Tag: Media

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

Online & Digital Media News – Overstory Media Group launches with...

Overstory Media Group (OMG) has officially launched, an independent digital news publisher “ready to breathe life into the media industry” that has its eye...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Terry DiMonte has announced he's hanging up his headphones after a more than four-decade career in broadcasting. His last day on Montreal's CHOM...

Canadian media recognized on World Press Freedom Day

It's World Press Freedom Day and while 2021 marks slight improvements in press freedom in North America, according to the latest World Press Freedom...

Online & Digital Media News – Netflix chooses Toronto for Canadian...

Netflix will locate its Canadian corporate office in Toronto with a temporary site expected to open as early as late summer. The streaming giant...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Jean-François Pruneau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Videotron, is stepping down from his position effective June 4. After more than 20 years...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Bill C-10 criticism renewed with...

Bill C-10 amendments that remove an exemption excluding user-generated content from the Broadcasting Act are drawing concern from a range of critics. Originally, the...

Sign Offs

Bruce Yaccato, on April 26, following a long illness. A journalist, writer, and filmmaker, Yaccato wrote for the Toronto Star and National Post, in...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Federal budget includes new funding...

The Liberal Government’s first budget in more than two years includes a roadmap for introducing the Digital Services Tax (DST); $21 million in emergency...

Online & Digital Media News – Netflix misses Q1 subscriber targets

Netflix reported 208 million global subscribers at the end of the first quarter, missing its own forecast of 210 million. The shortfall saw the...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Quebecor Expertise Media has announced a handful of appointments in its Toronto office. Leema Williams, who has over a dozen years of sales...