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Corus still waiting for regulatory relief from CRTC as revenues continue to fall in Q2
Media | 04/15/2024 6:40 pm EDT
As it reported further declines in revenue for the second quarter of 2024, Corus Entertainment Inc. called on the CRTC to finally grant it the regulatory relief that has been...
ILNF recipients want Corus excluded from the pot until CRTC conducts wider policy review
Media | 06/29/2023 4:27 pm EDT
Local independent news stations want to exclude Corus Entertainment Inc. from the Independent Local News Fund (ILNF) until the CRTC issues a broader policy review – a move...
Unions opposed to broadcasters’ calls to lighten regulatory load until C-11 is fully implemented
Media | 06/16/2023 4:35 pm EDT
Several trade unions representing Canadian media...
Corus still feeling effects of advertising recession
Media | 01/13/2023 5:43 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. president and CEO Doug Murphy said an “advertising recession” is the cause...
Broadcasters want policy direction on C-11; streamers want their algorithms left alone
Media | 09/15/2022 7:51 pm EDT
Canadian broadcasting executives, from companies...
Corus revenue up, profit down
Media | 06/29/2022 5:18 pm EDT
For the three months that ended on May 31, Corus Entertainment Inc.'s overall revenue was up to $433.5...
Corus profit margins lower, citing end of CEWS.
Media | 04/08/2022 5:01 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc.'s profits were hit by the loss of approximately $12 million in wage subsidies and regulatory fee relief that didn't recur in 2022, as the consolidated profit margin dropped to 24 per cent from 31 per cent a year ago.
Corus chief financial officer...
Corus sells over 400 episodes of different series to Hulu
Media | 04/07/2022 3:31 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s Corus Studios announced Thursday it has sold...
Rogers “not putting a dime” in middle tier news market: Conservative MP
Media | 03/02/2022 7:16 pm EST
Community-owned television outlets “are not producing local news that...
CRTC CPE deferral will mean revenue in 2023: Corus CEO
Media | 01/13/2022 5:07 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. CEO Doug Murphy reiterated a long-standing call...
Corus revenues rebounding
telecom | 06/30/2021 4:54 pm EDT
Revenues across Corus Entertainment Inc.'s radio and television divisions were up significantly as the company reported its third quarter earnings results Tuesday.
RBC...
Corus bounces back
Media | 04/09/2021 4:52 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. reported Friday that it had begun to recover some of the losses of the earlier stages of the pandemic, with bleeding stopped in its television segment. The company posted second quarter television revenues of $338.5 million, a mere three per cent drop from the $347.8...
Canadian radio broadcasters ask CRTC for space to compete with streamers
Media | 03/30/2021 5:35 pm EDT
The CRTC needs to do away with restrictive regulations, argue multiple...
Corus revenues down 10 per cent
Media | 01/12/2021 6:58 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. reported Tuesday its first-quarter revenues were $420.3 million, down 10 per cent from the same period a year earlier. Profits, meanwhile, were down three per cent to $178.6 million in the three-month...
Broadcasters sign up to BIPOC hiring directory
telecom | 10/05/2020 6:41 pm EDT
Canada’s largest broadcasters have committed to making the use of a Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) hiring database a prerequisite to giving original productions the green light. The broadcasters are...
COVID has created a CanCon crisis, and Corus won’t waste it: CEO
Media | 09/15/2020 5:37 pm EDT
The production slowdown stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns has created a crisis for Corus Entertainment Inc. in terms of meeting its CRTC-mandated Canadian programming expenditures (CPE), and according to CEO Doug Murphy, it is a crisis the company "is not going to waste." Corus will use the crisis, Murphy said, to make the case to policy makers that the CPE requirements on broadcasters like Corus should be loosened. Speaking to this year's online installment of the BMO Media...
Corus allowed to expand CanCon underspend, provided it’s paid off next year
Media | 07/10/2020 2:45 pm EDT
The CRTC has allowed Corus Entertainment Inc. to reduce its mandated Canadian programming expenditures (CPE) in a single year, but declared any shortfall must be made up in the following year. In a...
