Radio / Television News

In celebration of Black History Month this February, Hollywood Suite announced Tuesday its upcoming lineup of films from Black creators, storytellers and stars, including the exclusive Canadian broadcast premiere of Canadian horror movie Guess Who on Feb. 12 at 9 p.m. ET. Released in 2024, the Montreal-shot Guess Who stars Canadians Keeya King (Yellowjackets) and Corteon

Telus announced Tuesday anime fans can now get the Crunchyroll streaming service as a standalone subscription with eligible Telus services. And for those customers who add Crunchyroll together with Telus’s Stream+ streaming bundle, Telus is currently offering a 10-per-cent discount on their monthly Crunchyroll subscription. Telus customers can subscribe to the Crunchyroll

By Connie Thiessen REV TV has signed a multi-year deal to bring NASCAR to Canadian race fans, starting this year. The NASCAR Canada Series — Canada’s only national touring racing series — will be the cornerstone of REV TV’s NASCAR coverage, including live race broadcasts. REV TV says it plans

Corus Radio announced Tuesday its Vancouver news/talk station, CKNW, is moving to a new home on the radio dial — from 980 CKNW to 730 CKNW — on Feb. 24. The signal change is intended “to better service our Vancouver listeners and provide wider, more accessible coverage in Downtown Vancouver

Rogers and Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced Tuesday they have signed a three-year agreement that will see Rogers return as the official presenting partner of the festival and its People’s Choice Award through 2027. The cable giant took over as presenting sponsor of TIFF in 2024, after long-time leading sponsor Bell ended its

By Ahmad Hathout WildBrain is alleging that Rogers is giving competing discretionary channels and the Disney+ streaming service preferential treatment over its own programming in the cable company’s TV guide, according to a heavily-redacted Part 1 application dated September but made public by the CRTC on Monday. The application alleges

Bell Media announced Friday a new bundle that combines its Crave and sports programming. Customers interested in subscribing to the Ultimate Entertainment and Sports Bundle will have two options: Crave with ads and TSN, limited to one stream at a time at max 720p video quality for $22 per month;

Public broadcaster says it will hire up to 30 new journalists CBC News announced Wednesday it will hire up to 30 new permanent journalists in 22 underserved communities across Canada, following the CRTC’s approval of Google’s plan to compensate Canadian news organization for use of their content. Google has committed to providing a $100-million

By Connie Thiessen Numeris has named audience insights veteran Alicia Olson-Keating as its incoming president and CEO. Olson-Keating has been working in the media industry for 37 years – 28 of those in Canada – where she’s held roles as VP Strategic Research at Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS), market development

By Ahmad Hathout Corus executives said Friday they are confident the media company can lead in the lifestyle content segment, following what they say were strong fall viewership period for its newly branded food and home channels. Co-CEO Troy Reeb said during a first quarter earnings conference call that the