Canadian Perspectives
OP-ED: The Public Broadcaster Built the Local Digital Infrastructure. Private Radio Watched.
I came across a thread on LinkedIn recently from someone in Canadian media, frustrated, making the case that CBC was crowding out local stations...
OP-ED: What Canadian Media-Tech Companies Think the Market Still Pays For
NAB Show is full of noise. Product theater. Category inflation. The usual claims about transformation.
What makes the Canadian exhibitor list interesting is that it...
OP-ED: Paperwork becomes power on Sept. 1
Canada has spent a decade debating CanCon like it’s a cultural argument. The CRTC is now treating it like what it actually is: a...
OP-ED: Media is infrastructure, not content
Stories. Shows. Articles. Segments. Formats. The language is familiar, comforting, and increasingly misleading. Content is visible, culturally important, and emotionally resonant, but it is...
OP-ED: What the U.S. just lost and what Canada risks next...
We live in an age where it is hard to know who to trust, where social media bans trusted journalism, and where unregulated Artificial...
OP-ED: Neutrality is still a choice
Canadian media often describes its relationship with platforms as pragmatic neutrality.
Be everywhere. Don’t over-commit. Stay platform-agnostic. Follow the audience. Avoid dependency by spreading risk....
OP-ED: Consultation Is Killing Media Velocity In Canada
Canadian media policy moves at the speed of consensus. Media markets move at the speed of product cycles. That gap is no longer survivable.
Over...
OP-ED: CanCon Is Still Regulating the Wrong Scarcity
The JUNO Awards nominations arrive every year like a national pulse check. We scan the list, argue about snubs, celebrate the breakthroughs, and for...
The Quiet After WABE: A Reflection on Our Industry and Its...
The quiet after seeing over 375 of our friends at the WABE Media and Entertainment Technology Conference in Calgary this past month is finally...
Federal bolstering of CBC, print will not save local news, says...
While Tuesday's federal budget included a significant investment in new spending for film, television and the CBC, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) says...
Media leaders blast ‘1985’ regulation at WABE
A panel at the recent Western Association of Broadcasters (WABE) convention in Calgary revealed a consensus among media leaders from across the TV, film...
Freelance Local News Producer (Multiple)
Who we’re looking for:
Rogers tv is looking for freelance producers in various markets across Canada. These freelancers will produce short-form community news stories as...
Departure Festival + Conference
Departure Festival + Conference from Loft Entertainment and Oak View Group (OVG) returns May 4-10, 2026.
Early bird conference and priority passes are on sale now at departureto.com. Hotel X...
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