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Distributors ask for Canadian film exhibition quotas on broadcast, OTT
Media | 03/01/2019 12:11 pm EST
Both over-the-top services and broadcasters should be required to show a certain amount of Canadian feature films, the Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters is asking the panel reviewing Canada’s communications legislation. “Non-Canadian broadcast undertakings like the foreign-owned OTTs need to be required to commit to buying and streaming Canadian content, and in particular, Canadian feature films as well as contribute to the Canadian cultural eco-system,” CAFDE...
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 Monique Marcotte retires at the end of June.
Dubé has been with the CBC for 22 years in a variety of roles, including working on developing the public broadcaster’s...
Double CBC funding, CMG tells communications review
Media | 02/22/2019 3:59 pm EST
The real value of the funding CBC/Radio-Canada receives has slipped significantly due to inflation, the...
Trish Williams joins CBC
Media | 02/11/2019 3:21 pm EST
Trish Williams is moving from Temple Street Productions to CBC/Radio-Canada, where she will be CBC’s new executive director of scripted content.
Starting this week, she...
Former CBC president Lacroix joins law firm
Media | 02/04/2019 12:59 pm EST
Former CBC/Radio-Canada president Hubert Lacroix has joined the business law firm Blake, Cassels &...
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...
Daniel Boudreau moves from TVA to CBC
Media | 01/21/2019 2:54 pm EST
Daniel Boudreau, previously vice-president of TVA productions, operations and technology, is leaving the Quebecor Inc. broadcasting division to become executive vice-president of media technology and infrastructure services at CBC/Radio-Canada. “For the public broadcaster to succeed in an increasingly competitive, global market, we need our technology and our infrastructure to stay leading edge. Daniel has the experience to help us do just that,” CBC president Catherine Tait said in a press release Monday. The appointment is effective Feb. 4. At TVA, CFO Denis Rozon will become...
Platforms could pull out of Canadian market if regulated: Google
Media | 01/16/2019 2:17 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s Google already contributes to the Canadian creative...
CBC calls for site-blocking provisions for ‘manipulated content’
Media | 01/11/2019 4:09 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada wants the federal government to grant the CRTC the ability...
CBC’s head of sports Greg Stremlaw to leave
telecom | 01/08/2019 12:37 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada’s head of sports Greg Stremlaw is leaving the public broadcaster at the end of the...
Michel Bissonnette to be interim CBC vice-president
Media | 11/28/2018 5:02 pm EST
Michel Bissonnette, the executive vice-president of Radio-Canada, has been named interim head of CBC,...
Most content pirates have TV subscriptions: MTM
Media | 11/15/2018 5:19 pm EST
More than half, or 59 per cent, of Canadians who pirate TV and movie content also have a TV subscription, according to a new report from Media Technology Monitor (MTM). “This likely indicates that pirating content has to do...
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...
Heather Conway leaving CBC
Media | 11/05/2018 1:18 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada’s executive vice-president of English-language services, Heather Conway, is leaving the public broadcaster next month, the Crown corporation announced...
CBC names new ombudsman
Media | 11/02/2018 5:22 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada has named Jack Nagler its new English services ombudsman.
Nagler, who is currently CBC’s senior director of journalism, replaces Esther Enkin in the...
Steve Ladurantaye leaving CBC for Scottish broadcaster STV
Media | 10/15/2018 12:52 pm EDT
Steve Ladurantaye is leaving CBC/Radio-Canada after two and a half years at CBC News for a top management post at the Scottish broadcaster STV Group PLC., CBC employees were told in an internal memo sent out Monday.
Ladurantaye becomes the new head of news and current...
Only 3% of anglophones subscribe to sports streaming: MTM
Media | 10/11/2018 5:42 pm EDT
While services like Perform Group’s Dazn and Rogers Communications Inc.’s Sportsnet Now have been emerging in recent years, they “haven’t yet caught on in the Anglophone market,” Media...
Ad sales up 6%, but CBC still wants out of ‘softening’ ad market
Media | 10/11/2018 4:14 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada saw a nearly six per cent boost in its total ad revenue...
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...
Feds paid $190,000 in late-fees to telecoms: documents
telecom | 09/21/2018 6:31 pm EDT
The federal government spent at least $190,600 on late-payment fees and...
