Gem comes into focus; CBC’s rebranded streamer looks to partner with third party content makers
TORONTO – CBC news and current affairs isn't about to elbow aside Game of Thrones or The Crown in the Canadian over-the-top streaming arena. But the pubcaster, as it unveiled […]
CTAM Canada: Why metadata means discoverability
And it needs to be much better TORONTO – Getting your latest TV show discovered and viewed in a fast-changing media landscape may be as easy as asking Alexa or […]
CTAM Canada: Include more streaming in cable bundles to catch and keep millennials
TORONTO – Length matters. That's one of the findings of a poll of Canadian TV viewers and the video content they consume which was conducted by Charlton Strategic Research, and […]
Leslie Sole, former CEO of Rogers Media Television, dies in tragic car accident
Leslie Sole, a Canadian broadcast veteran who left Rogers Media in 2011 after 25 years at the radio and TV broadcaster, has died. Sole and his wife, Terri Michael, a […]
MIPCOM 2018: Why Canadian content creators need to get small, fast, to compete against (or work with) Netflix
CANNES – How small media players can survive and thrive against Netflix or Amazon has occupied minds this week at MIPCOM, the annual TV market in the south of France. […]
MIPCOM 2018: CBC open for business, looking worldwide
CANNES – Newly-installed CBC/Radio Canada chief Catherine Tait by now has gotten used to people congratulating her on being the first woman to run the public broadcaster. "But most importantly, […]
UPDATED: Upfronts 2018: Why Blue Ant holds the key to happiness beyond the cable box
TORONTO – Now that the glitzy Canadian Upfront presentations are wrapped and local broadcasters are done dazzling advertisers with magical thinking to sell ads, Blue Ant Media has a simple […]
Upfronts 2018: How Bell Media is using strategic scale and leverage to match Netflix and Apple TV
TORONTO – Randy Lennox says he promised when first joining Bell Media from Universal Music Canada not to "do change for change's sake." But scale for scale's sake? Bulking up […]
Upfronts 2018: How Netflix and “original” series TV drove Corus execs at the L.A. screenings
TORONTO – Corus Entertainment's Maria Hale says she didn't sweat the small stuff at the recent Los Angeles Screenings by having to bid aggressively for digital rights to new U.S. […]
Upfronts 2018: Rogers touts City revival, new digital product growth
TORONTO – Post-Vice, Rogers Media is growing, diversifying — and in a better place than a year or two ago. That's the word from Rogers Media president Rick Brace, who […]