Q3 ‘very tough’ for Corus as ad revenues plummet
Media | 06/26/2020 3:27 pm EDT
The financial impacts of COVID-19 induced lockdowns led to a “very tough quarter” for Corus...
Calm before the COVID storm in Corus Q2
Media | 04/01/2020 5:14 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. has deferred the declaration of its dividends in response to the uncertainty...
Corus TV revenues up, radio down
telecom | 01/10/2020 5:42 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. this morning reported television revenue either in line or slightly higher than...
Corus putting more focus on AVOD strategy
Media | 10/18/2019 5:46 pm EDT
High demand among advertisers for premium content to be siloed in ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) platforms has driven Corus Entertainment Inc. to place more attention on that strategy.
Noting a statistic that only 12 per cent of premium content in the United States...
Corus asks CRTC to defer CanCon obligations, citing volatility
Media | 10/03/2019 4:57 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. is asking the CRTC if the broadcaster can spend...
Corus separately lobbied gov’t on journalism tax credits
Media | 08/28/2019 3:31 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. registered to lobby the government to promote the eligibility of broadcasters for a new journalism tax initiative announced by the federal government late last year. The...
CRTC commissioning report about market impact of online BDUs
Media | 08/09/2019 6:40 pm EDT
The CRTC wants to know more about the potential for the Canadian...
Raptors finals run a ‘massive drain’ on viewership, Corus says
Media | 06/26/2019 6:56 pm EDT
Executives at Corus Entertainment Inc., historically proud of not being in...
CRTC allows Corus to close down 44 TV rebroadcasting towers
Media | 06/13/2019 4:48 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved a request from Corus Entertainment Inc. to shutter 44 of its television transmitting towers that serve rural customers. The original application from November said that the...
Corus asked BTLR to immediately change foreign ownership rules
Media | 05/30/2019 4:19 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc., the only major Canadian broadcaster refusing to...
CRTC sticks with OMNI for multi-ethnic must-carry spot
Media | 05/23/2019 6:12 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.'s OMNI will continue to benefit from the sole...
Shaw selling Corus shares worth $548M
Media | 05/15/2019 1:34 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. is getting rid of $548 million in shares in Corus Entertainment Inc.
The...
Corus’ turnaround partly propelled by ads returning to linear
Media | 04/05/2019 6:36 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. said it will see TV ad growth in the third quarter thanks in part to a cohort of 50 traditionally digital advertisers adding linear TV to their investments.
The broadcaster’s CEO Doug Murphy said on a second quarter conference call on Friday...
Bell asks to shut down 28 rebroadcasting transmitters
telecom | 03/26/2019 6:15 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s media division is asking the CRTC to allow it to shutter 28 of its rebroadcasting...
Press council warns BTLR of ‘gap’ in complaints process for broadcasters
Media | 02/15/2019 4:16 pm EST
The National NewsMedia Council wrote to the expert panel reviewing...
Corus sees TV ad rebound in Q1
telecom | 01/11/2019 5:14 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. reported quarterly results Friday that showed TV ad revenue increasing 3.6 per...
Telus, Corus jockeying over PVR cloud storage rules
telecom | 12/19/2018 10:48 am EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. is taking issue with a request by Telus Corp. to have Parliament change the...
Corus lost $2.3M in unspent CMF money from failed French channels deal
Media | 12/10/2018 10:14 am EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. had $2.3 million in Canada Media Fund (CMF) money to spend on two French channels, but it suspended spending to focus on selling them in a deal with...
Corus wants to shutter 44 TV rebroadcasting transmitters
Media | 11/13/2018 6:17 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. is asking the CRTC for permission to shut down 44...
Artificial intelligence tests yielding promising results: Corus CEO
Media | 11/02/2018 12:09 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Corus Entertainment Inc. CEO Doug Murphy told an industry...
Barbara Williams retiring from Corus
Media | 10/24/2018 3:32 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s chief operating officer, Barbara Williams, will retire at the end of this...
Corus expecting TV ad revenue to stabilize in a ‘handful’ of years
Media | 10/19/2018 5:57 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s wild ride through the unpredictable TV ad...
Corus puts marketing team under one group in restructuring
Media | 07/27/2018 4:48 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. is consolidating its marketing and promotional...
