MIPCOM: Peak TV surge from streaming services, cable, ignites Canadian deal-making
But there are drawbacks CANNES – It's peak TV, silly. That's the prevailing talk at MIPCOM in Cannes this week as Canadian deal-making is on an upswing, thanks to a […]
UPDATED: Rogers, Shaw, pull the plug on shomi
TORONTO – Shaw Communications and Rogers Communications have decided to shut down their joint Canadian subscription video on demand service shomi after less than two years in operation. A statement […]
EXCLUSIVE: AMC to launch horror streaming service in Canada
NO NEED TO FREAK out, but AMC is bringing its horror movie streaming service, Shudder, to Canada. A spokesperson for AMC Networks confirmed to Cartt.ca on Tuesday that Shudder will […]
ANALYSIS: A steady summer of shomi speculation
Shaw write-down, content pauses, fuel talk of new, or no, partnership IN JULY, SHAW COMMUNICATIONS wrote down the value of its 50% stake in the shomi streaming service to nil. […]
Upfront 2016: Corus fights “crazy programming inflation” and places a big bet on comedy
TORONTO – If top Canadian TV execs haven't watched A&E's Storage Wars, they may well after returning from the recent Los Angeles Screenings. It was a week when Canadian broadcasters […]
Upfront 2016: For Canadian media giants, Netflix has become the ultimate frenemy
U.S. streaming giant has Canadian broadcasters rethinking how they shop in Hollywood TORONTO – Netflix helps drive broadband revenues at BCE, Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications. Yet, as Cartt.ca recently […]
Upfront 2016: Why Internet TV isn’t winning the war yet
TORONTO – The big story out of the recent Los Angeles Screenings, as reported by Cartt.ca, was Canadian broadcasters are now horse-trading for new American shows against Netflix as video […]
UPDATED: Netflix tries hard to scoop new shows from Canadian broadcasters at L.A. Screenings
TORONTO – Canadian broadcasters have returned from the Los Angeles Screenings, where they were wrong-footed by Netflix snatching must-have U.S. series from under their noses for the first time. "With […]
UPFRONTS 2016: CBC eyes lightening the ad load as viewers’ expectations shift
TORONTO – The CBC is looking at cutting back on its ad load, even allowing Canadians to watch hit shows online without commercial interruption, as TV viewers gain more control […]
PTiO: Vice Media’s Purdy tells producers to go cannibalize themselves
OTTAWA – Middle-aged media execs are usually investors in Vice Media, not managers So it caused quite a stir when Shane Smith's fast-growing digital powerhouse recently lured David Purdy away […]