CBC appoints new OTT content director
Media | 08/24/2018 4:08 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada has appointed Gave Lindo to lead the public broadcaster’s over-the-top (OTT) content strategies as well as its original digital programming, according to a release on Thursday.
Lindo held the position of senior director and chief of staff of programming...
Telecoms ask to intervene in SCC workplace safety case
telecom | 08/10/2018 4:56 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. are among a number of organizations...
Canadians using multiple devices, but adoption leveling off: MTM
Media | 06/08/2018 6:29 pm EDT
According to the latest data from CBC/Radio-Canada’s Media Technology Monitoring (MTM) project, 35 per cent of English-speaking internet users in Canada continue to own four types of electronic...
Nantel accuses Joly of holding cultural sector ‘hostage’
Media | 06/07/2018 1:23 pm EDT
NDP Heritage critic Pierre Nantel took Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to...
Luce Julien named executive director of Radio-Canada news
Media | 05/25/2018 3:24 pm EDT
Luce Julien, a 23-year veteran of CBC/Radio-Canada, will become...
Radio listening drops, very slightly: MTM
Media | 05/25/2018 2:45 pm EDT
A new Media Technology Monitor (MTM) report says 87 per cent of anglophone Canadians reported listening...
NFB, Bell Media, V Media content coming to Tou.tv OTT service
Media | 05/08/2018 1:49 pm EDT
Three French-language broadcasters will make their content available on the...
New CEO’s content background indicates shift at CBC: experts
Media | 04/03/2018 5:19 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Catherine Tait’s appointment as head of CBC/Radio-Canada is...
Radio-Canada asks broadcasters ‘to pool our strengths’ on OTT, content
Media | 03/16/2018 10:02 am EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada is in negotiations over opening up its French-language...
Olympic audiences slightly down from 2014, CBC stats show
Media | 03/01/2018 2:46 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada’s coverage of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games drew 31 million Canadians "across all English and French television network partners and digital streaming simulcasts," according to a Tuesday press release.
This is a decrease from the 2014 Winter Games...
Ian Morrison steps down from watchdog Friends
Media | 02/12/2018 1:27 pm EST
Ian Morrison, the co-founder of Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, is handing over the reins of the...
31% of Canadians ‘extremely concerned’ about fake news: MTM
Media | 01/12/2018 2:51 pm EST
Nearly half of Canadians are concerned to some degree about the consequences of the phenomenon of fake news, with 31 per cent saying they are “extremely concerned,” according to a new report from...
Rogers, CBC ink 7-year deal for HNIC NHL broadcast
Media | 12/19/2017 6:31 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. and CBC/Radio-Canada signed a seven-year sub-licensing deal for the...
Five new directors named to CBC board
Media | 12/19/2017 5:22 pm EST
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly named five new members to the CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors for five-year terms, said a Tuesday press release. Harley Finkelstein, the chief of operations for Shopify Inc., René Légère,...
CBC digital expansion ahead of schedule
Media | 12/11/2017 2:58 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada has achieved its goal of doubling its digital reach more than two years early, the public broadcaster said in a press release Monday.
It cited numbers from measurement company Comscore Inc. that showed its digital sites received an average of 18 million...
CBC launches $5 a month premium OTT service
Media | 12/05/2017 4:20 pm EST
In a memo to its employees on Monday, CBC/Radio-Canada announced it has improved its over-the-top (OTT)...
CSE ‘actively working’ with telecoms on SS7
telecom | 11/28/2017 5:45 pm EST
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) has been providing “advice and guidance” to telecoms on a security vulnerability found on mobile network infrastructure known as signalling system...
Broadcast lobbying jumped ahead of Creative Canada release
Media | 10/24/2017 6:20 pm EDT
Creative organizations stepped up and added to a surge in lobbying activity...
Joly’s cultural policy continues drawing mixed reaction
Media | 09/29/2017 5:20 pm EDT
Various groups praised the promised investment in production and promotion...
Future reviews to determine much of DigiCanCon strategy: experts
Media | 09/28/2017 11:25 am EDT
OTTAWA — While the response to the long-awaited results of Heritage...