Court nixing Que. site-blocking ‘helpful’ against FairPlay: advocates
Media | 07/24/2018 5:59 pm EDT
The Quebec Superior Court has ruled against a plan by the Quebec government...
Canadian broadcasters drawn by ‘ton of momentum’ in podcasting
Media | 07/06/2018 11:11 am EDT
In early May, the Liberal government faced questions in the House of...
Corus outlines strategic roadmap, CEO ‘optimistic’ about future
Media | 06/27/2018 4:10 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. executives delivered a mapped-out vision for the...
Growth of OTT doesn’t affect broadcast competition: Comp Bureau
Media | 06/01/2018 3:39 pm EDT
The growth of over-the-top (OTT) services did not change the mind of the Competition Bureau when it rejected a deal earlier this week involving two French-language channels. The bureau denied the sale to BCE Inc. of two French-language channels, Historia and Series+, from Corus Entertainment Inc. a week ago. On Wednesday, after saying they would explore their options, the companies agreed to terminate the deal. On Thursday, the Bureau released its analysis, saying that it "considered the...
Corus and Bell terminate Historia, Series+ deal
Media | 05/30/2018 8:22 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. said it has come to an agreement with BCE Inc. to officially terminate a previous arrangement that would’ve seen two of its French-language specialty channels sold to Bell, after the Competition Bureau...
FairPlay hits back, claims piracy cost TV providers as much as $761M
Media | 05/15/2018 3:00 pm EDT
The FairPlay coalition has responded to the laundry list of criticism...
Rogers, Bell add junk food bill concerns to lobby efforts
Media | 04/25/2018 2:54 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. have registered to lobby the...
CRTC asks for public input on Canada’s next multi-ethnic channel licensee
Media | 04/17/2018 4:43 pm EDT
The CRTC wants Canadians to weigh in as it considers the candidates competing for a licence for a multi-ethnic channel with mandatory carriage on basic TV packages. It said in a press release...
Corus plans TV ad tech test next month
Media | 04/05/2018 6:29 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. is “accelerating” its transformation into a more data-centric company, its CEO said Thursday, as the broadcaster looks to begin testing a new platform next month that he says will give advertisers a better way to target ads on traditional...
CRTC consulting on Historia, Séries+ sale
Media | 03/21/2018 2:31 pm EDT
The CRTC is accepting comments on the sale of the Historia and Séries+ specialty channels from Corus Entertainment Inc. to BCE Inc. The regulator said in a Tuesday notice that Bell proposed to direct most of the $20 million in...
Corus cutting 80 news jobs, many in ‘traditional TV production’
Media | 02/16/2018 10:48 am EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. has confirmed it is eliminating close “to 80...
1% increase for PNI not enough, creative groups say
Media | 01/30/2018 5:33 pm EST
Creative groups are standing their ground on spending for programs of national interest (PNI), suggesting that a marginal increase in funding for those programs proposed by the large English-language broadcasters last month is not...
Bill on junk food ads for kids could do ‘significant damage’: Corus
Media | 01/24/2018 4:20 pm EST
Proposed legislation intended to combat the marketing of unhealthy food and...
Nelvana makes management changes
Media | 01/19/2018 4:03 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s Nelvana is shaking up its core team, with a new appointment and promotions,...
As its TV ad revenue drops, Corus says ad tech is the future
Media | 01/10/2018 6:05 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. executives emphasized their optimism about future...
Corus focuses on content over broadcast with Historia, Séries+ sale
Media | 10/18/2017 6:16 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. announced Tuesday it is selling two...
Telus leads in end-of-summer lobbying activity
Media | 09/25/2017 5:31 pm EDT
Telus Corp. was far and away the busiest industry stakeholder when it came to...
Changes ahead for ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ as terms of trade expires
Media | 08/25/2017 5:06 pm EDT
While online discussion forums are rife with debate — and more often, complaints — about why Canadians can’t access popular American television shows legally online, Canadian content producers are navigating how to ensure their work continues to be seen on digital platforms. “In a world where Canadians are increasingly in control of what they watch, how and when they want, there is increasing consumer pressure to have unrestricted access to any program, at any time, and on any...
