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CRTC to require big broadcasters to report on women in production
Media | 01/03/2019 3:18 pm EST
The CRTC plans to soon start measuring the participation of women in television production and how much big TV broadcasters spend on production of Indigenous and official language minority programming. The regulator has launched a consultation to expand the ‘programs of national interest’ (PNI) reporting requirements for large English and French language broadcasting ownership groups, a category that includes BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Corus Entertainment Inc.The public...
CRTC says Quebec City radio market can’t sustain another station
Media | 12/06/2018 2:35 pm EST
The CRTC has rejected two warring bidders who wanted to set up commercial radio stations in Quebec City on one of the last available frequencies, ruling that the central...
CRTC says yes to new Alta. radio station, no to two Quebec applications
Media | 12/03/2018 3:43 pm EST
In a trio of decisions Monday, the CRTC approved a broadcast licence application for a new station in Cochrane, Alta., and declined both an application for a new station in Lachute, Que. and to renew...
CRTC to hold hearing on Leclerc radio stations acquisition
Media | 11/16/2018 4:54 pm EST
The CRTC will hold a hearing in Quebec City on Feb. 20 that will look into...
Accurate audience measurements for radio lacking, conference hears
Media | 11/09/2018 6:15 pm EST
TORONTO — The radio industry has a “big problem” with a lack of...
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...
CRTC says Stingray can buy Newcap; deal to close this week
Media | 10/23/2018 1:43 pm EDT
Stingray Digital Group Inc.’s move to enter the Canadian radio market has received the approval of the CRTC, as the regulator said Stingray could go ahead with its purchase of the second-largest private radio player in the country.
Stingray announced its plan to buy...
Iristel buys wireless operator specializing in remote areas
telecom | 10/12/2018 2:06 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. has acquired Télécommunications de l’Est (TDE), a small Quebec telecom that provides service to industries operating in remote areas with limited cellular service, such as forestry...
Cogeco gets CRTC go-ahead for acquisition of RNC stations
Media | 10/11/2018 1:54 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved Cogeco Inc. to purchase 10 radio stations from RNC Media Inc., it said in a decision Thursday. “The Commission considers that the RNC stations integrated into Cogeco could...
Quebecor focused on convergence with new radio offering: Desjardins
Media | 10/09/2018 3:50 pm EDT
A new online radio service from Quebecor Inc. indicates the company is...
CRTC consulting on new radio stations in Northern Ontario
Media | 09/28/2018 5:02 pm EDT
The CRTC has opened up a comment period after it received applications from Vista Radio Ltd. for two new commercial radio stations in North Bay and Timmins, Ont. Vista radio currently operates 41...
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...
Broadcasters slam music industry copyright proposal
Media | 09/25/2018 1:46 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Canada’s private broadcasters are defending Canada’s existing copyright laws and tariff...
Government to respond to e-petition on ‘malicious’ pirate radio
Media | 09/21/2018 4:26 pm EDT
An e-petition concerning a Quebec man who allegedly kept operating an illegal radio station, despite being shut down by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has gathered the...
CRTC outlines potential moves on Harnessing Change suggestions
Media | 09/06/2018 5:41 pm EDT
The CRTC said Thursday it is considering taking action on potential changes it outlined in a May report looking at programming distribution models. The Harnessing Change report recommended a number...
ACTRA appoints Lisa Blanchette as public policy and comms director
Media | 08/28/2018 4:40 pm EDT
The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) has appointed Lisa Blanchette as the union’s new director of public policy and communications, it said...
A quarter of English-speaking Canadians listen to podcasts
Media | 08/21/2018 4:35 pm EDT
The latest report from CBC/Radio-Canada’s Media Technology Monitor (MTM) project outlined 24 per cent of anglophone Canadians said they have listened to a podcast in the last month. Interest in...
Jim Pattison buying 4 radio stations in western Canada
Media | 08/14/2018 5:49 pm EDT
The Jim Pattison Group of Companies is adding to its stable of radio...
