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Bell Media’s Super Bowl ratings for Sunday’s big game were down 39 per cent over 2015

TV/FILM/VIDEO: Bell Media’s Super Bowl ratings for Sunday’s big game were down 39 per cent over 2015. The National Football League game, broadcast on CTV,...

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) says TVA’s 8 p.m. broadcast of the final episode of Le dôme on March 29, 2016 should only...

TV/FILM/VIDEO: The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) says TVA’s 8 p.m. broadcast of the final episode of Le dôme on March 29, 2016 should only...

Nine Canadians are among those nominated for the 89th Academy Awards

TV/FILM/VIDEO: Nine Canadians are among those nominated for the 89th Academy Awards. They include Howard Barish, co-producer (13th), Documentary (Feature); Sylvain Bellemare (Arrival), Sound Editing;...

Orphan Black leads this year’s Canadian Screen Awards nominations

TV/FILM/VIDEO: Orphan Black leads this year’s Canadian Screen Awards nominations. The Space sci-fi series, from Temple Street Productions, earned 14 nominations including best dramatic series,...

Shaw Communications Inc. has launched its cloud-based X1 platform BlueSky TV

 TV/FILM/VIDEO: Shaw Communications Inc. has launched its cloud-based X1 platform BlueSky TV, that it’s developed with and is licensing from Comcast Corp. Shaw is looking...

Bell Media announced Dec. 23 that potential Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary will no longer appear as a contributor on CTV News or BNN

Bell Media announced Dec. 23 that potential Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary will no longer appear as a contributor on CTV News or BNN....

Lionsgate has closed its acquisition of Starz for approximately $4.4 billion in cash and stock

TV/FILM/VIDEO: Lionsgate has closed its acquisition of Starz for approximately $4.4 billion in cash and stock. The deal creates one of the largest independent television...

CBC/Radio-Canada has announced a line-up of special Canada 150 programs

TV/FILM/VIDEO: CBC/Radio-Canada has announced a line-up of special Canada 150 programs. CBC News Network will kick off 2017 with live New Year’s Eve coverage from...

An average of 3.9 million viewers tuned in to The 104th Grey Cup on TSN

 TV/FILM/VIDEO: An average of 3.9 million viewers tuned in to The 104th Grey Cup on TSN with another 254,000 watching the French-language broadcast on RDS,...

The CRTC will now renew the licenses of most TV service providers on a year-to-year basis

TV/FILM/VIDEO: The CRTC will now renew the licenses of most TV service providers on a year-to-year basis, rather than the usual seven-year term. The commission...

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