New OTT offerings pose threat to BDUs, opportunity for producers
Media | 08/17/2017 4:47 pm EDT
A proliferation of new streaming TV competition in Canada is set to benefit...
CRTC licence decision sent back to drawing board
Media | 08/14/2017 5:55 pm EDT
A controversial CRTC decision that creative groups said would negatively affect the production of Canadian content will be sent back to the CRTC for reconsideration by the federal cabinet, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly...
Broadcasters need mandated contributions: CMPA
Media | 08/03/2017 12:51 pm EDT
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) is disputing arguments made in an open letter published...
John MacDonald and Susan Schaefer to leave Corus
Media | 07/12/2017 5:40 pm EDT
Two senior executives at Corus Entertainment Inc. are expected to leave the company by the end of...
Corus sees revenue, profit boost in Q3
Media | 06/27/2017 12:46 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. reported increases in both revenues and profit Tuesday, numbers that reflected its purchase of Shaw Communications Inc.’s media division last year. For the three months ended May 31, the broadcaster’s Q3 profits rose 35 per cent to $175.8 million from $130.2 million in the same quarter last year. Similarly, revenues rose 28 per cent to $461.6 million compared to $360.8 in the equivalent period last year. Television profits rose to $171.3 million compared to $127.9 million in the same quarter in 2016, while revenues in that segment jumped to $422.3 million...
Rogers’ OMNI gets temporary mandatory distribution
Media | 05/15/2017 5:13 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. will get a three-year window to run its new national ethnic channel before having to compete with other proposals for its mandatory carriage, the CRTC announced Monday. The regulator partially...
Shaw, Corus closing 3 community TV stations, shifting to Global
Media | 04/26/2017 6:06 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. and Corus Entertainment Inc. will close three Shaw local TV stations in Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary, and redistribute the annual funding to Global News...
Ad pulls from YouTube show money shift to TV: Corus CEO
Media | 04/06/2017 8:05 pm EDT
The fallout from Alphabet Inc.’s placing of advertisements next to unfavourable content is in line with an ongoing trend of some advertisers shifting money from digital back to traditional...
Facebook beefs up lobbying squad
Media | 03/21/2017 3:04 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. is increasing its government relations presence in Ottawa, with three new registrations filed with the lobbying commissioner’s office last month. According to the federal lobbyists’...
Corus to sell cookie data to advertisers
Media | 03/06/2017 10:11 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. is now selling to advertisers users’ cookie data to better target audience members, the company announced Monday. In a press release, Corus said it’s the “first major Canadian...
Hub for Canadian radio launches
Media | 03/01/2017 5:31 pm EST
More than 400 Canadian radio stations across the country are now available on a newly launched app featuring both public and private broadcasters. The free Radioplayer app launched Wednesday “gives radio listeners...
Shaw media helps Corus increase revenue in another quarter
Media | 01/11/2017 6:39 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s purchase of Shaw Communications Inc.’s media division again helped it post a revenue increase, this time a 105 per cent increase and a 100 per cent...
Avoid ISP tax, tweak CanCon rules, companies say in Heritage review
Media | 12/19/2016 6:10 pm EST
There isn’t much disagreement between some of the country’s biggest media and telecom service providers over whether foreign entities, such as over-the-top providers like Netflix...
Public consultation before closing TV stations unwarranted: Bell, Rogers
Media | 12/02/2016 12:53 am EST
GATINEAU, Que. — CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais floated the idea that the commission should require a public consultation before a broadcaster closes a TV station during the last day of its hearing on English-language TV licence renewals. The question was put forth by Blais to BCE Inc., Corus Entertainment Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. during the reply phase of the hearing Thursday. Currently, broadcasters can shut down local stations...
VI news stations need rules to ensure independence: Telus
Media | 12/01/2016 12:47 am EST
GATINEAU, Que. — The question of whether news stations owned by vertically-integrated (VI) companies need safeguards for journalistic independence came up at the CRTC’s...