Bell to overhaul Manitoba public safety comms
telecom | 08/13/2018 2:28 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has won the contract to replace Manitoba’s aging public safety communications service, a...
CRTC says no tangible benefits necessary in radio station sale
Media | 08/10/2018 5:07 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved the sale of a Fort McMurray, Alta. radio station and granted an exemption to the requirement to pay tangible benefits. It approved an application by United Christian...
CRTC opens consult on Stingray-Newcap, Quebecor-Serdy deals
Media | 08/03/2018 3:47 pm EDT
The CRTC has set Sept. 4 as the deadline for comments in two acquisitions in the broadcasting sector. It opened consultations Friday on the proposed acquisition of Groupe Serdy by Quebecor Inc. and the deal for Stingray Digital Group Inc. to buy Newfoundland Capital Corporation Ltd. Quebecor has proposed to pay $1.79 million in tangible benefits, while Newcap has proposed $31 million. Both deals must receive CRTC approval to go ahead....
CRTC consulting on capacity of three Que. radio markets
Media | 08/01/2018 1:10 pm EDT
The CRTC is looking for input on whether it should issue a call for applications for three Quebec radio markets. It said in three notices of consultation Wednesday that it wants comments on the...
Assiniboia, Sask. gets first commercial radio station
Media | 07/26/2018 1:34 pm EDT
The CRTC has granted a radio broadcasting licence for Assiniboia, Sask., which it said in a decision Thursday means the town of of 2,389 people will get its first commercial radio station. It granted the licence to an...
CRTC says no additional radio stations for Lloydminster market
Media | 07/25/2018 4:22 pm EDT
The radio market in Lloydminster, on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, can’t sustain another radio station, the CRTC said Wednesday. “While Lloydminster`s population is growing and average...
Newcap buys two radio stations ahead of Stingray acquisition
Media | 07/13/2018 12:38 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved the acquisition of two Nova Scotia radio stations by...
CRTC approves two new oldies radio stations in Ontario
Media | 07/11/2018 12:33 pm EDT
The CRTC has issued new radio licences for stations in Georgina and Grimsby, Ont. that will broadcast classic hits and oldies, according to a pair of decisions Tuesday. The decisions follow a...
Canadian broadcasters drawn by ‘ton of momentum’ in podcasting
Media | 07/06/2018 11:11 am EDT
In early May, the Liberal government faced questions in the House of...
Rogers Medicine Hat radio station purchase OKed
Media | 07/05/2018 4:18 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved the purchase of a Medicine Hat radio station by Rogers Communications Inc., it said...
CRTC opens consultation on Cogeco-RNC radio station deal
Media | 06/28/2018 2:34 pm EDT
The CRTC is now accepting interventions in its review of Cogeco Inc.’s plans to buy 10 radio stations from RNC Media Inc. Cogeco is proposing a tangible benefits package of six per cent of the...
Corus outlines strategic roadmap, CEO ‘optimistic’ about future
Media | 06/27/2018 4:10 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. executives delivered a mapped-out vision for the company’s future that includes investing in more technology, better data use and more content in a...
Music Canada asks MPs for action on radio royalties, copy levy
Media | 05/29/2018 4:48 pm EDT
The federal government should remove a 20-year-old radio royalty exception, allow royalties for music used in soundtracks, and extend copyright terms and the private copying levy, Music Canada told...
Copyright Act review shifts gears to radio, TV
Media | 05/25/2018 4:08 pm EDT
The ongoing review of the Copyright Act will begin focusing on the music, radio, television and film sectors next month. The House of Commons industry committee has heard from 100 stakeholders since the review began in...
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...
CRTC approves two new Christian radio stations
Media | 05/09/2018 12:43 pm EDT
The CRTC has issued broadcast licences for new FM radio stations in Regina, Sask. and the Sydney, Nova Scotia area, it said in a pair of decisions Tuesday. It granted an application by the non-profit United Christian...
