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Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: The BD team reflects on 2019

In the final episode of 2019, Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast features the team behind Broadcast Dialogue - editor Connie Thiessen, Momentum Media Marketing...

Canadian ads will be back for 2020 Super Bowl following SCOC ruling

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC) has quashed a CRTC order that has prohibited simultaneous substitution of American ads during the Super Bowl since 2017. In...

CKOC’s Nevin Grant to be inducted into Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame

Canadian Music Week has announced that longtime CKOC Hamilton music director Nevin Grant will be inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame...

Subscriber fees outstripped ad revenue 5:1 in 2018: report

Internet advertising continued to soar in 2018 to an estimated $7.7 billion—up from $6.8 billion over the previous year, however subscriber fees outstripped ad...

Michael O’Byrne retiring as Ottawa’s longest-serving TV anchor

Ottawa's longest-serving TV news anchor, Michael O'Byrne, will deliver his final newscast tomorrow. CTV Ottawa has announced that O'Byrne is retiring after 38 years with...

Netflix earned $780M in Canada in 2019

Netflix earned CAD $780 million in Canada in 2019, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing released Monday. For the first time,...

APTN to air minimum of six Cree-language NHL games per season

Jean La Rose says he hopes to hear more cries of "kociw osihew, pihtokwahew!" - Cree for "he shoots, he scores" - across the...

Craig Oliver to retire after four decades with CTV

Craig Oliver, CTV's chief political commentator and a fixture on the network for the last four decades, is retiring. Oliver, who turned 81 last month,...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Curt Marvis, CEO of The QYou Media

It's headquartered in Toronto and Los Angeles, but The QYou Media - a next-generation global media company that curates, packages, and distributes Millennial and...

APTN strikes three-year deal with Rogers to air NHL games in Plains Cree

APTN and Rogers have struck a three-year deal that will see the Indigenous broadcast network air NHL games in Plains Cree. Six games will air this...

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