Media companies looking to MCNs to reach younger audiences
Media | 11/11/2016 9:17 pm EST
Multi-channel networks (MCNs) have carved out a space in the online video ecosystem in recent years, leading traditional broadcasters to move into MCNs as a relatively low-risk way to reach younger...
Corus launches History OTT service
Media | 11/10/2016 8:36 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. has launched History Vault, a subscription over-the-top (OTT) service featuring programming from its History channel. The service, which costs $5.49 a month, “features hundreds of hours of...
CRTC calls for radio licence applications for Hamilton-Niagara
Media | 11/10/2016 6:52 pm EST
Two communities in Ontario’s Hamilton-Niagara region can handle “at least” one radio station, the CRTC said as it issued a call for applications Thursday. The announcement...
Ronnie Stanton leaving Corus Radio VP position
Media | 11/01/2016 8:55 pm EDT
Ronnie Stanton will leave his current position as vice-president of radio programming for Corus Entertainment Inc.’s Corus Radio Network, though he will continue to consult for the company. Corus spokeswoman Samantha Simic said in an email Tuesday he would be “moving to the U.S. at the end of the month to focus on his radio consulting business full-time.” She added Stanton will “maintain his role as programming consultant to Corus, as we have contracted for the exclusive use of his services in Canada.” ...
AT&T, Time Warner deal shows VI trending in opposite directions: analyst
Media | 10/24/2016 9:18 pm EDT
A potential merger between AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc. highlights a move by United States-based companies toward vertical integration, just as developments in Canada...
Shaw Media carries Corus to 99% revenue increase in Q4
Media | 10/19/2016 8:55 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. reported Wednesday a 99 per cent increase in revenues for the fourth quarter, despite a decline in radio revenues. The three-month period, which...
Some Corus talk radio stations streaming on Apple Music
Media | 10/12/2016 7:23 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. is making seven of its news talk radio stations available for free internationally on Apple Inc.’s Apple Music streaming service. The company said in...
iHeartRadio launches in Canada
Media | 10/07/2016 4:56 pm EDT
iHeartMedia Inc.'s free digital radio and music streaming service is now available in Canada, according to a press release from BCE Inc.’s media division. The free app, iHeartRadio, is available on a preview basis...
Data consumption, competitive pressures headline investor conference
Media | 09/21/2016 9:17 pm EDT
Canada’s biggest telcos told investors Wednesday that they are seeing growth in wireless data usage on the first of a two-day conference hosted by CIBC World Markets. BCE Inc....
Nelvana, Disney sign distribution deal
telecom | 08/29/2016 8:38 pm EDT
Canadian producer-distributor Nelvana, which is owned by Corus Entertainment Inc., has inked a deal with a Walt Disney Co. subsidiary licensing international broadcast and on-demand rights for a new animated series...
Dan Beer named You.i TV COO
Media | 08/19/2016 7:13 pm EDT
Burgeoning Ottawa-based TV app maker You.i TV has hired its first chief operating officer, the company announced this week. In a Tuesday press release, the company said Dan Beer’s appointment was made “in order to fuel the company’s continued rapid growth and...
CRTC denies Durham Radio Toronto proposal
Media | 08/02/2016 8:42 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied an application by Durham Radio Inc. to change the transmitter of its FM tower to expand its service into Toronto. In a decision Monday, the commission said that the proposal to modify the CJKX-FM-2, a...
Sports, conventional TV tame Corus gains on Shaw deal
Media | 07/13/2016 9:35 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s first quarterly report since it bought Shaw Media showed the acquisition drove a significant increase in overall revenues, profits and expenses, despite a fall in the division’s revenue due to a drop in its conventional TV audience and advertising. “I wouldn’t attribute the softness to anything but market conditions,” Doug Murphy, Corus’ president and chief executive officer, said on a Wednesday morning conference call with analysts. He made the comment in response to a question from National Bank Financial analyst Adam...
Broadcast licence renewal hearing set for November
telecom | 06/16/2016 3:56 pm EDT
The CRTC said Wednesday it will hold a public hearing to renew broadcast licences held by large ownership groups, including Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc., Corus Entertainment...