Stingray to move into radio with NewCap parent buy
Media | 05/02/2018 5:33 pm EDT
Stingray Digital Group Inc. will enter the radio business with the purchase of Newfoundland Capital Corporation Ltd. (NCC), the second-largest private radio player in the country, it said in a Wednesday release.
The $506-million buy will make Montreal-based Stingray the...
Cogeco picking up 10 RNC radio stations for $18.5M
Media | 04/24/2018 2:25 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. has reached a deal with RNC Media Inc. to acquire 10 of RNC’s radio stations.
The deal,...
Non-compliant radio stations summoned by CRTC
Media | 04/18/2018 2:05 pm EDT
The CRTC has ordered four radio stations to a public hearing on June 18 in Gatineau, Que. to answer to commissioners for “repeated” non-compliance of its radio regulations, licence conditions and/or the regulator's mandatory...
CRTC denies ‘self-serving’ Sirius XM fund proposal
Media | 03/16/2018 5:27 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied a proposal by Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc. to create...
iHeartRadio files for bankruptcy in U.S.
Media | 03/15/2018 5:17 pm EDT
The owner of iHeartRadio Media Inc., the company that aggregates radio content through its app, has filed...
Don’t allow white space devices above 608 MHz, ISED hears
telecom | 02/22/2018 5:59 pm EST
Innovation Canada (ISED) is hearing from both telecoms and broadcasters that it should go ahead with its proposal to limit white space devices to bands below 608 MHz, though for very different...
Bell to pay $1M in tangible benefits for Larche stations
telecom | 02/14/2018 1:26 pm EST
The CRTC has approved the purchase of four Ontario radio stations by BCE Inc.’s Bell Media from Larche Communications Inc. The deal, announced last year, will see Bell buy the stations for $15.6...
Rogers to buy Alberta station CJCY-FM
Media | 01/17/2018 12:24 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. said it will buy an Alberta radio station after coming to an agreement with Clear Sky Radio Inc. to acquire the licence of the station. The Medicine Hat classic hits music station CJCY-FM at 102.1...
CRTC OKs ownership change for two Ont. radio stations
Media | 01/15/2018 4:05 pm EST
The CRTC has approved the acquisition of two Ontario radio stations by Byrnes Communications Inc. from...
Samsung to unlock FM chip in new smartphones
Media | 01/12/2018 3:47 pm EST
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will unlock FM chips in its newer smartphones, according to a press release issued Tuesday.
Emmis Communications Corp., the maker of the NextRadio smartphone app that works with smartphones’ built-in FM chip, said in the release that Samsung...
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,...
CRTC reprimands Orangeville radio station for targeting GTA market
telecom | 12/18/2017 2:40 pm EST
The CRTC has renewed the licence of Orangeville, Ont. top 40 radio station Z103.5 for a shorter licence term after it said the station had targeted audiences in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) instead...
BPF registers to lobby amidst consumer group funding concerns
Media | 12/14/2017 2:25 pm EST
A few months after the emergence of a proposal asking the CRTC to shift...
Radio app iHeartRadio grows number of stations
Media | 12/04/2017 1:36 pm EST
A partnership between BCE Inc. and iHeartMedia Inc., iHeartRadio Canada announced Monday an update to its...
CRTC approves radio station licences in Quebec and Manitoba
telecom | 11/30/2017 3:09 pm EST
The CRTC has given the green light for three licences to operate radio stations in Quebec and Manitoba. On Thursday, the commission said it approved an application by Dufferin Communications Inc., which is owned by Evanov Communications Inc., to replace its ethnic commercial AM CKJS radio station to an FM station at 92.7 MHz in Winnipeg. The station will broadcast 126 hours of local programming per broadcast week, including local community reporting. It must direct ethnic programming to at least 19 cultural groups in at least 16 different languages, according to the decision. In...
FCC loosens local media ownership rules
Media | 11/17/2017 4:40 pm EST
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to eliminate the boundaries that traditionally...
Need to be proactive, can’t be reactive on radio trends: Bell, Rogers
Media | 11/09/2017 7:04 pm EST
TORONTO — If there’s one thing radio players can do to be successful in...
