Tag: Canada

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

Rogers brings Vevo to Ignite TV subscribers

Rogers is the first cable provider in Canada to bring Vevo to its subscribers. The streaming app, hosting music video content, is now available to...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Tina-Marie Tatto has announced she is retiring from the CBC. Tatto has been Director of Regulatory Affairs for the past eight years and...

discovery+ to launch in Canada this month

discovery+ will launch in Canada on Oct. 19, bringing together Discovery's original series across its portfolio of networks, including HGTV, Food Network, TLC, ID, OWN, Travel...

YouTube to begin rolling out ‘background listening’ to Canadians

YouTube will start rolling out a "radio-like" background listening experience to Canadians, free of charge, starting next month. Starting Nov. 3, YouTube Music listeners in...

Ivan Grbovic’s ‘Drunken Birds’ to represent Canada in Oscar race

Drunken Birds , by director/co-writer Ivan Grbovic and co-writer Sara Mishara, will represent Canada in the nomination process for Best International Feature Film at the 94th...

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  REVOLVING DOOR: Tony Staffieri, Chief Financial Officer of Rogers Communciations, has left Rogers effective Sept. 29. No reason has been given for his departure. Staffieri...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Jim Hughson is retiring from sports broadcasting after 42 years. Hughson, 64, began his hockey broadcast career in 1979, calling South Peace Hockey...

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The 2021 edition of the Broadcast Dialogue Canadian Radio Awards, presented by HD Radio, are now OPEN for submissions! When we founded our inaugural awards program last...

Music streaming leading kids’ audio listening in Canada

Music streaming is the most popular way for Canadian kids to consume audio, according to the latest MTM JR. release. The “Turn it up!” report looks at...

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REVOLVING DOOR: CBC Music has unveiled a chorus of new voices that will helm its classical programming, following the retirement of longtime host and opera...