Tag: TV

Broadcast sector profitability mostly flat for 2021, according to CRTC analysis

The CRTC's newly-released broadcast sector highlights for 2020-21, indicate commercial profitability during the 2021 broadcast year was mostly flat year-over-year. The commission's analysis says that...

OUTtv granted must-offer status in English-language markets

The CRTC has renewed OUTtv's licence, granting the channel must-offer status in English-language markets. The renewal comes short of OUTtv's request for must-offer status...

Sangita Patel to join Cheryl Hickey as co-host of ET Canada

Corus Entertainment announced today Sangita Patel (above, left) has been promoted to co-host of ET Canada.  Patel has been a reporter on the entertainment news...

TV & Film News – Black Screen Office releases audience research...

The Black Screen Office has released Being Counted, its study centred on the experiences, screen media preferences, and viewing habits of Black, Indigenous and...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Lisa LaFlamme has revealed that Bell Media terminated her contract at the end of June after 35 years with CTV, the last 11...

TV & Film News – DGC announces television award nominees

The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) has announced the nominees for the 2022 DGC Awards for Television Series, Movies for Television and Mini Series....

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: John Derringer and Q107 (CILQ-FM) Toronto have officially parted ways. Corus Entertainment suspended the highly-rated Derringer in the Morning in May, following a...

Sign Offs

Jean de Grandpré, 100, on July 31. Instrumental in transforming the telecommunications industry in Canada, de Grandpré joined Bell in 1966 as General Counsel,...

TV & Film News – Blink49 expands with unscripted content arm

  Blink49 Studios, the Endeavour Content-backed content venture founded by former eOne executives John Morayniss, Patrice Theroux, Jeff Lynas and Nelson Kuo-Lee last fall, is...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: 640 (CFIQ-AM) Toronto has announced a refreshed lineup, effective Aug. 8, that will see Alan Carter and Jeff McArthur move away from their...