Corus’ Sylvie Courtemanche appointed CBSC chair
Media | 11/07/2017 4:03 pm EST
Sylvie Courtemanche is leaving her post as Corus Entertainment Inc.’s vice-president of government...
International market becoming key for music publishers: panel
Media | 11/07/2017 3:56 pm EST
OTTAWA — Markets outside of Canada are increasingly important for music...
CRTC orders radio station to publicize non-compliance
Media | 10/30/2017 3:42 pm EDT
The CRTC has told a radio station it must air a message about non-compliance with its licence. In a decision Monday, the regulator said RNC Media Inc.’s CHXX-FM in Sainte-Croix, Que. must broadcast an announcement three times...
CRTC to hold Jan. hearing on radio licence applications
Media | 10/25/2017 1:59 pm EDT
The CRTC said Wednesday that it will consider renewals of new and existing radio licences at a hearing early next year. The hearing will be held on Jan. 11 in Gatineau, Quebec, with interventions...
SiriusXM streaming service adds 75 channels
Media | 10/12/2017 3:38 pm EDT
Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc. has added 75 new channels to its SiriusXM Streaming service, it said...
CRTC OK’s sale of Kelowna radio station
Media | 10/11/2017 4:23 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved the acquisition of a Kelowna, B.C. radio station by Avenue Radio Ltd. from Vista Radio Ltd. However, it denied an Avenue Radio request for an exception to the requirement it pay tangible benefits, which it...
Gov’t denies aboriginal radio decision appeal
Media | 09/25/2017 3:33 pm EDT
The federal government has denied a petition to the governor-in-council to overturn a June licence decision by the CRTC regarding Indigenous radio stations. In late June, Wawatay Native Communications Society asked Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to overturn a decision that didn’t award it radio licences it was seeking in Ottawa and Toronto. That appeal was followed by a second petition by VMS Media Group Ltd., which had been denied licences in Calgary and Edmonton, Alta. In a Sept. 12 decision, the government declined to send those decisions back to the regulator, noting...
CRTC role is to ‘regulate in the public interest’: new chairman
Media | 09/08/2017 11:55 am EDT
CRTC chairman Ian Scott has released his first statement since taking the...
Bell Media promotes Stewart Johnston as Stuart Garvie departs
Media | 09/07/2017 2:13 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s media division announced Thursday three of its executives...
CRTC to hold Toronto hearing on broadcasting applications
telecom | 08/31/2017 2:16 pm EDT
The CRTC said Thursday that it has scheduled a hearing to take place in Toronto on Nov. 27 to consider 11 broadcasting applications. They include three applications for stations in Grimsby and...
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...
CRTC renews 11 radio stations despite non-compliance
Media | 08/24/2017 2:20 pm EDT
The CRTC has renewed the licences of 11 radio stations after it found them in non-compliance with licence conditions. On Friday, it renewed two radio stations for shorter terms — Radio Ville Marie’s French-language CIRA-FM in Montréal, which broadcasts mostly religious content, and community radio station CHPL-FM in Plamondon, Alta, run by the Le Club de la radio communautaire. It said the shorter terms would "allow for an earlier review of the licensee’s compliance with the regulatory requirements." Community radio stations CHMM-FM in Mackenzie, B.C., and CFDY-FM in...
CRTC wants input on Lloydminster radio market
Media | 08/16/2017 1:30 pm EDT
The CRTC is consulting on the radio market capacity in Lloydminster, which straddles the...
Martin Tremblay promoted at Bell Media
Media | 08/15/2017 4:30 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s media division has named Martin Tremblay its regional programming director for Bell Media...
Bell Media to buy four FM radio stations
Media | 08/09/2017 6:07 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s media division said Wednesday it will buy four FM radio stations in Ontario from Larche...
Advocacy groups ask CRTC to deny Sirius tangible benefits plan
Media | 08/09/2017 3:55 pm EDT
A proposal by Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc. to create a new fund...
