDT
In its first quarterly report to include the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cogeco Inc.’s radio revenues fell by one-third, though its overall revenue beat analyst expectations. In the results...
Broadcaster pushes for new multilingual channel as COVID lobbying continues
Media | 07/14/2020 3:33 pm EDT
An Ontario-based ethnic broadcaster lobbying the government for funding to create a multilingual news channel to help Canadians access health information says it’s too early...
Corus allowed to expand CanCon underspend, provided it’s paid off next year
Media | 07/10/2020 2:45 pm EDT
The CRTC has allowed Corus Entertainment Inc. to reduce its mandated Canadian programming expenditures (CPE) in a single year, but declared any shortfall must be made up in the following year. In a...
Q3 ‘very tough’ for Corus as ad revenues plummet
Media | 06/26/2020 3:27 pm EDT
The financial impacts of COVID-19 induced lockdowns led to a “very tough quarter” for Corus...
No new commercial radio stations in Scarborough, CRTC says
Media | 06/26/2020 3:07 pm EDT
The Scarborough radio market can’t support another commercial radio...
Advertising market in ‘modest recovery’: Corus
Media | 05/27/2020 6:34 pm EDT
Canada’s television advertising market has moved to a stage of “modest recovery” after chapters of...
Telecoms, broadcasters lobbying on COVID-19 effects
Media | 04/21/2020 5:28 pm EDT
Telecom and media companies, including Quebecor Inc. and Corus Entertainment Inc., have begun adding COVID-19-related registrations to their lobby files in recent weeks. On April 15, Corus added “discussions of...
Shaw founder JR Shaw dies at 85
telecom | 03/25/2020 2:23 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. founder JR Shaw has passed away at the age of 85, the company said Tuesday....
Media companies face more uncertainty than telecoms: analyst
Media | 03/23/2020 3:39 pm EDT
The next period of time — no one knows just how long — will be "riddled with both demand and supply shocks," and the country's biggest media companies are in for a much bumpier financial ride...
Broadcasters opposed to STB measurement system proposal
Media | 12/18/2019 6:12 pm EST
Several independent broadcasters have written to the CRTC to say the regulator shouldn’t grant a request by TV providers to change a rule forcing cable and IPTV services to hand over viewership...
Alberta court bans station from using Corus trademark legacy
Media | 11/19/2019 5:39 pm EST
An Alberta court has sided with Corus Entertainment Inc. in banning the use of the broadcaster’s lapsed trademark by a radio station that just rebranded this summer.
Power 107 is a pop music station run by Calgary-based Harvard Broadcasting Inc. that launched in...
If Corus gets to defer CanCon obligations, we should too: Rogers, Bell, Quebecor
Media | 11/06/2019 4:47 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc., and Quebecor Inc. have all told the CRTC that if the regulator allows Corus Entertainment Inc. to shift some of its CanCon requirements from one broadcast year...
Corus putting more focus on AVOD strategy
Media | 10/18/2019 5:46 pm EDT
High demand among advertisers for premium content to be siloed in ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD)...
Corus asks CRTC to defer CanCon obligations, citing volatility
Media | 10/03/2019 4:57 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. is asking the CRTC if the broadcaster can spend...
Broadcasters announce gender parity action plans after CRTC summit
Media | 10/01/2019 5:35 pm EDT
The CRTC Tuesday released the results of its summit on gender parity in the Canadian broadcasting world, featuring “action plans” documents from some of Canada’s largest broadcasters. BCE...
Bell and Stingray partner on targeted ads for radio, audio streaming
Media | 09/26/2019 5:05 pm EDT
BCE Inc. and Stingray Group Inc. have launched a targeted advertising platform that allows ads to be placed on their radio stations, audio streaming apps and podcasts. The companies said in a press release Thursday that the platform, called Audio360, “enables advertisers to target customized audio messages by grouping consumers according to "Passion Segments" based on shared personas and purchase intention data.” Those segments include categories such as “millennial moms,” “tech...
