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Producers say French streaming regulations could serve as an example for Canada
Media | 10/26/2023 6:33 pm EDT
As the CRTC works out how it is going to wrangle streaming platforms and bring them into the regulatory sphere, France’s media production industry could provide a window...
Streamers tell CRTC to “take pause” before regulating CanCon contributions
Internet and Governance | 07/18/2023 3:04 pm EDT
Streaming platforms are saying it is too early to be discussing contribution requirements at this stage of the new regulatory framework’s development given that the CRTC is...
Bell and Telus being “difficult” in MVNO negotiation: PKP
Media | 02/23/2023 4:58 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s efforts to reach all wholesale and MVNO access agreements...
C-11 allows Canadian cultural sector to avoid becoming “service industry”: Canada Media Fund
Media | 10/25/2022 4:03 pm EDT
Whether or not enough content is produced in...
Rodriguez slams Tories for misinformation on Online Streaming Act
Media | 06/07/2022 3:45 pm EDT
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez attacked the opposition for...
Foreign streamers wary of CRTC power under Online Streaming Act, CHPC told
Media | 06/02/2022 4:53 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.'s YouTube believes the provisions of Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, give too much power to the CRTC to regulate content, the company’s head of government affairs and public...
C-11 needs to incentivize a new era of foreign-domestic partnerships: Bell
Media | 06/02/2022 2:54 pm EDT
BCE Inc. wants the government to incentivize foreign-domestic partnerships through its Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11, arguing that the entire Canadian broadcasting ecosystem...
Tories denounce Bill C-11 while Bloc defends it
Media | 05/06/2022 4:08 pm EDT
Debate continued in the House of Commons Thursday on the Online Streaming Act, known as Bill C-11....
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...
Bill C-11 a new bill with no new ideas, and a ‘legal pretzel’ for censorship: CPC
Media | 03/01/2022 5:05 pm EST
For the second time in the span of a year, the...
Rogers needs Shaw to sell CanCon alongside OTT services
Media | 11/22/2021 8:35 pm EST
Top brass from Shaw Communications Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc....
Working from home binge: OTT viewing up during the pandemic
Media | 07/28/2020 6:08 pm EDT
A quarter of anglophone Canadian over-the-top (OTT) service subscribers...
Blockbuster Disney production lobbying over COVID-19 protocols
Media | 07/21/2020 6:34 pm EDT
The production company creating a remake of 1940s noir film Nightmare Alley...
Bains says he’s in ‘constant contact’ with telecoms over network capacity
telecom | 04/08/2020 4:24 pm EDT
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says the...
Creative groups lobbying for tax credits on content development
Media | 09/03/2019 5:44 pm EDT
Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal is lobbying both the Alberta and Ontario...
Disney’s streaming service coming in November
Media | 08/19/2019 4:58 pm EDT
Walt Disney Co. announced Monday that it would be launching its Disney+ streaming service in Canada on November 12, entering what is an increasingly crowded marketplace for consumers.
The long-awaited service will be priced at $8.99 per month, or $89.99 per year,...
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...
Canadian Netflix had best value-for-money compared to other countries: study
Media | 11/30/2018 4:05 pm EST
A new analysis published by the consumer website Comparitech this week...
Viewing of U.S. kids’ linear TV channels in a freefall: analyst
Media | 11/16/2018 4:30 pm EST
Viewership of children’s TV channels in the United States declined by another 20 per cent in the past year, according to Bernstein Research analyst Todd Juenger. That decline means viewing of...
Federal Court orders ban on ‘Mr. Blamo’ Kodi add-on software
Media | 10/03/2018 6:04 pm EDT
Nearly a dozen content producers have obtained a court order banning set-top box software developed by an individual in Canada that allows users to watch their content for free, according to court...
Big concessions on NAFTA cultural exemption unlikely, experts say
Media | 09/07/2018 2:40 pm EDT
As cultural protection emerges as a last-stretch NAFTA sticking point, Canadian media unions say they’re concerned but hopeful because Canada’s negotiators have indicated...
