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WildBrain appoints Mark Trachuk as general counsel
Media | 04/22/2024 12:29 pm EDT
Toronto entertainment company WildBrain Ltd. has named Mark Trachuk as its general counsel. He will also serve as corporate secretary to the board of directors. He succeeds James Bishop, who has left the firm.
Trachuk arrives from Norton Rose Fulbright, a global law firm....
WildBrain reports Q1 2024 results
Media | 11/08/2023 5:00 am EST
Kid and family entertainment company WildBrain Ltd. released its Q1 2024 results Tuesday evening, reporting revenues of $105.5 million, down from $126.7 million in the same period in 2023.
The net loss for the quarter was $15.5 million compared to a net loss of $7.6 million in Q1 2023 due to higher finance costs.
Content creation and audience engagement revenue decreased 27 per cent to $47.2 million in Q1 2024, compared to $64.4 million in Q1 2023.
“Revenue in the quarter was in line with expectations as the...
“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...
Script coordinators get Writers Guild, IATSE coverage
Media | 09/12/2023 5:13 pm EDT
The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)...
WildBrain animators taking part in union drive
Media | 09/07/2023 4:48 pm EDT
Animators at WildBrain Ltd.’s Vancouver studios are attempting to unionize. A drive by 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...
CRTC to arbitrate Rogers dispute over Family Channel
Media | 09/08/2022 4:50 pm EDT
In a Sept. 6 letter, the CRTC has accepted a request from Rogers Communications Inc. for final offer arbitration (FOA) with WildBrain Ltd. over carriage of the Family Channel and its subsidiary Family Jr.
In a redacted letter to both parties, the commission said it had...
Marla Boltman to head up Friends
Media | 02/02/2022 12:19 pm EST
Friends, formerly known as Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, announced Wednesday that Marla Boltman has...
CRTC sending Cogeco and Wildbrain to mediation over channel drop dispute
telecom | 08/18/2021 5:03 pm EDT
A dispute over Cogeco Inc. dropping children’s television content creator...
Cogeco accuses Wildbrain of “glaring abuse” of CRTC process over Part 1
Media | 03/03/2021 5:26 pm EST
Cogeco Inc. has responded to a Part 1 from television company Wildbrain,...
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...