Tag: FRIENDS

CBC/Radio-Canada to eliminate 800 positions in $125M cost-cutting exercise

CBC/Radio-Canada is officially cutting 600 positions and will leave another 200 vacancies unfilled as the public broadcaster looks to undertake $125 million in cost-cutting...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Canadian Heritage hands down final...

Canadian Heritage Min. Pascale St-Onge has released the final policy direction around the Online Streaming Act to the CRTC, clarifying that social media, digital...

Online & Digital Media News – FRIENDS urges Meta users to...

FRIENDS is leading a 48-hour boycott of Facebook and Instagram this week, in response to Meta’s move to block news on its platforms in...

FRIENDS leading Meta boycott over news blocking

Public broadcasting and Canadian culture advocate FRIENDS is leading a boycott of Facebook and Instagram, in response to Meta's move to block news on...

Bill C-18 passage lauded as Meta confirms end of news availability...

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) is among the organizations applauding the passage of Bill C-18, the Online News Act, as Meta confirms it...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Suicide scenes requires 13+ rating,...

A Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) panel has ruled that themes of murder, suicide and domestic violence require a certain level of viewer maturity,...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – OAB Awards posthumously honour Bill...

The Ontario Association of Broadcasters (OAB) handed out their annual awards Wednesday afternoon in Mississauga, highlighted by the posthumous induction of Evanov Communications founder...

CBC/Radio-Canada licence renewal decision referred back to CRTC for re-evalution

Canadian Heritage Min. Pablo Rodriguez and the federal cabinet have referred the CRTC's June CBC/Radio-Canada licence renewal decision back to the commission for re-evaluation. The...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – CMPA, CAB, FRIENDS among petitioners...

The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB), and CBC watchdog, FRIENDS, are among the organizations that have submitted petitions...

CMPA, CAB, FRIENDS, among petitioners for CBC licence renewal to be...

The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB), and CBC watchdog organization, FRIENDS, are among the organizations that have submitted...