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September 8, 2024
Squeeze is happy to announce that its TV series Cracké will soon be presented by famous French broadcaster CANAL+. Starting in Fall 2024, the 52 one-minute episodes will make kids laugh across France, but also in about 50…
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September 7, 2024
by Terry Pedwell
The big four television service providers are defending how they rolled out new, trimmed-down TV packages earlier this year, denying in hearings Wednesday that they were being “paternalistic” with customers by placing restrictions on the cheapest of their offerings. The chairman of the…
News
September 7, 2024
Channel Zero is pleased to announce that CHCH Television will return to providing live weekend news broadcasts this Fall. Beginning Saturday, October 29, live, half-hour broadcasts of the CHCH Evening News will air weekly on both Saturdays and Sundays at…
News
September 7, 2024
CBC, Netflix and Halfire Entertainment announced that cameras are rolling on the screen adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace. Alias Grace stars award-winning actress Sarah Gadon (Indignation, 11.22.63, Enemy); Academy Award-winning Canadian-born actress Anna Paquin (True Blood, Roots, Bellevue); Zachary…
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September 7, 2024
The country’s broadcast regulator says it’s clear not all Canadians like the trimmed-down TV services mandated earlier this year. Jean Pierre Blais, chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, has told the hearing examining the so-called skinny-basic services that…
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September 7, 2024
Family Channel is starting a conversation about bullying with the launch of its 14th annual Bullying Awareness Week campaign, encouraging students to stand up, not stand by when they see bullying happen. Family is showcasing the commitment of its network stars…
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September 7, 2024
Bell announced that by the end of Q1 2024, Fibe TV customers will no longer be required to sign up for Fibe Internet service to access Canada’s fastest-growing television service. “As we align our next-generation IPTV technologies, we’re bringing exclusive…
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September 7, 2024
Corus Entertainment announced the newly refreshed Treehouse App, formerly Treehouse Classic, available on iPhone, iPad, iPod and now the new Apple TV. The App offers parents and kids more than 1,500 episodes of favourite series from the vast library…
News
September 7, 2024
Veteran anchor Peter Mansbridge’s departure from “The National” is ushering in “the next phase” of CBC’s flagship news program, the public broadcaster’s editor-in-chief said Tuesday. In a letter to staff, Jennifer McGuire said that she will personally oversee “a process…
News
September 6, 2024
The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group has announced its 2024 Prairie Equity Scholarship competition; aimed at Broadcast students in the Prairie Provinces who are part of under-represented groups. The Equity Scholarship was instituted in 2024 to address the shortage of broadcasters…
