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Bell Media has launched court action against Videotron over claims of trademark infringement, stemming from Bell’s recent merger of The Movie Network (TMN) and...

Metro Vancouver engineers trying to revive local SMPTE chapter

Ever wonder where time coding, colour bars or the countdown before a film originated? They were all standards put in place by the Society of...

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TV/FILM/VIDEO: Bell Media has rebranded The Movie Network (TMN), HBO Canada and CraveTV into one streaming service, simply known as Crave. The new Crave is...

Thunderbird Entertainment Group commences trading on TSX

Vancouver-based Thunderbird Entertainment Group commenced trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker symbol "TBRD" at the open Friday morning (Nov. 2). The animation, factual...

CBC announces winter series premiere dates

CBC has announced its winter 2019 broadcast and streaming premiere dates, set to kick off Sunday, Jan. 6. The public broadcaster's winter television offerings are highlighted...

Rebranded Crave streaming service combines HBO Canada, CraveTV and TMN

Canadians will no longer have to have a cable subscription to stream HBO. Bell Media is rebranding and combining The Movie Network (TMN), HBO Canada and...

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David Johnston, Canada’s former governor general, has been nominated to be the country’s first-ever debates commissioner. Nominated by the Liberal government, Johnston would be...

‘From the Vaults’ series to take viewers inside CBC music archives

CBC is set to release original series From The Vaults that will take viewers on an all-access journey into the public broadcaster's music archives. Hosted by...

Corus inks W Network-Hallmark Channel partnership

Corus Entertainment and Crown Media Family Network have announced a multi-year, multi-platform partnership that will bring Hallmark Channel content to the W Network. Beginning Nov. 1, Hallmark...

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The 2018 DGC (Directors Guild of Canada) Awards were handed out Saturday night with Oscar-winning feature film The Shape of Water and television miniseries...

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