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APTN and CBC/Radio-Canada sign MOU to collaborate more closely on news, Indigenous productions

APTN and CBC/Radio-Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see the two broadcasters work more closely on Indigenous productions and news...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Norm & Treana Rudock selling Nipawin stations CJNE-FM and CITJ-FM

CJNE-FM The Storm and CITJ-FM Core Country in Nipawin, SK are up for sale. Owners Norm and Treana Rudock have spent two decades owning and...

Strike Digital on how to use stock imagery in film production: an Alamy case study

How do you make a trailer for a stage show when it hasn’t been cast or rehearsed yet? Isn’t that like producing content from...

Canadian carriers add Ukraine channels to basic packages

With the increased demand for reliable information on the evolving situation in Ukraine, some cable providers have added Ukrainian channels to their basic television...

Corus to launch Magnolia Network in Canada

Corus Entertainment will launch the Magnolia Network – Chip and Joanna Gaines’ joint media venture with Discovery, Inc. - in Canada, starting March 28. Curated...

Acadia Broadcasting to acquire Kenora’s Q104 from Golden West, pending approval

Acadia Broadcasting has signed a letter of intent to acquire Q104 (CKQV-FM) Vermillion Bay, ON, and its repeaters in Kenora, Dryden and Sioux Lookout, from...

Quebecor wins piracy ruling against Québec City hotel cable provider

Quebecor has chalked up another win in its fight against piracy with a Federal Court decision sanctioning two Québec City companies. Technologies Konek and Coopérative...

Russian state television removed by Canadian carriers, sanctioned online

Russia Today (RT), Russia's state-owned television network, has been removed by Canadian cable providers including Bell, Rogers, Shaw and Telus, and additionally faces sanctions...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: CTV Vancouver News Director Ethan Faber on the struggle to return to civilized discourse

Last weekend, a number of camera crews covering the Pacific Highway border crossing protest, south of Vancouver, were swarmed, jostled, yelled at and spit...

ISO and APTN report explores guidelines for claims of Indigeneity

The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), in collaboration with APTN, has released a report aimed at setting guidelines for assessing claims to Indigenous identity for...

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