Tag: Netflix

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

Canadians embrace SVOD boom and ‘stacking’ services as lockdowns continue

Amidst ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, 42% of English-speaking Canadians and 29% of Francophones now have three or more Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) services in...

Online & Digital Media News – Netflix misses Q1 subscriber targets

Netflix reported 208 million global subscribers at the end of the first quarter, missing its own forecast of 210 million. The shortfall saw the...

‘Feel-good’ features at heart of this year’s National Canadian Film Day

Amidst lingering COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions in much of the country, feel-good features like Meatballs and uplifting shorts and documentaries, are the...

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos to keynote at BANFF

Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO and Chief Content Officer at Netflix, will address the Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) Summit Series in a virtual keynote on...

Netflix announces plans to open Canadian office in face of looming...

Netflix has announced plans to open a Canadian office and hire a dedicated content executive to work directly with the Canadian creative community, as...

Online & Digital Media News – Netflix surpasses 200M paid memberships

Netflix added 8.5M paid net additions in Q4, crossing the 200M paid memberships threshold. For the full year, the streamer added a record 37M...

Radio & Podcast News – Bell rebrands 10 stations under new...

Bell Media has rebranded 10 of its iHeartRadio Canada stations, adding MOVE Radio to its lineup of national radio brands. The stations making the...

TV & Film News – TELUS adds Japanese public broadcaster NHK...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN, Japan’s international 24-hour English-language television channel, is now part of TELUS’ channel lineup, making it the first operator in Canada to add...

Online & Digital Media – Netflix subscriber growth slows in Q3

Netflix added 2.2 million subscribers in Q3, a significant slowdown in growth after adding record net subscribers of 10.1 million in the second quarter...

TV & Film News – Canadian Heritage announces temporary COVID-19 insurance...

Canadian Heritage has announced temporary support to get Canadian film and television productions, unable to get COVID-19 insurance, back on set. Heritage Min. Steven...