Women are leading Canadian television through its biggest challenges
TORONTO – Hollywood Suite chairman and co-founder Jay Switzer recalls in mid-April first taking notice of an important industry signpost: Canadian television's small club of network heads are now all […]
While Stanley Cup TV ratings dip, online viewing surges
TORONTO – Rogers Media's TV ratings for the overall NHL Stanley Cup playoff rounds fell this season, compared to the 2014 championship rounds, due in part to Canadians viewing live […]
CTV is sitting pretty this Canadian upfront season. Thanks superheroes
TORONTO – The top-rated broadcaster's splashy, star-driven upfront presentation to ad buyers on Thursday at the Sony Centre in Toronto, featuring stars from DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham and Marvel's […]
Shaw Media targets millennials with action dramas and advertisers with advanced analytics at 2015 upfronts
TORONTO – Despite relentless digital disruption and CRTC deregulation causing stormy seas for Canadian broadcasters, top Shaw Media programmer Christine Shipton on Wednesday said she isn't ready to build an […]
Rogers Media prizes multi-platform reach over linear TV during upfront pitch
TORONTO – Journalists treated to a showcase of City's 2015-16 Upfront programming Tuesday morning were shown a 45-minute video about Rogers Media's varied media platforms that climaxed with a 10 […]
UPFRONT: Post-hockey CBC hits reset with diverse dramas, comedies
TORONTO – To stretch its programming dollars, the CBC has acquired a raft of UK and Australian dramas and comedies and aims to profit from upcoming Toronto Pan-Am games coverage […]
LA SCREENINGS: Why it’s getting tougher for Canadian broadcasters to buy online rights
CANADIAN BROADCASTERS HEADED to the Los Angeles Screenings this week will be buying rookie U.S. shows much as they have in the past: By choosing possible primetime hits via output […]
Merging Media: Top funders debate Americans over whether production subsidies work
VANCOUVER – Most conference panels don't end up on highlight reels, and this year’s Merging Media financing roundtable might have been no different, until U.S. digital guru Robert Tercek took […]
MIPCOM: Shows extend digitally to reach international audiences (especially kids)
CANNES – Two industry trends that have dominated Canadian TV in recent years — the need for foreign co-production partners and the digital revolution — came together at MIP Jr. […]
WINTER CLASSIC: Broadcasting “the NHL’s Super Bowl” in the Big House in a big storm posed big challenges
By Etan Vlessing ANN ARBOR – Inside a production truck around 100 yards from Michigan Stadium, known to many as “The Big House” on the campus of the University of […]