Tag: Television

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

Two Canadians took home Oscars at Sunday night’s Academy Awards

 TV/FILM/VIDEO: Two Canadians took home Oscars at Sunday night’s Academy Awards. Montreal's Sylvain Bellemare gave a shout out to his hometown as he accepted the...

Ride Television Network, Inc. (RIDE TV) will be added to the...

TV/FILM/VIDEO: Ride Television Network, Inc. (RIDE TV) will be added to the list of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution in Canada. Launched...

Bell Media’s Super Bowl ratings for Sunday’s big game were down...

TV/FILM/VIDEO: Bell Media’s Super Bowl ratings for Sunday’s big game were down 39 per cent over 2015. The National Football League game, broadcast on CTV,...

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) says TVA’s 8 p.m. broadcast...

TV/FILM/VIDEO: The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) says TVA’s 8 p.m. broadcast of the final episode of Le dôme on March 29, 2016 should only...

Orphan Black leads this year’s Canadian Screen Awards nominations

TV/FILM/VIDEO: Orphan Black leads this year’s Canadian Screen Awards nominations. The Space sci-fi series, from Temple Street Productions, earned 14 nominations including best dramatic series,...

Shaw Communications Inc. has launched its cloud-based X1 platform BlueSky TV

 TV/FILM/VIDEO: Shaw Communications Inc. has launched its cloud-based X1 platform BlueSky TV, that it’s developed with and is licensing from Comcast Corp. Shaw is looking...

Lisa LaFlamme, chief anchor and senior editor of CTV National News,...

GENERAL: Lisa LaFlamme, chief anchor and senior editor of CTV National News, is among 26 people being appointed to the Order of Ontario. LaFlamme is...

An average of 3.9 million viewers tuned in to The 104th...

 TV/FILM/VIDEO: An average of 3.9 million viewers tuned in to The 104th Grey Cup on TSN with another 254,000 watching the French-language broadcast on RDS,...

The CRTC will now renew the licenses of most TV service...

TV/FILM/VIDEO: The CRTC will now renew the licenses of most TV service providers on a year-to-year basis, rather than the usual seven-year term. The commission...

TSN has announced the return of the Grey Cup Radio Network

RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: TSN has announced the return of the Grey Cup Radio Network. The network will air on 24 stations on Sunday, Nov. 27, with pre-...