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Bell Media
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Proper TV president Guy O’Sullivan passes away
Canada’s Proper Television is in mourning after the unexpected passing of Guy…
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New president at Bell as Turcke exits for NFL
Randy Lennox is the new president of Canadian broadcast giant Bell Media following the exit…
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Shomi shutters amid ‘challenging’ SVOD market
Canadian subscription video-on-demand player Shomi will close on November 30. Its cableco parents, Rogers Communications and…
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Bell restructures TV as Vivolo exits
Canadian telco Bell has restructured the exec team at TV operations in the wake of…
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CBS reveals SVOD Star Trek drama title
The upcoming Star Trek CBS on-demand drama officially has a name. The CBS All Access…
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Netflix, Bell board new Star Trek
Netflix has taken exclusive SVOD rights to the upcoming CBS All Access Star Trek drama…
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CraveTV orders Indian Detective original
Canadian SVOD service CraveTV has ordered Russell Peters is the Indian Detective, its second original…
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CTV reveals Screenings acquisitions
Canada’s CTV has acquired eight new series that launched internationally last week at the LA…
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Bell buys Chris Knight’s Gusto
Bell has acquired Gusto, the upstart food channel that has established itself in the Canadian…
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Ex-CTV entertainment chief joins Sony
Former CTV programming chief Phil King has joined Sony Pictures Television as senior VP, distribution…
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Hulu becomes HBO’s SVOD home in Japan
HJ Holdings – aka Hulu Japan – has become the exclusive local SVOD licensing partner…
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Rogers to axe 200 jobs to cut costs
Canadian media giant Rogers Communications is to cut 200 jobs across its TV, radio and…
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Temple Street boosts scripted with ex-Bell exec
Canadian producer Temple Street Productions has hired a former Bell Media drama director to become…
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Corus in ‘game-changing’ C$2.7bn Shaw deal
Toronto-listed Corus Entertainment is to pay C$2.65 billion (US$1.86 billion) to buy rival Shaw Media….
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Bell secures HBO content as Corus rejigs
Bell Media has secured an “unprecedented” agreement with HBO that means just one operator will…
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Discovery Channel Canada boss out in rejig
Discovery Channel Canada’s long-serving president and general manager Paul Lewis is leaving as part of…
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Bell confirms new entertainment chief
Canada’s Bell Media has confirmed the appointment of Randy Lennox a day after news broke…
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Programming chief exits CTV in rejig
Phil King has left his post as programming boss at Canadian network CTV as part…
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CBS eyes int’l Showtime OTT launches
US broadcaster CBS is looking at international launches for its new Showtime OTT on-demand platform…
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Family Jr. adds to pre-launch line-up
Soon-to-launch Canadian kids channel Family Jr. has added another series to its line-up. The DHX…
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Netflix, Family enrol Degrassi for new class
Days after MTV Canada and TeenNick declared class was over for high school drama Degrassi,…
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Canadian SVOD service adds Chromecast
Canadian SVOD service CraveTV has added Chromecast support, meaning its subs can now access the…
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State of the industry: Canadian kids TV
Digital disruption and an end to regulatory protection has some in the Canadian kids business…
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Moonves: CBS doesn’t need merger
Les Moonves has appeared to pour cold water on speculation US broadcast network CBS may…
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Crave cuts Fox SVOD deal
Fledgling Canadian SVOD service Crave has struck a programming deal with Fox, for several of…
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Showtime to launch in Canada
CBS Corp. will launch branded programming from its premium cable channel Showtime in Canada for…
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Canada courts Keshet’s Girlfri3nds
Canadian specialty channel VRAK has ordered a local version of Keshet International’s reality dating formay…
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Canada’s low-cost Netflix rival buys Amazon drama
Crave, the low-cost streaming service recently launched by Canadian telco and media company Bell, has…
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News brief: Bell buys dramas for SVOD service
Canada’s Bell Media has acquired procedural drama Bosch and period drama Manhattan for its upcoming…
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Canada’s Bell latest to take on Netflix with Latte
Canadian telco and broadcaster Bell will launch a TV streaming service with content from HBO…