Radio / Television News

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) announced last week a $3-million investment in nine Quebec-produced animation series for children and youth. The CMF-SODEC Prototyping of Children and Youth Animation Series Program, a new partnership announced in June 2024, aims to accelerate the creation of Quebec-made, original intellectual

Telefilm Canada announced last week a funding commitment of $235,000 to support 34 small Canadian film festivals with start dates between April 1 and Sept. 30, 2025, as part of the second intake of Telefilm’s General Admission Festivals Program. The program provides streamlined funding to small and/or emerging Canadian film festivals aimed at

Canadian production company Shaftesbury announced Monday the appointment of seasoned producer Shauna Jamison to its leadership team as vice president of production. With a career spanning Canadian and American productions including film, primetime drama and teen programming, Jamison was part of the original production team behind launching the hit drama

CBC News announced Tuesday the appointment of Prasanna Rajagopalan as the new senior managing director for CBC’s Ontario region. Most recently the director of journalism and programming for CBC Toronto, Rajagopalan will begin his new role on Monday, March 10. As senior managing director for Ontario, he will work closely with managing

Blue Ant Media announced today at NATPE Global in Miami that three of its free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels are now available on DIRECTV’S recently launched MyFree DIRECTV streaming platform. DIRECTV’s U.S.-based audience now has access to Blue Ant’s Love Nature, Total Crime and Declassified FAST channels. “Partnering with

Canada’s Walk of Fame last Friday released five short vignettes by emerging Canadian filmmakers of the 2024 Future Storytellers program, each telling the story of one of the most accomplished and notable figures in Canadian achievement. Presented by founding partner NBCUniversal, Seeing Red and new partner Cineplex, the three-minute vignettes premiered

WildBrain announced last week it has secured global distribution rights for the musical preschool series Songs from the Bright Side, produced by Toronto-based composer and recording artist Adam Goddard and director and animator Warren Brown. Known as Goddard/Brown, the award-winning Canadian duo is the team behind ABC Singsong and Big Block Singsong and they specialize in telling

Broadpeak, a France-based provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for pay-TV operators and other content providers, announced last week Telus is using Broadpeak’s Origin Packager solution to simplify video streaming and cut costs. “Running on Google Cloud Platform, Broadpeak’s high-performance origin packager reduces TELUS’ infrastructure costs while enabling

By Christopher Guly OTTAWA – As the CRTC continues its consultations and public hearings on implementing the Online Streaming Act, which seeks in part to encourage investment in Canadian content from global streamers, France is creating domestic content through partnerships with major digital platforms. Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ are

By Christopher Guly OTTAWA – While the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in film and television is dominating headlines, the technology is “not the villain in the story,” Hollywood-based film and television industry veteran and current AI and media-tech investor Seth Hallen told an audience of AI enthusiasts in the