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CBC/Radio-Canada and AI-automated sports video technology solutions provider, Pixellot, have announced an expansion of their nationwide streaming site designed to boost exposure of youth sports across Canada. Initially launched last year with 100 Pixellot AI cameras, the online platform encourages young athletes across hockey, volleyball, football, soccer, basketball, field lacrosse and rugby to share highlights and full-game live broadcasts. Since its launch, the platform has streamed more than 1,600 games, earning more than a quarter of a million views. CBC/Radio-Canada has now expanded its partnership to encompass more sports federations and leagues, including Alberta Basketball, Ontario Basketball, Ontario Volleyball Association, and Rugby Canada. With the number of cameras across the country now numbering 300, the public broadcaster says the platform is intended to provide athletes – including those in remote areas – with the opportunity to garner attention from scouts, connect with other sports enthusiasts, and inspire their peers. Read more here.

Russell Peters

Russell Peters is releasing his tenth stand-up special, Act Your Age, Live in Abu Dhabi, on media and community platform Patreon on Thursday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. PST. Peters will be the first comedian to stream a ticketed premiere of a stand-up special on Patreon, bringing the experience directly to fans. Recorded before a sold-out crowd at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi at the end of his Act Your Age World Tour, which was seen by over 300,000 fans in 23 countries over two-and-a-half years, the new special features hilarious personal stories about getting married (again), parenthood, millennials and middle age. 

New Canadian Media is coming to an end as publisher George Abraham announces that there is “no path forward that is financially sustainable” for the non-profit. Founded to give a voice to new immigrants to Canada, the member-based collective encompassed 200 journalists at its peak. “There’s a lot of lip service paid to the idea that Canadian journalism needs to be more inclusive, but when it came time to pay even a single dollar to address systemic issues of representation, there were few takers,” wrote Abraham. “It has been a good run and I have learned a lot from all of you. I’m proud of the organization we built, the creativity and determination that it took to keep this enterprise afloat with so many conditions attached to our funding, and the support I received from NCM’s board of directors and corporate members.”

The Beaverton, the Canadian satire site founded in 2010, is facing its end without reader intervention. The site’s editors say that the algorithms of its main traffic drivers, Facebook and X/Twitter, have been suppressing political satire causing online advertising rates to plummet. After surviving off of one-off PayPal and Interac donations, The Beaverton has launched a Patreon to help continue to publish and pay its writers. If it’s successful, the site says it may be able to bring back its podcast and video content.

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