Mélanie Joly to unveil DigiCanCon details Sept. 28
Media | 09/19/2017 4:18 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly will give a speech at the end of the month outlining her “vision for Canada’s cultural and creative industries in a digital world” following a year-and-a-half long consultation. Joly will...
Regulatory rejigs, cultural changes in store as Parliament resumes
Media | 09/18/2017 1:56 pm EDT
Everything old is new again when it comes to telecom and media issues...
Gov’t posts CRTC vice-chair job
Media | 09/06/2017 4:19 pm EDT
The federal government is searching for a replacement for Peter Menzies, following his early departure from his role as vice-chairman of telecom at the CRTC. A job opening was posted to the government’s appointments...
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 animated films falls behind Walt Disney Co. and its Pixar studios as well as CBC/Radio-Canada, and those who do know about the NFB want it to be easier to access its...
CBC advertising up, specialty channel subs down
Media | 08/30/2017 4:27 pm EDT
In its latest quarterly report, CBC/Radio-Canada said that subscriptions to its specialty channels dropped compared to a year earlier. Subscriber revenue was down $1 million, or three per cent, in the three months ended June...
CBC board postings extended
Media | 08/15/2017 4:40 pm EDT
Prospective members of the CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors have more time to get their resumes in front of the government’s new advisory panel, as the deadline for...
32% of anglophones use music streaming services: MTM
Media | 07/20/2017 5:28 pm EDT
The popularity of music streaming platforms among anglophone Canadians has grown over the past year, with 32 per cent reporting using a music streaming service in the past month when surveyed in the spring of 2017. That’s...
Cultural diversity improving on Canadian screens: report
Media | 07/14/2017 3:08 pm EDT
The Canadian TV landscape gets poor marks when it comes to the...
Advisory group named to drive CBC board appointments
Media | 06/20/2017 5:45 pm EDT
OTTAWA — A nine-member panel has been charged with vetting potential appointees to the CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors, led by former TV journalist Tom Clark, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly announced Tuesday.
“I am pleased to establish this committee of qualified...
‘Level playing field’ for foreign digital news services: committee
Media | 06/15/2017 4:52 pm EDT
OTTAWA — After a year of study and hearing from 131 witnesses, some of...
CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: study
Media | 06/12/2017 3:04 pm EDT
Canadians rely heaviest on CBC/Radio-Canada and the CRTC to protect...
Indigenous Screen Office coming to Canada
Media | 06/12/2017 2:06 pm EDT
A new office to support indigenous creators will open its doors, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly announced Monday at the Banff World Media Festival. The Indigenous Screen Office is a collaboration between the Aboriginal Peoples...
Few policy details from new CPC leader
Media | 05/29/2017 4:56 pm EDT
Conservatives elected Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer as party and official Opposition leader over the...
CBC, Netflix jump in brand trust ranking
Media | 05/25/2017 5:19 pm EDT
Both CBC/Radio-Canada and Netflix Inc. saw dramatic improvements in how Canadians view their brands over the past year, according to the latest edition of the Gustavson Brand Trust Index. The annual University of Victoria...
CPC members less supportive of CBC funding: surveys
Media | 05/24/2017 3:18 pm EDT
The Canadian public and the Conservative Party of Canada members have differing views when it comes to...
CBC must collaborate with OTT competition: Lacroix
Media | 05/23/2017 2:34 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada’s president and CEO Hubert Lacroix said the Crown corporation’s competition comes...
Radio will fend of challengers with local content: Simpson
Media | 05/19/2017 4:31 pm EDT
Radio will continue to thrive in a competitive environment because it...
Smartphone penetration at 80% among anglophones: MTM
Media | 05/09/2017 5:42 pm EDT
The number of anglophone Canadians who have smartphones climbed up to 80 per cent in the fall of 2016 from 77 per cent a year earlier, according to a new report from Media Technology Monitor (MTM). At the same time, the percentage of anglophones who specified they had basic phones dropped from 11 per cent to eight per cent over that time. “Although they are still available for purchase, the vast majority of Anglophones are opting to get a smartphone when getting a new phone,” the report said. Half of anglophone smartphone owners now use their devices to stream music,...
