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TV & Film News – Raptors’ Game 6 win draws combined average audience of 7.7M viewers

TSN, CTV and RDS, combined, drew an average audience of 7.7 million viewers to the Toronto Raptors’ Game 6 NBA Finals win last Thursday....

Investors eye Hamilton as film and TV production destination

A coalition of investors and the City of Hamilton have signed a memorandum of understanding that would see the city-owned Barton-Tiffany lands developed into an...

Global News gets creative as Sportsnet, TSN ride Raptors ratings wave

While the Toronto Raptors' NBA Finals run has seen Sportsnet and TSN riding all-time NBA ratings highs, Global News has found itself getting creative...

Film & TV News – TVA Group eliminates 68 positions

TVA Group has eliminated 68 positions, saying deep budget cuts are necessary in order to reduce operating expenses. The Quebecor-owned French-language network said in...

Baroness von Sketch Show picks up two Rockie Awards

Baroness von Sketch Show picked up two awards at Monday evening's Rockie Awards International Program Competition, held in conjunction with the Banff World Media...

Banff Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media gets $2M funding boost

The Banff World Media Festival kicked off with a major federal funding announcement aimed at empowering women in business, and in particular female entrepreneurs...

CBC/Radio-Canada makes new diversity commitment

CBC/Radio-Canada has pledged to ensure by 2025 that at least one of the key creative positions (producer, director, writer, showrunner or lead performer) on...

TV & Film News – Upfronts unveil 2019/20 TV schedules

Upfront presentations unveiling what’s in store for the 2019/20 TV schedules have been held by most of the major broadcasters. Corus’ presentation included the...

Amazon Prime Video Channels coming to Canada

Amazon has announced the launch of Prime Video Channels for Canada, which will allow Canadians to stream a suite of TV stations and channels...

Raptors set another NBA broadcast record in Canada

For the third time in two weeks, the Toronto Raptors have set an NBA broadcast record in Canada. Thursday night’s Game 1 of the NBA...

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