Tag: Advertising

All things Advertising from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

Faith Goldy sues Bell Media over refusal to run election ads

Toronto mayoral candidate and former Rebel Media contributor Faith Goldy has hired constitutional law and civil rights lawyer Clayton Ruby to represent her in...

Astral strikes new partnership with Montreal’s Campsite

Bell Media’s out-of-home advertising division, Astral, has struck a new partnership with Campsite, a Montréal based leader in programmatic out-of-home campaigns. The agreement is...

Facebook, Instagram to start charging sales tax in Canada

Facebook will start charging sales tax on ads purchased through its physical offices in Canada, becoming the first technology giant to do so. The move...

Senate report urges feds to revisit tax deductibility of foreign internet...

The federal government should study the idea of changing tax measures that encourage advertisers to spend money with foreign companies like Facebook and Google,...

GroupM predicts that digital advertising will capture 77 cents of every...

GroupM predicts that digital advertising will capture 77 cents of every new ad dollar in 2017, while TV will capture 17 cents. Digital investment...

BCE Inc. is blaming losses in the first quarter of 2017...

BCE Inc. is blaming losses in the first quarter of 2017 on CRTC rulings banning simultaneous substitution of SuperBowl ads and another that cut...

The 52nd annual Crystals Radio Awards, the Canadian advertising community’s night...

RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: The 52nd annual Crystals Radio Awards, the Canadian advertising community’s night to celebrate success, honour creativity and network with the 
industry’s brightest minds, took...

The Netflix/Pandora/HBO Effect on Radio Twelve Things You Should Do About...

By Alan Burns We already know listeners don’t love commercials, right? If we needed any fresh reinforcement, the latest “What Women Want” study by Alan...

Google has announced it will phase out 30-second “unskippable” advertisements

ONLINE CHANNELS: Google has announced it will phase out 30-second "unskippable" advertisements. The ads, which appear at the start of some YouTube videos, must be...

A joint report from the Radio Advertising Bureau and Borrell &...

 ONLINE CHANNELS: A joint report from the Radio Advertising Bureau and Borrell & Associates projects digital revenue for radio will increase 22 per cent this...