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Kew Media Group parts ways with CFO, announces strategic review

Toronto-headquartered Kew Media Group has parted ways with Chief Financial Officer Geoff Webb and announced a strategic review, following what the publicly-traded content producer...

TV & Film News – Schitt’s Creek earns five Critics Choice Association (CCA) nods

Schitt’s Creek has earned five Critics Choice Association (CCA) nominations, including Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Eugene Levy, Best...

Bell Media and Uninterrupted strike exclusive content partnership

Bell Media has struck a partnership with Uninterrupted Canada, the athlete empowerment brand now helmed by former Sportsnet president Scott Moore. Bell and Uninterrupted have...

Kevin Gemmell to head Jim Pattison Broadcast Group’s Prince George stations

Kevin Gemmell has been named the new general manager of the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group's Prince George, BC operations, including CKPG-TV, 99.3 The Drive (CKDV-FM), 101.3...

DHX Media to delist from NASDAQ

DHX Media (doing business as WildBrain) has notified NASDAQ of its intention to voluntarily delist its shares from the American stock exchange. WildBrain shares...

TV & Film News – Baroness Von Sketch Show wins Rose d’or for Comedy

Baroness Von Sketch Show has won the coveted Rose d’or prize for Comedy. The award is shared by CBC, Winnipeg prodco Frantic Films, and...

Bell’s proposed ‘V’ acquisition threatens to crush competition, says Quebecor

Quebecor is asking the CRTC to outright deny Bell Media's application to acquire the French-language V network. In its intervention to the commission, filed Friday,...

TV & Film News – Mel Tuck, Lesley Ewen receive UBCP/ACTRA Lifetime Achievement Awards

UBCP/ACTRA held its 8th annual awards Saturday, honouring members in five categories, in addition to two lifetime achievement honours. Ben Cotton was awarded Best...

Stabbing footage aired without warning violated code: CBSC

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) says CTV Toronto violated several codes when it aired cell phone footage of a stabbing without warning to...

Grey Cup TV audience up 19%: Bell Media

Sunday night’s 107th Grey Cup drew an average audience of 3.9 million viewers on TSN and RDS, up 19% over 2018, according to Numeris...

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