CBC privatization bill dies in House
Media | 05/04/2017 8:04 pm EDT
A private member’s bill to privatize CBC/Radio-Canada met a decisive defeat Wednesday night, after members of Parliament voted 260-6 to send it to the legislation graveyard. Saskatchewan MP and Conservative Party...
Int’l broadcasters team up for export portal
Media | 04/21/2017 4:04 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada is leading a collaboration between public broadcasters and other media distributors to boost video exports via a new online platform, it said Tuesday. The platform, called Panora.tv “aims to...
Digital media finances on CRTC’s three-year plan
Media | 04/13/2017 7:01 pm EDT
The CRTC will begin measuring the books of digital media operations in the country, with the aim of eventually publishing data on their finances, the regulator said in its new three-year plan. Published on its...
Rogers-CBC extend HNIC deal to 2019
Media | 04/12/2017 7:15 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has extended its deal with CBC/Radio-Canada to broadcast its flagship Hockey Night in Canada program for one more year, spokesman Andrew Garas confirmed to The Wire Report. Rogers and CBC...
Debate resumes on CBC-privatization bill, vote deferred
Media | 04/10/2017 6:57 pm EDT
OTTAWA — A Conservative backbencher’s bill to privatize CBC/Radio-Canada found a little more support from party colleagues in the House of Commons Monday, but it likely won’t be enough to push it to committee stage. As opposed to its first appearance for debate in February, the private member’s bill had more than its sponsor Brad Trost — who is also running for leadership of his party — speaking in its favour. Conservative MPs David Anderson and Arnold Viersen (who seconded the bill) both offered support for...
IMSI catchers in use around Parliament Hill: CBC
telecom | 04/03/2017 9:39 pm EDT
IMSI catchers are in operation around Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, according to an investigation by CBC/Radio-Canada’s news division. Also known as stingrays, the devices mimic cell phone towers and collect...
Canada’s VR industry is nascent, but set for growth
Media | 03/31/2017 8:57 pm EDT
Though virtual reality is still in its early days, it holds promise for Canada’s media industry — including for broadcasters as a new way to draw eyes to live events, such as sports, according to...
CPC leadership contenders outline views on media, telecom issues
Media | 03/09/2017 9:51 pm EST
On May 27, members of the Conservative Party of Canada will select who will succeed former prime minister Stephen Harper as permanent leader of the party, relieving interim Opposition leader Rona...
Hub for Canadian radio launches
Media | 03/01/2017 5:31 pm EST
More than 400 Canadian radio stations across the country are now available on a newly launched app featuring both public and private broadcasters. The free Radioplayer app launched Wednesday “gives radio listeners...
CBC ‘dimmer star’ in media landscape, conservative event hears
Media | 02/27/2017 6:15 pm EST
OTTAWA — When talking about CBC/Radio-Canada’s role in the media landscape, the public broadcaster is a “pygmy amongst giants,” and more focus should be aimed at large...
CBC reports lower operating revenues, higher advertising in Q3
Media | 02/24/2017 5:37 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada reported self-generated revenues that were 0.8 per cent lower than last year, which was off-set by higher advertising in its third quarterly report for the year, released...
CBC privatization bill receives chilly response in House
Media | 02/17/2017 9:06 pm EST
A private members’ bill to privatize CBC/Radio-Canada was met with vigorous opposition Friday as members of Parliament stood in the House of Commons to defend the...
75% of anglophones subscribe to TV service: MTM
Media | 01/31/2017 6:58 pm EST
New data shows that the number of anglophone Canadians with TV subscriptions has continued to fall, reaching 75 per cent in the fall of 2016 — a 14-per-cent decline over the past five years. That number is down two per cent...
Reform tax laws, tweak CBC to bolster media landscape: PPF
Media | 01/26/2017 5:46 pm EST
Phasing out CBC/Radio-Canada’s sale of digital ads and tweaking tax laws to prevent companies from claiming exemptions for advertising on foreign digital platforms are among the recommendations put forward by the Public Policy Forum following a six-month study on the state of Canadian news media. In a report released Thursday, the Canadian think tank made a dozen recommendations “aimed at ensuring the news media and journalists continue in their role as the watchdogs over our elected representatives and public institutions and the connective tissue within our...