DHX rebranding as WildBrain
Media | 09/23/2019 4:22 pm EDT
Three weeks after announcing a new CEO with a background in developing family-based entertainment products, DHX Media Ltd. announced Monday -- alongside its 2019 fourth quarter results -- that it would rebrand as WildBrain and reorganize itself around family-entertainment. On August 30, the...
Local Quebec radio groups want more gov’t ads
Media | 09/12/2019 5:25 pm EDT
Two local Quebec radio groups representing around 60 stations in the province are asking the provincial...
Corus separately lobbied gov’t on journalism tax credits
Media | 08/28/2019 3:31 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. registered to lobby the government to promote the eligibility of broadcasters for a new journalism tax initiative announced by the federal government late last year. The...
Bell allowed to shut down 28 broadcasting towers
Media | 07/31/2019 6:44 pm EDT
Just as it allowed Corus Entertainment Inc. to do last month, the CRTC has given approval to BCE Inc. to...
Péladeau asks Quebec to block Bell’s V network buy
Media | 07/25/2019 2:19 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau is vowing to oppose BCE Inc.’s acquisition of a French-language...
Raptors finals run a ‘massive drain’ on viewership, Corus says
Media | 06/26/2019 6:56 pm EDT
Executives at Corus Entertainment Inc., historically proud of not being in...
Junk food bill S-228 left to die on order paper
Media | 06/24/2019 5:25 pm EDT
A bill aimed at improving children’s health by limiting the advertising of unhealthy foods to them,...
CRTC allows Corus to close down 44 TV rebroadcasting towers
Media | 06/13/2019 4:48 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved a request from Corus Entertainment Inc. to shutter 44 of its television transmitting towers that serve rural customers. The original application from November said that the...
Corus asked BTLR to immediately change foreign ownership rules
Media | 05/30/2019 4:19 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc., the only major Canadian broadcaster refusing to make public its submission to the ongoing review of Canada’s communications laws, asked the government to move quickly to loosen restrictions on foreign ownership of broadcast assets.
Corus did...
CRTC sticks with OMNI for multi-ethnic must-carry spot
Media | 05/23/2019 6:12 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.'s OMNI will continue to benefit from the sole...
Cogeco calling for radio representation on tax credit panel
Media | 05/22/2019 5:25 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. is lobbying the government to help Canadian radio news...
Shaw selling Corus shares worth $548M
Media | 05/15/2019 1:34 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. is getting rid of $548 million in shares in Corus Entertainment Inc.
The...
Bell-branded wireless hits sub-1% churn, continuing industry trend
Media | 05/02/2019 5:46 pm EDT
The expected focus by the country’s largest wireless service providers...
Corus’ turnaround partly propelled by ads returning to linear
Media | 04/05/2019 6:36 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. said it will see TV ad growth in the third quarter thanks in part to a cohort of 50 traditionally digital advertisers adding linear TV to their investments.
The broadcaster’s CEO Doug Murphy said on a second quarter conference call on Friday...
Bell asks to shut down 28 rebroadcasting transmitters
telecom | 03/26/2019 6:15 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s media division is asking the CRTC to allow it to shutter 28 of its rebroadcasting...
Content exporters ask consulting panel for CMF envelope they can access, match
Media | 03/12/2019 7:07 pm EDT
A trade association for Canadian-based television and content distribution...
Few internet giants weighed in to BTLR, submission list shows
telecom | 03/08/2019 4:13 pm EST
The panel in charge of reviewing the broadcasting and telecom acts received...
CRTC approves Corus sale of TNI stake
Media | 03/07/2019 5:49 pm EST
The CRTC has approved the sale of Corus Entertainment Inc.’s stake in Telelatino Network Inc.,...
