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Facebook remains most popular social network among Canadian anglophones

The Media Technology Monitor's (MTM) latest report indicates 72 per cent of Canadian anglophones are now using an online social network at least once a...

Canada top location for feature films in 2017

Canada was the number one production location for feature films in 2017 for the first time, according to a new report from FilmL.A., the...

Radio-Canada to test Journalistic Sources Protection Act before SCOC

Radio-Canada, the French-language arm of the CBC, will test the federal Journalistic Sources Protection Act before the country's highest court. The Supreme Court of Canada...

DHX Media and BBC Children’s Productions to co-produce Season 2 of Creeped Out

DHX Media and BBC Children's Productions will be co-producing another 10 episodes of original kids' live action series Creeped Out. CBBC in the UK and...

Infowars app remains number three news app download in Canada, ahead of CBC News

The Infowars app remained number three in the Canadian Google Play store Wednesday afternoon, ahead of CBC News, Google News and CNN. Downloads of the Alex...

CTV picks up Roseanne spin-off The Conners

CTV has acquired The Conners, the spin-off of this year's hit revival Roseanne which was swiftly cancelled by ABC in May following a racist Tweet...

Netflix backs Pacific Screenwriting Program aimed at producing more B.C.-based screenwriters

Netflix is one of the partners in a new initiative that aims to produce more Vancouver-based screenwriters. The Pacific Screenwriting Program will combine industry mentorship,...

What The ‘Chuck? Corus rebrands Fresh Radio Edmonton

Corus Radio launched 92.5 The 'Chuck Edmonton at 6 am. Friday morning, a quirky, hyper-local rebrand of its Bright AC format 92.5 Fresh Radio (CKNG-FM). Brad Phillips, Corus VP...

Stingray makes hostile takeover bid for Music Choice network

Stingray Digital Group Inc. continued its growth streak this week, making an unsolicited, hostile-takeover bid for multi-platform video and music network Music Choice. The offer is...

An Interview With Vancouver Speaker, Author And Former Brand Strategist David Allison

On this week's Broadcast Dialogue podcast, is the era of how we measure consumer habits using traditional age-based demographic stereotypes over? Publisher Shawn Smith speaks...

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