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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...

Ottawa announces $14.5M in support for official-language minority media

Mélanie Joly, Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie, has outlined details of $14.5 million in funding earmarked to support radio and newspapers serving official-language...

Quebecor launching digital ‘QUB radio’ platform

Quebecor has announced the launch of new digital platform QUB radio that will feature live radio shows as well as a podcast library, with...

ATN acquires Canadian broadcast rights for Afghanistan Premier League cricket

Asian Television Network (ATN), Canada's largest South Asian broadcaster, has acquired exclusive Canadian broadcast rights for the first-ever Afghanistan Premier League 2018 (APL 2018). ATN will broadcast all 23...

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