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TV & Film News – Canadian Heritage announces temporary COVID-19 insurance...
Canadian Heritage has announced temporary support to get Canadian film and television productions, unable to get COVID-19 insurance, back on set. Heritage Min. Steven...
$50M in COVID-19 insurance support announced for film & TV industry
The federal government has announced temporary support to get Canadian film and television productions, unable to get COVID-19 insurance, back on set.
Canadian Heritage Min....
TV & Film News – CMPA continues to lobby for national...
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) is lauding the Quebec government announcement of a $51 million fund to help reopen Quebec's film and television...
Union calls for CBC/Radio-Canada to make half of its casuals full-time
Canadian Media Guild (CMG), the union representing CBC/Radio-Canada employees, has asked Canadian Heritage Min. Steven Guilbeault to earmark targeted funding to convert half of...
Nirmala Naidoo, Ellen C. Desmond named to vacant CRTC seats
Former Calgary TV news anchor Nirmala Naidoo and New Brunswick lawyer Ellen C. Desmond have been named to the two vacant commissioner seats on...
Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Canadian Heritage details emergency support...
Canadian Heritage will begin its rollout of the $500M COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations with relief for the screen...
$500M in federal relief earmarked for arts, culture and sports sectors
The Canada Media Fund (CMF), is among the organizations welcoming $500 million in emergency COVID-19 relief for the arts, culture, sports, and media sectors,...
$30M in broadcaster licence fees waived amid pandemic ad revenue slump
The CRTC will be waiving Part I licence fees for broadcasters for the 2020-21 fiscal year, representing a collective savings of $30 million for...
Guilbeault wants broadcast reform bill tabled by June
Canadian Heritage Min. Steven Guilbeault says he's aiming to have a broadcast reform bill tabled in the House of Commons by June.
Speaking at the...
Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – BTLR panel makes 97 recommendations...
The Broadcasting Telecommunications Legislative Review panel has issued 97 recommendations to government, including a redefinition of what classifies as "media" under the CRTC's jurisdiction...
