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

Videotron to shutter MAtv community channel in Montreal

Videotron has announced it will shutter its MAtv community channel in Montreal next summer. The Quebecor subsidiary said in an announcement Wednesday afternoon that it...

CBC launches ‘CBC News Explore’ FAST channel

CBC News Explore has launched, the public broadcaster's new free ad-supported streaming (FAST) news channel, available on digital and connected TV platforms. The channel will...

CMF winding down Encore+ YouTube channels

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has announced it's winding down Encore+ and Encore Plus, its respective English and French YouTube channels featuring vintage Canadian...

CBC News to launch FAST channel this fall

CBC News has announced it will launch a free ad-supported streaming (FAST) channel this fall as part of a new strategic approach to better...

SiriusXM launches TikTok Radio

SiriusXM and TikTok have partnered to launch TikTok Radio (ch. 4), a music channel featuring trending sounds from the short-form social video app that...

Ed the Sock’s NewMusicNation makes its debut

NewMusicNation, the new online music video channel helmed by former MuchMusic icon Ed the Sock, makes its debut Friday at noon ET. Focused on independent...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Steven Kerzner & Ed the Sock...

NewMusicNation is the brainchild of Steven Kerzner and his alter ego, MuchMusic and cable tv icon Ed the Sock. Kerzner has embarked on a crowdfunding...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Tore Stautland, CEO of The News...

The News Forum quietly launched last month - a new right-of-centre Canadian news specialty channel that counts former Conservative Health Min. Tony Clement, among...

New conservative-friendly specialty channel ‘The News Forum’ makes its debut

The News Forum is now available on Bell platforms across the country, a new right-of-centre news channel with a mandate "to provide viewers with...

Pandemic shines spotlight on role of Hamilton community channel

Submitted by Bill Custers, Senior Manager, Broadcast, Cable 14 Cable 14 in Hamilton, ON was in the midst of celebrating its 50th Anniversary Broadcast Season...