Tag: Media

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

Glacier Media sells interest in Fundata, acquires Kelowna’s Castanet

Vancouver-based Glacier Media Inc. has announced the sale of its interest in Fundata Canada for $55 million, and its subsequent acquisition of Castanet Media,...

Corus acquires lifestyle entertainment digital creator network Kin Canada

Corus Entertainment has announced that it has acquired the Canadian operations of multi-platform lifestyle entertainment company Kin. Kin has been partnered with Corus since 2014...

CAB says excluding broadcast media from journalism tax credit unfair

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) says the federal government's exclusion of broadcast media from journalism support tax credits in Budget 2019 is unfair. Tuesday's...

St. Joseph Communications acquires Rogers’ publishing division

St. Joseph Communications (SJC) has entered into an agreement that will see the company acquire all seven of the Rogers Media consumer print and...

Budget 2019 details $595M in support for qualifying media, tax breaks

Budget 2019 offers more details of the Liberals' previously-announced, three-pronged plan to support Canadian journalism, amidst the challenges of a huge shift to digital...

Media layoffs continue at Canadian Press, Corus

The Canadian Press has made more layoffs, following the elimination of its video department in January. In the Atlantic bureau alone, reporters Brett Bundale, Aly...

Civilized partners with Toronto’s Insight Productions

Cannabis digital media company and lifestyle brand Civilized and Toronto's Insight Productions have struck a partnership deal to develop cannabis-inspired programming. The partnership will see...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Carleton University’s Dwayne Winseck on the...

Every year the Canadian Media Concentration Research Project (CMCRP) puts out a series of reports on the state of Canada’s  telecom, internet, and media industries....

Latest Vividata survey indicates 1 million Canadian households now own a...

One million, or seven per cent, of Canadian households now own a voice-activated smart speaker such as Amazon Echo or Google Home, according to...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Social media hacking and how your...

With two incidents this week that saw hackers gain control of the Twitter accounts of Rogers Radio stations News 95.7 Halifax and News 1130...