67% of anglophones stream music: MTM
Media | 12/02/2016 8:01 pm EST
More than two-thirds of anglophone Canadians use the Internet to listen to streaming audio, a number that rises to more than 90 per cent among students and those under 35, according to a new report from Media Technology Monitor...
CBC asks for 35% funding boost to go ad-free
Media | 11/28/2016 10:31 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada is asking the federal government for an increase in its funding so that it can eliminate advertising on its platforms. In a submission made as part of a government review of Canadian content in a digital...
Rescind digital media exemption order: ACTRA
Media | 11/28/2016 9:07 pm EST
The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is asking the government to rescind the digital media exemption order (DMEO) as part of its review of Canadian content in a digital age. The DMEO,...
Obhrai would leave fate of CBC up to Canadians as CPC leader
Media | 11/25/2016 3:41 pm EST
Unlike his fellow candidates for leadership of the Conservative Party, Alberta MP Deepak Obhrai said he won’t wade into the debate about the future of CBC/Radio-Canada. “Why are...
Dismantle ‘bloated’ CBC, says CPC candidate Leitch
Media | 11/24/2016 8:01 pm EST
Conservative Party leadership candidate and Ontario MP Kellie Leitch said she has put CBC/Radio-Canada “on notice” and that if selected to lead her party and form government, she would dismantle the country’s public broadcaster. In a Facebook post, Leitch responded to Wednesday’s announcement by fellow leadership candidate Maxime Bernier that he would reform the CBC to focus on a tighter mandate, with her own intention to “dismantle the bloated, taxpayer-subsidized CBC so that we can level the playing field for Canadian media.”...
Radio-Canada getting new Montreal headquarters
Media | 11/24/2016 6:21 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada is selling the building that houses its headquarters in Montreal and will move into a new building on the same site. The public broadcaster said in a press release Wednesday that it has accepted a...
Bernier would streamline CBC’s mandate, remove ads as CPC leader
Media | 11/23/2016 9:22 pm EST
OTTAWA — Conservative MP Maxime Bernier said Wednesday that if he is selected as the next leader of the federal Conservative Party and the next Canadian prime minister, he would move...
Ending CBC’s $25M in digital ads won’t help other media: Lacroix
Media | 11/22/2016 5:45 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada CEO Hubert Lacroix has responded to recent statements by the heads of some Canadian newspapers about the public broadcaster competing in the digital advertising space, writing...
CBC, Facebook digital ad sales hurting newspapers, committee hears
telecom | 11/18/2016 10:15 pm EST
OTTAWA — The Canadian government should review its mandate for CBC/Radio-Canada in light of the national broadcaster and foreign digital competitors taking away ad dollars...
CBC looks to address diversity issue with film fund
Media | 11/10/2016 7:41 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada said Wednesday it is launching a $7.5 million, three-year fund to tackle the lack of diversity in film. The Breaking Barriers Film Fund is an attempt “to make a meaningful difference by...
Michel Bissonnette named as Lalande’s replacement
Media | 11/02/2016 7:19 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada announced that Michel Bissonnette would be taking over as executive vice-president of French services at Radio-Canada. Bissonnette will succeed Louis Lalande, who announced his upcoming retirement...
CBC execs talk digital shift, competition at Heritage committee
Media | 10/25/2016 9:34 pm EDT
OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada has prioritized a shift to digital platforms to reach all Canadians, but ensuring they are able to access those platforms isn’t part of the public...
CRTC not twiddling thumbs as industry changes: Blais
Media | 10/20/2016 8:21 pm EDT
OTTAWA — On the same day that a new report was released arguing the CRTC’s role and authority should be reduced in response to technological change, CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais defended the relevance of the...
CPC backbencher tables CBC-privatization bill
Media | 10/04/2016 4:05 pm EDT
A Conservative Party leadership candidate has tabled legislation with the aim of privatizing CBC/Radio-Canada. On Thursday, Saskatchewan MP Brad Trost introduced a private member’s bill, C-308, “to provide for the incorporation” of the country’s public broadcaster. The proposed legislation would create one million shares in the CBC that would be controlled by a designated minister and then be made available for public offering. In a phone interview, Trost explained that the money CBC currently receives would go into general revenue and that the current subsidy...
