Hollywood Suite to premiere What About Our Future? doc on March 21
TORONTO — Hollywood Suite today announced the socially conscious documentary short What About Our Future? will have its Canadian broadcast premiere on Sunday, March 21 at 9 p.m. ET on […]
New Canadians are smartphone owners and online TV watchers, says MTM
OTTAWA — Almost all new Canadians own smartphones and watch YouTube videos, but they’re not so big on subscribing to traditional TV services, according to a new report from CBC/Radio-Canada’s […]
CBC part of a bunch to order new family comedy from marblemedia
TORONTO and LOS ANGELES — Canadian production company marblemedia, in association with Cloudco Entertainment, today announced it has received a series order for a half-hour, live-action comedy, Overlord and the […]
BBC First launches today across Canada
TORONTO — Blue Ant Media’s new BBC First channel officially launched today in Canada. Replacing the broadcaster’s Hi-Fi channel, BBC First is now available across Canada in free preview for […]
Telus selects DZS Cloud to accelerate 5G and digital transformation
VANCOUVER and PLANO, Texas — Mobile transport and broadband access solutions provider DZS, based in Plano, Texas, announced Tuesday morning Telus has selected DZS Cloud for network service orchestration, slice […]
Rogers/Shaw: It finally happened
And what still stands in their way By Greg O’Brien THE PURCHASE OF SHAW by Rogers has been a steady recurrent rumour which would crop up from time to time […]
The Future of Radio (Part IV): How the pandemic changed listening habits
By Steve Faguy FOR A MEDIA SECTOR whose consumption comes predominantly from commuters in their cars, what happens when everyone works from home and there is no more commuting? The […]
ANALYSIS: A much simpler way to bring streamers into the broadcasting system
By Konrad von Finckenstein and James Mitchell THE PRINCIPAL AIM of Bill C-10, an Act to amend the Broadcasting Act, is to bring online broadcasting (i.e., “streaming”) under the aegis […]
Quebecor, MPA, make feelings known as C-10 nears the end of its journey
Minister makes draft policy directive public By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – In a somewhat surprising move, the Heritage Ministry on Thursday decided to share the draft policy directive to the […]
SaskTel picks Samsung as its 5G vendor
REGINA — SaskTel announced today it has selected Samsung Electronics as the single vendor who will supply SaskTel with its 4G/5G radio access network (RAN) and core network. Under the […]