CRTC ‘rebalances’ TV system funds; up to $90M available for local news
Media | 06/15/2016 10:44 pm EDT
The CRTC has established new funding for local television news in a decision on its local and community TV hearing, though advocates expressed concern that the changes won’t happen quickly...
Heritage’s CanCon review could take a decade to play out, panel hears
Media | 05/05/2016 10:06 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The results of the sweeping review of Canadian content in a digital age announced by Heritage Canada last week could take 10 years to materialize, University of Ottawa law professor...
Corus working on programmatic ads for linear TV
Media | 04/20/2016 8:09 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday that it plans to launch programmatic, or automatic, ad-buying for traditional TV. “Corus will be the first Canadian broadcaster to commit to bringing programmatic TV advertising...
Corus radio, TV revenue up 3%: Q2
Media | 04/13/2016 5:50 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. reported Wednesday a three-per-cent rise in revenue in the second fiscal quarter of 2016 to $197.7 million, up from $191.5 million the same period a year earlier. In the three months ended Feb. 29, Corus said it saw its profits rise 33 per cent to $79.6 million, up from $59.7 million the same period a year earlier. Corus said its TV subscriber revenue increased five per cent during the quarter, but specialty advertising revenue fell eight per cent. “We have delivered revenue and segment profit growth for the second consecutive quarter, driven by the launch of new specialty television services and digital distribution revenues,” Doug Murphy, CEO of Corus, said in a press release about the results. “With the completion of our transformational acquisition of Shaw Media on April 1,...
Corus closes Shaw Media deal, announces new exec slate
Media | 04/01/2016 5:14 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. has closed its $2.65-billion acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc.’s media division and appointed a team of executive vice-presidents for the combined company....
Deirdre Brennan joins Corus Kids as VP of content
Media | 03/24/2016 6:45 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. announced Wednesday it has appointed Deirdre Brennan as the new vice-president of content for its Corus Kids division. It said in a press release that Brennan will “oversee all content aspects of...
Catalyst opposition unlikely to affect Shaw Media sale: analyst
telecom | 03/07/2016 10:24 pm EST
The pressure Catalyst Capital Group Inc. has been applying on Corus Entertainment Inc. shareholders to vote down a proposal to purchase the media division of Shaw Communications Inc. isn't likely...
CRTC denies request for public hearing on Shaw-Corus sale
Media | 02/12/2016 9:48 pm EST
The CRTC denied a request from the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), along with several other parties, to have a public hearing on Shaw Communications Inc.’s sale of...
Shaw to keep Wind’s current strategy in place: exec
telecom | 02/09/2016 9:51 pm EST
As it takes ownership of Wind Mobile, Shaw Communications Inc. will continue positioning Wind as a cheaper option compared to the big three national wireless carriers, according to the company’s chief operating officer....
CMT not required to play country music: CRTC
Media | 02/04/2016 10:10 pm EST
The CRTC has approved a request that releases Country Music Television Ltd. (CMT) from its obligation to broadcast country music videos. In a decision posted to its website on Thursday, the commission agreed with the majority of...
CRTC opens consultation on Shaw-Corus deal
Media | 01/21/2016 8:12 pm EST
The CRTC on Thursday acknowledged receipt of an application from Shaw Communications Inc. to sell its media division to Corus Entertainment Inc., and said interested parties have until Feb. 15 to file submissions on the matter....
Corus seeks cash for Shaw Media purchase
Media | 01/19/2016 9:33 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. said Tuesday it intends to offer a round of "subscription receipts" as a way to raise money to partially fund its recently announced purchase of Shaw Communications Inc.'s media division....
Game of Thrones breaks viewership records: Bell
Media | 06/24/2015 5:52 pm EDT
BCE Inc.'s Bell Media division said Wednesday that the June 14 season finale of Game of Thrones on HBO Canada broke a record for the most-viewed pay- or specialty-TV broadcast of all time in this country. It said there were 1.6 million viewers for that broadcast. Bell said there was an average audience of 1.4 million viewers throughout the fifth season of Game of Thrones, which also set a record and was 11 per cent more than viewership for the series during the fourth season. Bell owns the rights for HBO Canada in Eastern Canada, while Corus Entertainment Inc. holds its rights in the...