CBC ‘past the disruption stage’ of strategic plan: Lacroix
Media | 09/27/2016 10:51 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada CEO Hubert Lacroix said during the public broadcaster’s annual meeting in Moncton, N.B., that “27 months after launching our 2020 strategy, we are past the disruption...
Shomi had 900,000 subs, company says
Media | 09/27/2016 8:31 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc.’s Shomi had close to 900,000 subscribers at its peak, before the companies decided to shut down the service. “We recently approached...
New CBC board appointment process coming: Joly
Media | 09/22/2016 3:25 pm EDT
The federal government will unveil a new consultation process for appointing members to the CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors “in the next few weeks,” Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly...
Early, authentic engagement key for young audiences, public broadcasters hear
Media | 09/16/2016 8:56 pm EDT
MONTREAL — The key to reaching young viewers is to have content made by them, not just for them, panellists at the Public Broadcasters International conference said Friday. “The...
TV still a go-to for newshounds: MTM
Media | 09/16/2016 8:07 pm EDT
Television is still the dominant way English-speaking Canadians consume news, with 60 per cent tuning in to a news specialty channel, according to a new Media Technology Monitor (MTM) report. The CBC/Radio-Canada research project also found that three-in-five English-language Canadians follow local or national and international news on a “near daily basis” and more than two-thirds of all Anglophones follow political news weekly. The latter is likely influenced by the Canadian federal election last year and the United States presidential election this year, the report...
CBC ‘can’t stand still,’ Lacroix says on shift to digital
Media | 09/15/2016 9:39 pm EDT
MONTREAL — As technological change accelerates, CBC/Radio-Canada has to keep pace, according to CEO Hubert Lacroix, who said Thursday “we can’t think of the...
CRTC tells CBC to drop ads on Radio 2, ICI Musique
Media | 08/31/2016 8:14 pm EDT
The end of August also marked the final day CBC/Radio-Canada could broadcast national advertising on its Radio 2 and ICI Musique stations, following a CRTC decision denying a request to extend their ability to air ads for another...
Monique Marcotte to take over as CBC people and culture VP
Media | 08/30/2016 4:23 pm EDT
Josée Girard, CBC/Radio-Canada’s vice-president of people and culture, is leaving the public broadcaster after a year in the job, and will be replaced by Monique Marcotte,...
Rio Olympics draws 32M viewers: CBC
Media | 08/23/2016 6:03 pm EDT
The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were the most-watched Summer Games in Canadian history, CBC/Radio-Canada said Tuesday of the two-week event that wrapped up Sunday night. In a...
CBC, Netflix team up to take Anne around the world
Media | 08/22/2016 8:31 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. and CBC/Radio-Canada are partnering with Northwood Entertainment for a new TV series based on the classic Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables. The show will be broadcast in Canada on the CBC...
Jennifer Hollett joins Twitter Canada
Media | 08/22/2016 4:07 pm EDT
Twitter Inc.’s Canadian division announced Monday it had hired Jennifer Hollett as the company’s new head of news and government. Hollett, who began her new role Monday, stepped into the...
30M tuning in to Olympics: CBC
Media | 08/18/2016 6:32 pm EDT
The first 10 days of Olympic coverage were watched by about 30.4 million Canadians “across all networks and platforms,” CBC/Radio-Canada said Tuesday. The ongoing Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,...
TV still golden in multi-platform Olympic coverage: experts
Media | 08/15/2016 9:27 pm EDT
While digital and mobile options for watching the Summer Olympics are gaining in popularity and engagement, television continues to own the podium for the Canadian outlet broadcasting the two-week...
Sirius disputes shareholder complaints
Media | 07/20/2016 7:08 pm EDT
Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc. said in a press release Tuesday that it “strongly disagrees” with a group of shareholders who filed a complaint with the Ontario Securities Commission regarding the move to take the company private. The shareholders said in a press release on July 18 that their complaint raised “a number of concerns” relating to “material related-party transactions, potential conflicts of interest, and the proposed acquisition of the assets of Sirius XM Canada and related financing.” It said the offer to take the...