Second petition to reverse aboriginal radio decision filed by VMS
Media | 08/09/2017 1:07 pm EDT
VMS Media Group Ltd. has filed the second petition to cabinet asking the government to overturn the CRTC’s decision on licences for operating urban aboriginal radio stations, following a July...
CRTC rejects proposed St. John’s radio station
Media | 07/31/2017 4:21 pm EDT
The CRTC has declined an application to establish a new FM radio station in St. John’s, N.L. “The St. John’s radio market has performed poorly since 2012, with flat revenues and low profitability,” the CRTC said in its...
BDU revenue losses accelerate to 2.1%: CRTC
Media | 07/27/2017 5:10 pm EDT
Canadian TV providers’ revenues dropped 2.1 per cent in 2016 — a marked increase from the 0.1 per...
Gerry MacKrell to head Canadian Broadcast Sales
Media | 07/27/2017 3:25 pm EDT
Gerry MacKrell will be the new head of the country’s biggest radio sales company as of Sept. 1,...
Wawatay files appeal over radio licence decision
Media | 07/25/2017 2:08 pm EDT
Wawatay Native Communications Society has submitted a formal petition to Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly seeking to overturn a June decision by the CRTC that handed out licences for Indigenous radio stations. In the June 29 letter, the society, which was not awarded either of the two licences it was seeking in Ottawa and Toronto, said it has “secured cross-party support from several MP’s who also encourage you to overturn this decision that violates the constitutionally protected right of Indigenous people to consultation and consent.” The CRTC’s decision “disregards the...
Private radio revenues continued decline in 2016: StatsCan
Media | 07/19/2017 5:11 pm EDT
Overall operating revenues for private radio broadcasting across Canada last year fell 3.3 per cent, marking the third consecutive year the sector has experienced such a decline, according to...
Rogers acquires Ontario radio stations
Media | 07/13/2017 3:40 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved the acquisition by Rogers Communications Inc.’s media division of Tillsonburg Broadcasting Company Ltd. (TBCL), which operates two English-language stations in the small Ontario town. The deal, which...
Sirius says new fund proposal to fill gaps in CanCon system
Media | 07/06/2017 2:45 pm EDT
As part of its discretionary tangible benefits proposal, Sirius XM Canada...
Bell launches HD radio signals in Toronto
Media | 07/05/2017 3:32 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s media division announced that high-definition signals for its four Toronto radio stations are now available. The company said in a press release dated June 30 that Toronto AM stations Newstalk 1010 and TSN 1050, as...
CRTC denies new Ottawa-Gatineau radio station
Media | 06/30/2017 4:15 pm EDT
The Ottawa-Gatineau radio market can’t sustain another station, the CRTC said in a Friday decision, and won’t consider an application for a new ethnic station in the area. The decision comes following a consultation launched in November, after the regulator received an application for a licence to operate a commercial ethnic AM station. “Although Ottawa-Gatineau currently benefits from positive economic indicators and a growing ethnic population, its radio revenues are decreasing, with many stations operating at a loss in recent years,” the CRTC said, adding that a new...
CRTC consulting on radio, TV broadcasting licences
Media | 06/29/2017 4:48 pm EDT
The CRTC is asking for comment on renewals of licences held by 10 broadcasters. It said in a notice Thursday that some of the radio stations seeking renewal were previously found to be in non-compliance with their regulatory...
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...
Wawatay seeking appeal of Aboriginal radio licence decision
Media | 06/21/2017 5:04 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Wawatay Native Communications Society will ask for an appeal of...
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...
Increase indigenous representation at CRTC, conference hears
Media | 06/19/2017 5:18 pm EDT
OTTAWA — All of the country’s cultural institutions need a rethink when...
Reconciliation to play role in new CRTC chair’s mandate: Joly
Media | 06/16/2017 3:03 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The next chair of the CRTC will have a more explicit focus on...
Aboriginal radio licence decision ‘major disappointment’: Wawatay
Media | 06/14/2017 6:06 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved five urban radio licences in markets across the country to serve Aboriginal peoples, a decision one Ontario Aboriginal radio station said will result in fewer hours, and less...
