Tag: CTV

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

TV & Film News – Blink49 Studios acquires majority stake in...

Blink49 Studios, backed by global producer and distributor Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content), is acquiring a majority stake in Vancouver-based Front Street Pictures. Marking...

TV & Film News – Chandler Levack makes TV directorial debut...

Crave has announced new, six-part short-form comedy series, My Dead Mom. From LoCo Motion Pictures, creator Wendy Litner, and executive producer Lauren Corber, the...

Bell Media and Fox Entertainment Global announce new licensing, distribution pact

Bell Media and Fox Entertainment Global have struck a new licensing and distribution pact that sees the companies partner to support original Canadian productions...

TV & Film News – Denys Arcand honoured with DGC Lifetime...

Denys Arcand, Marie Clements, and Patricia Gallivan are among this year’s Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) Special Award honourees. Ahead of the 22nd Annual...

TV & Film News – CMF embraces platform agnostic funding approach

Canada Media Fund (CMF) says it’s embracing a future model that focuses on supporting creators and stories regardless of platform, following calls for change...

TV & Film News – 2023 Indiescreen Award winners announced

The 2023 Indiescreen Award winners include Québécois producer Nancy Grant and up-and-coming filmmaker Anam Abbas. Handed out annually by the Canadian Media Producers Association...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Canadian Heritage clarifies Online News...

Canadian Heritage has provided more clarity on which platforms will be subject to the Online News Act and what they will need to do...

CBSC upholds complaints about inaccuracies broadcast by CTV’s W5, CFRA

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has released two decisions upholding viewer complaints about incomplete and inaccurate information broadcast on CTV investigative program, W5,...

Jason Pires joins Global BC’s ‘Global News Morning’

Jason Pires, who announced his departure from CTV Vancouver this week, is crossing the street to join Global BC's Global News Morning.  Pires, who began...

Andrea Bain joins CTV daytime talk show ‘The Social’

Andrea Bain is joining CTV’s The Social full-time as co-host Elaine "Lainey" Lui gets set to depart the daytime talk show at the end...