OTT video revenues comparable to conventional TV in 2017: CMR
telecom | 02/27/2019 7:23 pm EST
Internet-based video services generated enough revenue in Canada in 2017 to rival the total revenues of private and CBC conventional television stations combined, according to the CRTC’s...
Corus shuffles executive VP roster
Media | 02/21/2019 5:41 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. has promoted Troy Reeb and Colin Bohm to its executive vice-president ranks,...
Press council warns BTLR of ‘gap’ in complaints process for broadcasters
Media | 02/15/2019 4:16 pm EST
The National NewsMedia Council wrote to the expert panel reviewing...
Barbara Williams joins CBC
Media | 02/06/2019 4:46 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s former chief operating officer, Barbara Williams, will be CBC/Radio-Canada’s new executive vice-president of CBC.
Williams, who retired from Corus last year, will start the Toronto-based job on May 1, CBC said in a press release Wednesday.
Michel Bissonnette,...
CBC president likens Netflix to colonialism
Media | 01/31/2019 4:27 pm EST
OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada’s president Catherine Tait compared Netflix Inc.’s worldwide presence to the damage done by European colonialism, comments she made at a high-profile industry event Thursday where representatives from every sector of Canadian...
Corus sees TV ad rebound in Q1
telecom | 01/11/2019 5:14 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. reported quarterly results Friday that showed TV ad revenue increasing 3.6 per...
Bell expanding targeted ads program to all services
Media | 01/08/2019 3:38 pm EST
BCE Inc. is rolling out to more services a pre-existing program that asks its subscribers to consider giving the company their personal information to better target relevant ads to them. The program is an expansion of a...
CRTC to require big broadcasters to report on women in production
Media | 01/03/2019 3:18 pm EST
The CRTC plans to soon start measuring the participation of women in television production and how much big TV broadcasters spend on production of Indigenous and official language minority...
Top telecom and media stories to watch for in 2019
Media | 12/21/2018 5:46 pm EST
As the new year begins, the months ahead promise a new spectrum auction, new CRTC announcements on...
Telus, Corus jockeying over PVR cloud storage rules
telecom | 12/19/2018 10:48 am EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. is taking issue with a request by Telus Corp. to have Parliament change the rules for storing personal video recorder (PVR) recordings on network servers, warning the server-space-saving proposal could hurt the video-on-demand market.
Telus has...
MPs onside with alcohol ad standards
telecom | 12/13/2018 11:57 am EST
An industry group has created a code of conduct governing the content and application of beer...
Don’t give Corus tangible benefits exemption: CanCon groups
telecom | 12/11/2018 5:09 pm EST
A proposal by Corus Entertainment Inc. to shut down 44 television...
Corus lost $2.3M in unspent CMF money from failed French channels deal
Media | 12/10/2018 10:14 am EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. had $2.3 million in Canada Media Fund (CMF) money...
Corus wants to shutter 44 TV rebroadcasting transmitters
Media | 11/13/2018 6:17 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. is asking the CRTC for permission to shut down 44...
Broadcasters ‘perfectly positioned’ to leverage podcast boom
Media | 11/08/2018 6:43 pm EST
TORONTO — Broadcasters should think about renting out their own studios...
Artificial intelligence tests yielding promising results: Corus CEO
Media | 11/02/2018 12:09 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Corus Entertainment Inc. CEO Doug Murphy told an industry...
Barbara Williams retiring from Corus
Media | 10/24/2018 3:32 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s chief operating officer, Barbara Williams, will retire at the end of this...
Corus expecting TV ad revenue to stabilize in a ‘handful’ of years
Media | 10/19/2018 5:57 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s wild ride through the unpredictable TV ad...
CRTC walks back on licence renewals, ups PNI spending
Media | 08/30/2018 5:59 pm EDT
The CRTC published its reassessed baseline spending requirements for programs of national interest (PNI) following industry backlash and a government request to revisit the decision that set minimums at five per cent of a broadcaster’s previous year revenues.
The...