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Government announces $100M for Telefilm
Media | 01/31/2024 4:37 pm EST
The Government of Canada is supporting Canadian feature films and television productions by investing $100 million over the next two years in Telefilm Canada.
“This investment is essential to maintain the positive impact of Telefilm and to enable its modernization...
Google says Canada pursuing unique approach to news compensation
Media | 02/23/2022 5:55 pm EST
Canada’s pending news media compensation legislation is based on key objectives and principles that Alphabet Inc.’s Google says is important when working with governments to create thoughtful internet regulations concerning platforms, something which the search engine...
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...
Monique Marcotte retiring from CBC
Media | 02/28/2019 2:25 pm EST
Marco Dubé will take over the vice-president of people and culture position at CBC/Radio-Canada when...
Online discoverability a challenge for books, magazines, BTLR hears
Media | 02/25/2019 2:31 pm EST
Organizations representing Canadian publishers are flagging the difficulty...
CACTUS asks BTLR for $150M community TV framework
Media | 02/22/2019 12:53 pm EST
A group representing the Canadian community TV sector is asking the panel reviewing the broadcasting and...
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, the company said in a press release Thursday.
Reeb, previously senior vice-president of Global News and Corus Radio, is now executive vice-president of broadcast...
Netflix setting up production hub in Toronto
Media | 02/19/2019 1:09 pm EST
Netflix Inc. will expand its production presence in Canada by leasing space at two Toronto production...
Public music should feature Canadian content, Stingray says
Media | 02/01/2019 1:18 pm EST
Music in public establishments such as malls, bars and restaurants should...
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...
Gaming companies bristle after review panel suggests they’re broadcasters
Media | 01/28/2019 4:05 pm EST
A meeting with individuals leading the federal government’s review of...
CBC hires Torstar’s Claude Galipeau
Media | 12/18/2018 3:32 pm EST
Canada’s public broadcaster has hired Torstar Corp.’s Claude Galipeau as its executive vice-president of corporate development.
The chief revenue officer of Torstar will join CBC/Radio-Canada on Jan. 7, 2019, the...
Telus and Shaw say their customers largely aren’t watching OMNI
Media | 11/28/2018 4:29 pm EST
GATINEAU, QUE. -- Telus Corp. and Shaw Communications Inc. say...
Budget bill risks ‘compromising’ copyright board autonomy, committee hears
Media | 11/22/2018 12:18 pm EST
An expert in copyright law is asking senators to nix a reform measure in...
Stingray’s business division expands in Europe
Media | 10/12/2018 3:19 pm EDT
Stingray Digital Group Inc.’s Stingray Business division, which provides background music and digital signage to businesses, is expanding in Europe.
It said Friday it has purchased Belgian company DJ-Matic, which also...
Blue Ant buying Saloon Media
Media | 10/11/2018 3:45 pm EDT
Blue Ant Media Inc. is acquiring Saloon Media, a Toronto production company “specializing in globally relevant factual television,” it said in a press release Thursday. Saloon Media’s shows include Mummies Alive and Hunting Nazi Treasure, which aired on the History channel in Canada, and The Kennedys, a mini-series that was broadcast on CNN. “The purchase is a key step in the expansion of Blue Ant Media’s North American production business, which will see the media company rapidly expanding its original content business in the Canadian and US markets,” Blue Ant said. That strategy also includes a number of new hires the company announced yesterday, it noted....
EU, Canada move closer on telecom regulation, further apart on OTT
Media | 10/05/2018 4:05 pm EDT
Streaming video platforms in the European Union will have to ensure 30 per...
Broadcast, telecom acts review panel kicks off consultation
telecom | 09/25/2018 5:31 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The expert panel in charge of reviewing Canada’s...
Canadian Heritage gets new deputy minister
Media | 09/21/2018 4:00 pm EDT
Hélène Laurendeau will be the new deputy minister at Canadian Heritage, the Prime Minister’s Office announced Friday afternoon. Laurendeau is currently deputy minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, a...
Senators asked to champion net neutrality in comms laws review
Media | 09/18/2018 6:38 pm EDT
OTTAWA -- Lawmakers need to make net neutrality a major priority and...
Bryan Adams asked Trudeau, Harper to change Copyright Act
Media | 09/18/2018 2:32 pm EDT
OTTAWA -- Canadian rock legend Bryan Adams is asking Canadian lawmakers to change the Copyright Act so it gives artists more control over their copyright.
Adams told reporters on Parliament Hill Tuesday that he had approached two prime ministers – Stephen Harper and...
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,...
ACTRA Toronto writes to Trudeau, Joly over CIPF decision
Media | 09/07/2016 5:14 pm EDT
The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA)’s Toronto branch is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to “call on...
CanCon review panel announcement draws mixed reaction
Media | 06/28/2016 9:19 pm EDT
Heritage Canada’s announcement of an expert advisory panel for its review of Canadian content in a digital age, which includes representatives from a number of broadcasters, was met with both praise and...
Joly non-committal on $150M in extra funding for CBC
Media | 02/02/2016 10:08 pm EST
Heritage Minister Melanie Joly is refusing to specify that the CBC will receive the $150 million in extra funding the Liberal government promised during last year’s election, despite receiving questions on the subject from...