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Facebook reveals hackers accessed data from 30 million accounts in recent breach

Facebook has shared more details around a security breach two weeks ago that it now says affected about 30 million users. In a Friday blog...

Bryan Adams and Jann Arden sign on to CTV’s The Launch

CTV has announced that Canadian music legends Bryan Adams and Jann Arden will join Season 2 of its original music series The Launch as celebrity...

Citytv starts production on new dog detective drama set in St. John’s

Citytv has started production on new detective drama REX (working title), centred on the relationship between a police detective and his hardworking dog. Starring John Reardon...

CBC/Radio-Canada to hold first-ever national bilingual hackathon

CBC/Radio-Canada will hold its first-ever national bilingual Hackathon Feb. 1-3, which will challenge programmers to enhance the personalization of the public broadcaster's digital platforms. Sponsored by Amazon Web...

Blue Ant Media acquires Toronto prodco Saloon Media

Blue Ant Media has announced its acquiring Toronto-based production company Saloon Media. Saloon Media’s Michael Kot (CEO), Steve Gamester (Executive Producer), Paul Kilback (Executive Producer) and...

Steve Ladurantaye hired to head news at Scotland’s STV

Canadian journalist Steve Ladurantaye has been appointed head of news at Scottish broadcaster STV.  Ladurantaye has been with the CBC since 2016 when he was...

Faith Goldy sues Bell Media over refusal to run election ads

Toronto mayoral candidate and former Rebel Media contributor Faith Goldy has hired constitutional law and civil rights lawyer Clayton Ruby to represent her in...

$35M overtime class action suit launched against Cineflix Canada

A $35-million dollar class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of hundreds of reality and factual TV workers who have worked at Cineflix...

TSN ramps up coverage of hot UFC ticket Khabib vs. McGregor

TSN will offer extensive pre- and post-fight coverage of Saturday night's hotly-anticipated UFC match pitting Conor McGregor against Khabib Nurmagomedov. More than two years in the...

Google Podcasts creator program aims to train underrepresented voices

The application window is now officially open globally for the first round of the Google Podcasts creator program, which will kick off in Jan. 2019. With...

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