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Government working with AI researcher Mila on governing use of cultural content

| 09/13/2024 1:14 pm EDT

Government working with AI researcher Mila on governing use of cultural contentMila, an artificial intelligence research institute in Quebec, will be working with the federal government on how to govern the use of cultural content by AI.  The...

Stingray profit, streaming subscribers down in Q1; revenues rise 

Media | 08/07/2024 1:21 pm EDT

Stingray profit, streaming subscribers down in Q1; revenues rise Profits at Stingray Group Inc. took a dive in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, dropping by nearly 50 per cent, while its revenues rose due to soaring earnings in the U.S. ...

Government announces $100M for Telefilm

Media | 01/31/2024 4:37 pm EST

Government announces $100M for TelefilmThe Government of Canada is supporting Canadian feature films and television productions by investing...

Google says Canada pursuing unique approach to news compensation

Media | 02/23/2022 5:55 pm EST

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banCanada’s pending news media compensation legislation is based on key...

Few internet giants weighed in to BTLR, submission list shows

telecom | 03/08/2019 4:13 pm EST

Few internet giants weighed in to BTLR, submission list showsThe panel in charge of reviewing the broadcasting and telecom acts received...

Monique Marcotte retiring from CBC

Media | 02/28/2019 2:25 pm EST

Monique Marcotte retiring from CBCMarco Dubé will take over the vice-president of people and culture position at CBC/Radio-Canada when...

Online discoverability a challenge for books, magazines, BTLR hears

Media | 02/25/2019 2:31 pm EST

Online discoverability a challenge for books, magazines, BTLR hearsOrganizations representing Canadian publishers are flagging the difficulty of identifying Canadian content online to the panel in charge of reviewing the broadcasting and...

CACTUS asks BTLR for $150M community TV framework

Media | 02/22/2019 12:53 pm EST

CACTUS asks BTLR for $150M community TV frameworkA group representing the Canadian community TV sector is asking the panel reviewing the broadcasting and...

Corus shuffles executive VP roster

Media | 02/21/2019 5:41 pm EST

Corus shuffles executive VP rosterCorus Entertainment Inc. has promoted Troy Reeb and Colin Bohm to its executive vice-president ranks,...

Netflix setting up production hub in Toronto

Media | 02/19/2019 1:09 pm EST

Netflix setting up production hub in TorontoNetflix Inc. will expand its production presence in Canada by leasing space at two Toronto production...

Public music should feature Canadian content, Stingray says

Media | 02/01/2019 1:18 pm EST

Public music should feature Canadian content, Stingray saysMusic in public establishments such as malls, bars and restaurants should...

CBC president likens Netflix to colonialism

Media | 01/31/2019 4:27 pm EST

CBC president likens Netflix to colonialismOTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada’s president Catherine Tait compared Netflix Inc.’s worldwide presence to...

Gaming companies bristle after review panel suggests they’re broadcasters

Media | 01/28/2019 4:05 pm EST

Gaming companies bristle after review panel suggests they're broadcastersA meeting with individuals leading the federal government’s review of...

CBC hires Torstar’s Claude Galipeau

Media | 12/18/2018 3:32 pm EST

CBC hires Torstar’s Claude GalipeauCanada’s public broadcaster has hired Torstar Corp.’s Claude Galipeau as its executive vice-president of corporate development. The chief revenue officer of Torstar will join CBC/Radio-Canada on Jan. 7, 2019, the...

Telus and Shaw say their customers largely aren’t watching OMNI

Media | 11/28/2018 4:29 pm EST

Shaw proposes banning third-party door-to-door salesGATINEAU, QUE. -- Telus Corp. and Shaw Communications Inc. say...

Budget bill risks ‘compromising’ copyright board autonomy, committee hears

Media | 11/22/2018 12:18 pm EST

Budget bill risks ‘compromising’ copyright board autonomy, committee hearsAn expert in copyright law is asking senators to nix a reform measure in the Liberal government’s latest budget implementation bill that allows the federal cabinet to set...

Stingray’s business division expands in Europe

Media | 10/12/2018 3:19 pm EDT

Stingray’s business division expands in EuropeStingray Digital Group Inc.’s Stingray Business division, which provides background music and digital signage to businesses, is expanding in Europe. It said Friday it has purchased Belgian company DJ-Matic, which also...

Blue Ant buying Saloon Media

Media | 10/11/2018 3:45 pm EDT

Blue Ant Media Inc. is acquiring Saloon Media, a Toronto production company “specializing in globally relevant factual television,” it said in a press release Thursday. Saloon Media’s shows include Mummies Alive and...

EU, Canada move closer on telecom regulation, further apart on OTT

Media | 10/05/2018 4:05 pm EDT

EU, Canada move closer on telecom regulation, further apart on OTTStreaming video platforms in the European Union will have to ensure 30 per...

Broadcast, telecom acts review panel kicks off consultation

telecom | 09/25/2018 5:31 pm EDT

Broadcast, telecom acts review panel kicks off consultationOTTAWA — The expert panel in charge of reviewing Canada’s...

Canadian Heritage gets new deputy minister

Media | 09/21/2018 4:00 pm EDT

Hélène Laurendeau will be the new deputy minister at Canadian Heritage, the Prime Minister’s Office announced Friday afternoon. Laurendeau is currently deputy minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, a role she’s held since April 2016. Laurendeau has worked across a wide swath of departments, including the Public Service Commission, Treasury Board, Privy Council Office (PCO) and Justice Canada, although this will be her first time at Heritage. She will replace Heritage’s current deputy minister Graham Flack, who is moving over to become deputy minister of...

Senators asked to champion net neutrality in comms laws review

Media | 09/18/2018 6:38 pm EDT

Senators asked to champion net neutrality in comms laws reviewOTTAWA -- Lawmakers need to make net neutrality a major priority and...

Bryan Adams asked Trudeau, Harper to change Copyright Act

Media | 09/18/2018 2:32 pm EDT

Bryan Adams asked Trudeau, Harper to change Copyright ActOTTAWA -- Canadian rock legend Bryan Adams is asking Canadian lawmakers to...

Big concessions on NAFTA cultural exemption unlikely, experts say

Media | 09/07/2018 2:40 pm EDT

Big concessions on NAFTA cultural exemption unlikely, experts sayAs cultural protection emerges as a last-stretch NAFTA sticking point,...

ACTRA Toronto writes to Trudeau, Joly over CIPF decision

Media | 09/07/2016 5:14 pm EDT

The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA)’s Toronto branch is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to “call on...

CanCon review panel announcement draws mixed reaction

Media | 06/28/2016 9:19 pm EDT

Heritage Canada’s announcement of an expert advisory panel for its review of Canadian content in a digital age, which includes representatives from a number of broadcasters, was met with both praise and...

Joly non-committal on $150M in extra funding for CBC

Media | 02/02/2016 10:08 pm EST

Heritage Minister Melanie Joly is refusing to specify that the CBC will receive the $150 million in extra funding the Liberal government promised during last year’s election, despite receiving questions on the subject from...