Tag: Manitoba
TV & Film News – WildBrain to acquire Toronto’s House of...
WildBrain has reached an agreement to acquire Toronto animation pre-production studio, House of Cool for $15.5 million, expanding the company’s pre-production capabilities for animated...
Pattison to acquire Westman Communications’ Brandon, MB stations
Pattison Media has announced its intent to acquire Westman Communications Group's (WCG) radio stations in Brandon, MB.
The acquisition would see Q Country 91.5 FM...
Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Inferno Pictures’ Ian Dimerman on Big...
Pre-Covid, Manitoba's film and television industry was booming. Ian Dimerman of Inferno Pictures is hoping to get some of that momentum back with the...
WAB focused on bringing back conference in 2022
Western Association of Broadcasters (WAB) has announced that it won't host its annual conference for the second year in a row, opting instead to...
Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Manitoba moves to implement digital...
The Province of Manitoba is the latest government to indicate it will force online streaming, video, e-commerce and other digital platforms to start collecting...
Lyndon Friesen retires as President of Golden West Broadcasting
Lyndon Friesen is officially retiring as President of Golden West Broadcasting after 45 years with the company. He'll stay on as an advisor to...
TV & Film News – Short-Term Compensation Fund extended through March...
Canadian Heritage Min. Steven Guilbeault has announced that the federal government is doubling the Short-Term Compensation Fund to $100 million and extending the COVID-19...
Global restructures Manitoba & Saskatchewan news operations
Corus Entertainment has announced its restructuring its Global News operations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The changes will mean supper-hour and late night newscasts for...
TV & Film News – SXSW, Canadian Game Awards among events...
SXSW 2020 and SXSW EDU March dates have been cancelled following a call by the City of Austin to shut down the film, interactive...
