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Eastlink Launches Exchange Plan Allowing Customers to Customize Channels

November 29, 2024 Cable provider Eastlink rolled out a unique plan Tuesday that allows customers more flexibility in selecting what TV channels they want to watch.   The Halifax-based company, which serves markets across Canada, says people will be able to customize their packages…

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Lionsgate Signs Licensing Agreement with Chinese Streaming Platform

November 29, 2024 Lionsgate has signed a new long-term output deal for a broad range of commercial feature films and a number of Lionsgate library titles with China’s largest comprehensive online video platform, iQIYI, the two companies announced today. The agreement covers subscription…

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DHX Media and Ipsos Unveil Global Parental Survey Results

November 29, 2024 DHX Media and Ipsos, Canada’s market intelligence leader and the country’s leading provider of public opinion research, announce the results from a survey of 2,700 parents in the US, Canada and the UK, designed to illuminate how children age 0-12…

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UPDATED — CBC Recommends Moving to Ad Free Model

November 29, 2024 CBC/Radio-Canada wants all its services to broadcast advertising free, however it will require $318 million in new annual funding to do so.  The proposal is one of several the CBC made Monday in a submission to Canadian Heritage’s public consultation on…

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CBC Shares Its Contribution on Future of Canadian Content in a Digital World

November 28, 2024 Today, CBC/Radio-Canada shares its contribution to the Government’s public consultation on the future of Canadian content in a digital world. “A strong public broadcaster is at the heart of successful creative economies around the world”, said Hubert T. Lacroix, President…

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CTV Atlantic Continues Tradition of ‘Christmas Daddies Telethon’

November 28, 2024 On Saturday, Dec. 3, CTV Atlantic prepares to make the holidays brighter for families in need across the region with the 53rdAnnual Christmas Daddies Telethon. Airing from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. on CTV with a livestream of the program…

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CRTC Licenses New Radio Stations to Serve Surrey and Vancouver

November 28, 2024 The CRTC has approved an application by South Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc. to amend the broadcasting licence for the ethnic commercial specialty radio station CKYE-FM Vancouver by adding an FM rebroadcasting transmitter in Surrey. The Commission also approves an application by Sher-E-Punjab Radio…

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RIP AVR

November 28, 2024 by DAVID BRAY   RIP AVR……An era came to an end as Aboriginal Voices Radio went off the air in November pursuant to a CRTC directive and a federal court decision. Aboriginal Voices Radio, a non-profit venture, started years ago as a noble…

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CTV Toronto and Salvation Army Usher in Annual Toy Mountain Campaign

November 25, 2024 CTV Toronto will be fast at work collecting a mountain of toys for families in need for the 21st Annual TOY MOUNTAIN campaign in support of The Salvation Army.  CTV Toronto launches its live remote schedule today, running through to…

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CMPA Outlines Vision for Canadian Content in a Digital World

November 25, 2024 Today, the Canadian Media Producers Association  released its blueprint for a thriving screen-based production sector in Canada.  Its submission for the Canadian Content in a Digital World consultations, spearheaded by the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, highlights the…