NFB awareness lagging behind Disney, CBC
Media | 09/05/2017 1:15 pm EDT
Canadians’ awareness of the National Film Board (NFB) as an organization that produces documentary or...
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...
Corus sees revenue, profit boost in Q3
Media | 06/27/2017 12:46 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. reported increases in both revenues and profit Tuesday, numbers that reflected its purchase of Shaw Communications Inc.’s media division last year. For the three months ended May 31, the...
Impact of wholesale rates, pick-and-pay will be felt in 2017: Canaccord
Media | 01/05/2017 10:09 pm EST
The initial pinch of the CRTC’s decisions on two important issues in 2016 — wholesale rates and pick-and-pay — will be felt in the new year, according to Canaccord...
Media companies looking to MCNs to reach younger audiences
Media | 11/11/2016 9:17 pm EST
Multi-channel networks (MCNs) have carved out a space in the online video ecosystem in recent years, leading traditional broadcasters to move into MCNs as a relatively low-risk way to reach younger...
Nelvana, Disney sign distribution deal
telecom | 08/29/2016 8:38 pm EDT
Canadian producer-distributor Nelvana, which is owned by Corus Entertainment Inc., has inked a deal with a Walt Disney Co. subsidiary licensing international broadcast and on-demand rights for a new animated series...
SVOD revenues to double by 2021: Juniper
Media | 07/19/2016 9:28 pm EDT
Subscription video-on-demand service (SVOD) revenues will double by 2021, as broadcasters and TV network providers look to enter the market amid a trend in cord cutting and shaving, according to a new report. Juniper Research...
What does the growth of video-game streaming mean for TV?
Media | 06/17/2016 5:32 pm EDT
Millions of people tuned into live broadcasts of the electronic entertainment expo (E3) this week on Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube and Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch.tv. It’s an event whose viewership has soared on the heels of a phenomenon that has been building for years, spawning a lucrative business that’s attracting competitors, inducing acquisitions and could be affecting traditional television. Hundreds of millions of viewers now watch video of both amateurs and professionals playing various games. Video-game live streaming is an industry that “has truly...
Corus version of Disney XD coming in December
Media | 11/09/2015 2:57 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. said Monday that its version of kids' specialty channel Disney XD will start broadcasting in Canada in December. It will join its other Disney-branded stations, such as Disney Channel and Disney...
New Star Wars movie coming to Netflix in Canada only
Media | 10/26/2015 5:43 pm EDT
Canadian Netflix Inc. subscribers will be the only ones able to stream Walt Disney Co.'s Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2016. A Netflix representative confirmed in a phone call that the seventh installment, and latest...
Corus expands original content distribution to U.S. broadcasters
Media | 10/05/2015 3:51 pm EDT
Following Corus Entertainment Inc.’s announcement at MIPCOM, the global entertainment content conference, it said in a press release Monday that it has signed deals to distribute its original...
Corus launches Disney Channel, expands Cartoon Network distribution
Media | 09/03/2015 9:12 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. said Thursday in two press releases it has launched the Disney Channel and expanded the distribution of its Cartoon Network. Disney Channel is now available in 10 million...
Netflix cuts ties with major movie group, focuses on exclusive content
Media | 08/31/2015 7:54 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. will not renew its licencing agreement with Epix — a joint venture by Paramount Pictures Corp., Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. — because it wants to focus on exclusive content, chief content officer Ted Sarandos said in a blog post Sunday. He said that means some high profile movies, such as Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Transformers: Age of Extinction, will not be available on Netflix’ U.S. service after September....
Corus’ Disney Channel coming next month
Media | 08/11/2015 7:24 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. said Tuesday that its new Disney Channel will debut in Canada on Sept. 1. This follows news Corus announced in April that it had struck a deal with Walt Disney Co. for the rights to the U.S. company's content in Canada. Corus said in a press release Tuesday that the Disney Channel will feature shows such as K.C....
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...
