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Online & Digital News – Facebook launches paid link pilot for Canadian publishers

hayu has announced rate increases from five to nearly 15% depending on what province you're in, ahead of a July 1 deadline for digital...

Online & Digital Media News – Videotron to launch ‘Vrai’ unscripted SVOD service

Videotron is launching a second subscription video on demand (SVOD) platform, focused on French-language unscripted programming. Set to launch later this year, Vrai will...

Online & Digital Media News – RCI launches redesigned website, mobile integrations

Radio Canada International (RCI) has launched a redesigned website that includes a full section in Punjabi, in addition to those already available in English,...

Online & Digital Media News – The Globe and Mail leads Digital Publishing Award nominations

Liquid Media Group has signed a letter of intent to acquire global subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, iNDIEFLIX. Focused on "edutainment" and supporting social impact...

Liquid Media Group to acquire iNDIEFLIX

Vancouver's Liquid Media Group has signed a letter of intent to acquire global subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, iNDIEFLIX. Focused on "edutainment" and supporting social impact...

Online & Digital Media News – Overstory Media Group launches with eye to national expansion

Overstory Media Group (OMG) has officially launched, an independent digital news publisher “ready to breathe life into the media industry” that has its eye...

Overstory Media Group launches with plans to hire 250 journalists as part of national expansion

Overstory Media Group (OMG) has officially launched, an independent digital journalism publisher "ready to breathe life into the media industry," that has its eye...

Online & Digital Media News – Netflix chooses Toronto for Canadian corporate office

Netflix will locate its Canadian corporate office in Toronto with a temporary site expected to open as early as late summer. The streaming giant...

Canadians embrace SVOD boom and ‘stacking’ services as lockdowns continue

Amidst ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, 42% of English-speaking Canadians and 29% of Francophones now have three or more Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) services in...

Online & Digital Media News – Netflix misses Q1 subscriber targets

Netflix reported 208 million global subscribers at the end of the first quarter, missing its own forecast of 210 million. The shortfall saw the...

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