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UPDATED: Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel options
Media | 06/25/2024 12:27 pm EDT
Stingray Group Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. both announced new offerings of free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels Tuesday.
Stingray is “expanding” the array of ad-supported music it offers for free via Roku Inc. in Canada and the U.S., while...
Stingray reports continued revenue growth in fourth quarter
Media | 06/05/2024 4:16 pm EDT
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...
CRTC looking to add a new radio station in Calgary, Alta.
Media | 03/15/2024 1:14 pm EDT
The CRTC is issuing a call for applications from interested parties wishing...
Stingray, Corus, Pattison oppose Durham Radio’s expansion; Rogers wants CRTC to reconsider its plans
Media | 02/21/2024 4:20 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc., Stingray Radio Inc., and...
Stingray reports revenue growth in Q3 results
Media | 02/07/2024 1:23 pm EST
Stingray Group Inc. saw an increase in growth and revenue as it issued its third quarter results on...
Stringray almost double profit in Q2 compared to year prior
Media | 11/08/2023 4:21 pm EST
Stingray Group Inc. reported a 6.3 per cent increase in revenue during its...
Cogeco announces new senior executive
telecom | 09/15/2023 4:26 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. announced Valéry Zamuner will be taking over as senior vice-president and chief corporate affairs and legal officer, effective this coming Monday.
“Zamuner is a seasoned executive with outstanding experience in sectors ranging from financial and professional services to media and retail. During her career, she has held positions with ever-increasing responsibility, led key legal functions, piloted landmark mergers and acquisitions, and helped shape the...
Stingray adds Peavey Mart to retail audio network
Media | 08/31/2023 5:26 pm EDT
Canadian retail chain Peavey Mart has joined Stingray Group Inc.’s audio advertising network, according...
Fiscal 2024 off to a strong start: Stingray
Media | 08/09/2023 4:37 pm EDT
Stingray Group Inc. reported revenue and subscriber growth for the first quarter of the 2024 fiscal year...
Stingray reports revenue and subscriber growth in Q4
Media | 06/07/2023 5:33 pm EDT
Revenues and subscriber growth featured prominently in Stingray Group Inc.’s quarterly report...
CRTC rejects Stingray COVID relief request, orders broadcaster to pay $9M in tangible benefits
telecom | 08/16/2022 5:05 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied an application from Stingray...
Stingray gets French designation for HITS service
Media | 06/02/2021 5:28 pm EDT
The CRTC approved a request from broadcaster Stingray Group Inc. Wednesday, asking that it be allowed to change its English-language discretionary service, Stingray HITS, into a French service. According to the decision, the...
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...
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...
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...
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 than the telecom companies, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Drew McReynolds. In a note published Friday, McReynolds wrote that the "unprecedented lack of visibility at this juncture is putting a hefty premium on balance sheet and liquidity positions and the ability to 'make it through' regardless of what economic and/or banking/financial sector outcome (if not crisis) lies ahead"...
Stingray, Music Choice settle U.S. lawsuits
Media | 02/06/2020 4:50 pm EST
Stingray Group Inc. and Pennsylvania-based music company Music Choice have settled their duelling U.S. lawsuits involving patent infringement. Stingray said in its earnings press release Wednesday that it will pay Music Choice...
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)...
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...
CRTC approves Stingray Alta. radio station buy
Media | 07/15/2019 4:59 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved an acquisition by Stingray Group Inc. of the radio station CHOO-FM in Drumheller,...
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 comments from a number of non-industry parties, such as provincial governments and police services, while some of the biggest online companies in the world, including Amazon.com Inc., did not submit...