Tag: 2020

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Conventional TV revenue grew in...

The CRTC's recently-released 2019 Broadcasting Financial Summaries reveal growth in annual conventional television revenue for the first time in eight years, while commercial radio...

Radio & Podcast News – Intercity Broadcasting up for court-ordered sale

Intercity Broadcasting Network, the parent company of Toronto urban adult contemporary station G98.7 (CKFG-FM) is up for court-ordered sale, just over a year after...

2020 CCMA nominees announced

The Canadian Country Music Association® (CCMA) has announced the nominees for the 38th Canadian Country Music Awards. Tenille Townes, the reigning Female Artist of the...

Numeris scraps Fall 2020 TV Diary; radio to focus on top...

Numeris has announced it won't be producing a Fall 2020 TV Diary, with its Fall Radio Diary to move solely online and focus on...

Corus revenues down 24 per cent in Q3

Corus Entertainment says while viewership was up across its platforms in the third quarter, the impact of COVID-19 coupled with one-time impairment charges, resulted...

Baroness von Sketch Show leads BANFF Rockie Award wins

Baroness von Sketch Show came away the big winner of the 2020 Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) Rockie Awards, which were presented virtually Monday...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Corus launches diversity review

Corus Entertainment has announced it’s initiating a review of the experiences of current and former employees who have come forward with allegations of a...

TV & Film News – WorksafeBC greenlights return to film and...

WorksafeBC says film and television production can resume in the province if BC Motion Picture Industry Coalition COVID-19 Safety Guidelines are met and employers...

RTDNA announces 2020 Lifetime Achievement honourees

CTV senior anchor Lisa LaFlamme and Global National Senior National Affairs Correspondent Eric Sorensen are among the long-serving journalists being recognized by RTDNA Canada. The association...

Radio & Podcast News – Pandemic PPM ratings reveal at-home tuning...

Numeris’ latest PPM release includes the 13 weeks from Feb. 24 to May 24, covering the listening period that saw most Canadians transition to...