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CBC TV audience decline sparks pre-upfronts debate
TelevisionThe pubcaster spars with Barry Kiefl’s media trends blog over the impact of the fall 2012 NHL lockout on overall viewership.
CTV adds Bethenny to daytime schedule
TelevisionThe syndicated talk show will also air on E! Canada, and be made available on CTV’s mobile and online apps.
Canadians begin US TV show buying spree
TelevisionCanadian broadcast execs talk strategy as they head into the Los Angeles screenings this week to buy shows for the 2013-2014 season.
YouTube taps DHX Media to launch paid content channels
DigitalThe web video platform’s subscription-based services will launch in 10 world markets, including Canada.
Newspaper losses halve Quebecor Q1 profit
DigitalPrintTelevisionThe news media advertising losses were offset by gains in the Quebec media giant’s mobile telephony business.
Bell battles with CRTC over TSN 690 proposal
DigitalMobileRadioTelevisionThe fate of the English-language sports talk radio station figured large as the CRTC opened a hearing into the $3.38 billion takeover of Astral Media.
Sportsnet nabs rights to European soccer qualifiers
TelevisionThe sports broadcaster picks up just over 500 games leading up to the UEFA Euro 2016 and FIFA World Cup 2018 tournaments.
CBC/Radio-Canada and TVA Sports ink Olympics sub-deal
TelevisionTVA Sports becomes one of the cable broadcasters to receive French language content from the Sochi Games in 2014.
CRTC approves The Score change of ownership
TelevisionThe regulator did reject a bid by the broadcaster to direct benefits package expenditures to a Sportsnet Winter Games initiative.
Insight Productions unveils plans for America, Eh!
TelevisionThe cross-media project, anchored by a TV series with no set broadcaster named yet, will feature homegrown comedy writers and performers getting Canadians to laugh at the expense of their neighbours to the south.