DHX revenue almost triples over 1 year
Media | 05/14/2015 2:35 pm EDT
DHX Media Ltd. said Thursday that revenue for its third quarter ended March 31 almost tripled from a year earlier to $85.6 million from $29 million, thanks to a major acquisition and gains in its distribution and production...
Broadcasters, BDUs at odds over proposed wholesale code
Media | 05/08/2015 8:49 pm EDT
While many broadcasters and TV providers expressed support for the CRTC’s proposed changes to its wholesale code, which governs carriage agreements for TV channels, they took differing positions...
Corus strikes deal with Disney
Media | 04/16/2015 2:33 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. said Thursday it has signed a long-term licensing agreement with Walt Disney Co. giving it the rights to distribute Disney content across Canada in both official languages. Disney had a previous agreement...
Sports, news push mobile-video viewing in Q3: Ooyala
Media | 12/09/2014 8:17 pm EST
Sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and the Wimbledon tennis championship helped push mobile video in the third quarter of 2014, with mobile and tablets views making up 30 per cent of all worldwide online video, according...
Shomi adds Disney content
Media | 11/19/2014 7:44 pm EST
Shomi, the new streaming service from Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., announced Wednesday that it had signed a content deal with the Walt Disney Co. Under the terms of the deal, Shomi will offer a selection of Disney’s film library, as well as current and past TV...
Amazon introduces OTT stick for TVs
Media | 10/27/2014 7:02 pm EDT
Amazon.com Inc. said Monday it is introducing a new over-the-top streaming device called the Fire TV Stick. The device is just a few inches long, plugs directly into a television’s HDMI port and picks up a home's WiFi...
Disney says pick-and-pay hurts TV broadcasters
Media | 09/15/2014 7:58 pm EDT
GATINEAU, Que. —Walt Disney Co. on Monday warned the CRTC against a move toward pick-and-pay television. Susan Fox, Disney’s vice-president of government relations, told the commission that having broad distribution benefits channels by allowing them to maximize advertising revenues, gives them the certainty necessary for long-term planning and allows them to “redirect consumer marketing and retention expenditures into higher quality and more diversified programs to better serve viewers.” Speaking as part of the CRTC's two-week hearing reviewing the TV industry,...
Netflix-Disney deal expected to hit movie channels, BDUs
Media | 07/17/2014 9:11 pm EDT
A deal between Netflix Inc. and Walt Disney Co. that will see Walt Disney Studios’ movies appear on Netflix’s Canadian streaming service as soon as eight months after they hit...
Telus turns internal transformation into consulting business
telecom | 04/09/2014 9:04 pm EDT
Telus Corp. is branching out into management consulting. On Wednesday, the company announced the launch of Telus Transformation Office, an operation in which the company said it will apply lessons...
Disney signs first major OTT deal with Dish Network
Media | 03/04/2014 5:17 pm EST
Dish Network Corp. announced a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will bring content from some of the most popular channels in United States, including worldwide sports leader ESPN, to over-the-top streaming services for the first...
Disney launches cloud-based movie service in U.S.
Media | 02/25/2014 3:51 pm EST
Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday announced the launch of a cloud-based movie service called Disney Movies Everywhere to consumers in the United States. It’s available as an free application for Apple Inc.’s iPhones, iPads...
TSN gains additional Major League Baseball rights
Media | 02/04/2014 8:07 pm EST
BCE Inc.’s TSN said Monday it has secured the Canadian rights for national coverage of Major League Baseball games for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights in a deal that will last until 2021. The specialty sports broadcaster said the new deal would triple its current volume of coverage to more than 75 games a year. It noted in a press release that it already had rights to ESPN’s Sunday night MLB games, and has now added the Walt Disney Co.-owned broadcaster’s Monday and Wednesday baseball programming. TSN said it also gained the rights to the ESPN show Baseball Tonight, along...
TSN, RDS retain rights to ESPN sports content
Media | 12/17/2013 7:55 pm EST
BCE Inc. said Tuesday it has renewed a multi-year agreement to get exclusive Canadian rights to content from U.S. sports broadcaster ESPN for its sports channels, TSN and RDS. The companies said in a release that the content...