Tag: Canada

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

Super Bowl LIV breaks Canadian audience records

Sunday's Super Bowl LIV broke the all-time Canadian audience record, drawing an average of 9.5 million viewers across CTV, TSN, and RDS, according to...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: SAIT’s Garry Shepherd on shaping the...

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, our guest is Garry Shepherd, an instructor in SAIT's Broadcast Systems Technology Program, the last...

New docuseries explores heyday of Canadian game shows

If you were a Canadian TV viewer in the 1960s, 70s or 80s, chances are at some point you found yourself held captive by...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Rogers starting 5G rollout in...

Rogers is starting to roll out Canada’s first 5G network ahead of 5G devices becoming available later this year. The Rogers 5G network initially...

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...

2019 events that could shape the future of Canadian broadcasting

As 2019 comes to an end, Broadcast Dialogue Creative Director Christian Lind looks back at some of the year's broadcasting developments that have the...

Broadcasters We Lost In 2019

Remembered for their contributions to the broadcast industry *Printed here in order of their publication in Broadcast Dialogue's Weekly Briefing and including notices from Dec....

Canadian ads will be back for 2020 Super Bowl following SCOC...

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC) has quashed a CRTC order that has prohibited simultaneous substitution of American ads during the Super Bowl since 2017. In...

Online & Digital Media News – Netflix earned $780M in Canada...

Netflix earned CAD $780 million in Canada in 2019, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing released Monday. For the first...

Subscriber fees outstripped ad revenue 5:1 in 2018: report

Internet advertising continued to soar in 2018 to an estimated $7.7 billion—up from $6.8 billion over the previous year, however subscriber fees outstripped ad...