Blais pans, prophesizes in end-of-term speech
Media | 06/13/2017 1:48 pm EDT
CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais used what may prove to be his final address as head of the telecom...
CRTC rejects Toronto area radio expansion, approves SW Ont. station
Media | 06/09/2017 12:28 pm EDT
Two Ontario markets with prospective applications for broadcasting licences can’t sustain any new radio stations, the CRTC said Friday. In separate decisions posted online, the regulator said neither Brampton nor Aurora, Ont., can sustain the applied for commercial and commercial ethnic stations at this time. Brampton, which is part of the Greater Toronto Area, is among an area currently served by 31 commercial stations and nine ethnic stations. “Despite Brampton’s rapid population...
Radio still big among Canadians: MTM
Media | 06/05/2017 2:19 pm EDT
Radio still factors heavily into the daily lives of anglophone Canadians, with local stations providing some of the most popular content, according to a new Media Technology Monitor (MTM) report. The Thursday report by MTM, a...
CRTC calls for radio, BDU licence renewal applications
telecom | 05/31/2017 1:36 pm EDT
The CRTC is asking for holders of both radio and cable and IPTV broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) licences that expire on Aug. 31, 2018 to apply to renew their licences. The commission said...
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...
CRTC grants two new radio licences
Media | 05/05/2017 7:48 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved two applications for new radio broadcasting licences, for a community FM station in Kingston, Ont., and a commercial ethnic FM station in Toronto. It granted an application for the Toronto station to a numbered company held by Leonard Lobardi and Theresa Lombardi, which already holds a licence for the ethnic AM radio station CHIN Toronto. The new station’s programming would include news, “talk, programming segments relating to health, financial advice and local talent,” as well as “world beat and international music,” the CRTC’s...
Rob Farina given expanded radio role
Media | 05/04/2017 9:01 pm EDT
Rob Farina will take on the role of head of radio content, strategy and iHeartRadio for BCE Inc.’s media division, the company announced in a Thursday press release. The position, effective May 29, will...
Sirius privatization plan gets final OK from CRTC
Media | 04/26/2017 8:37 pm EDT
Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc. received the final nod required in its bid to privatize, with the CRTC granting its approval Wednesday for the transaction it said was worth $479 million. The deal is in the public...
Rogers buying Vancouver station for Sportsnet brand
Media | 04/25/2017 6:14 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. said Tuesday it intends to purchase a Vancouver radio station from Newcap Inc., adding it to its stable of all-sports stations. In a press release, the company said the transaction...
Sirius ordered to make up $300K CanCon contribution shortfall
Media | 04/24/2017 7:04 pm EDT
Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc. has to pony up more than $300,000 to make up a deficit in its Canadian content development contributions, the CRTC said. In a letter dated April 5, the regulator...
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...
Ad pulls from YouTube show money shift to TV: Corus CEO
Media | 04/06/2017 8:05 pm EDT
The fallout from Alphabet Inc.’s placing of advertisements next to unfavourable content is in line with an ongoing trend of some advertisers shifting money from digital back to traditional...
Karine Moses and Debbie Drutz move up at Bell Media
Media | 04/05/2017 3:29 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has announced two new appointments in its Bell Media division. Karine Moses, president of advertising arm Astral Out of Home (AOOH) since July 2016, is having her role in the company expanded to...
CRTC considers future of Aboriginal radio in Ont., Alta. and B.C.
Media | 03/30/2017 9:03 pm EDT
A typically competitive process, disseminating new applications for radio licences seemed to take on a more culturally significant connotation for the CRTC as it navigated a three-day public hearing...
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 access to nearly every style of music, news, talk, and entertainment content, in both official languages, on any connected device, at any time of day, from anywhere,” a press release said. The app, which was initially slated to launch late last year, will feature big names including CBC/Radio-Canada, Rogers Communications Inc. and Corus Entertainment Inc. The release noted there will be more stations joining every week. BCE Inc. properties are not currently included in the app. It also said it will facilitate “listener discovery of radio content through search and...