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Telus, Shaw tell CRTC no need for national, multi-ethnic TV service

As a third day of CRTC hearings continued Wednesday on a national multi-ethnic television service and who might operate...

Telefilm names new director of Public and Government Affairs

Telefilm Canada has announced that Catherine Émond will succeed Jean-Claude Mahé as director, Public and Governmental Affairs, as Mahé gets set to retire...

Film and TV News In Brief – ACTRA, Quebecor, Netflix, Crave, CBC

  The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and the Association québécoise...

New ACTRA Independent Production Agreement reached

The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and the Association...

Film and TV News In Brief

Bell Media has launched court action against Videotron over claims of trademark infringement, stemming from Bell’s recent merger of...

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...

TV and Film News In Brief

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

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...

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...

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...

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