Tag: APTN

All things APTN from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

TV & Film News – Short films backed by Canadian talent...

Brotherhood and St. Louis Superman - two short films backed by Canadian talent are among this year’s Oscar nominees. Brotherhood, co-produced by Quebec’s Maria...

TV & Film News – Kelowna data suppressed in Numeris Fall...

Numeris' Fall 2019 TV Diary Release indicates that Canadians are spending an average of 15.7 to 22.4 hours per week watching television. The Fall...

TV & Film News – Kew Media Group parts ways with...

Kew Media Group has parted ways with Chief Financial Officer Geoff Webb and announced a strategic review, following what the publicly-traded content producer and...

APTN to air minimum of six Cree-language NHL games per season

Jean La Rose says he hopes to hear more cries of "kociw osihew, pihtokwahew!" - Cree for "he shoots, he scores" - across the...

APTN strikes three-year deal with Rogers to air NHL games in...

APTN and Rogers have struck a three-year deal that will see the Indigenous broadcast network air NHL games in Plains Cree. Six games will air this...

Monika Ille named new CEO of APTN

APTN has announced that Monika Ille will succeed Jean La Rose as the new CEO of the Indigenous television network. Ille has been with...

Online & Digital Media News – APTN launches OTT platform ‘lumi’

APTN is the latest broadcaster to launch an OTT platform. APTN lumi gives viewers access to the network’s catalogue of programs in English, French...

Arvato Systems supplying APTN with Broadcast Management solution – Supply Lines

Arvato Systems is supplying APTN with its Broadcast Management solution, which encompasses rights management, content planning and a solution for marketing broadcasting times. The...

APTN launching first national news program in French

APTN will debut its first national French-language news program later this month. Helmed by Sophie-Claude Miller, who hails from the Waswanipi Cree First Nation in...

TV & Film News – APTN to pursue criminal charges if...

APTN says the broadcaster will pursue criminal charges if there is further aggressive behaviour towards its female reporters. In two separate incidents last month,...