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Stream: Why original brand content is your best bet for Cannes glory
Digitas exec John McCarus told a panel on online branded entertainment that premium content made by a brand, rather than rented, has the best chance for success.
New media guru Alexander Manu on full spectrum entertainment
The professor talks about technology as a behaviour space, and content that attacks and pleases the senses, at the first day of the Stream internet TV conference.
FX Canada cherrypicks 11 new series from FX Networks slate
As FX Networks ramps up its series and pilot-production slate, Rogers Media has picked up new shows including It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Strain.
CBC TV audience decline sparks pre-upfronts debate
The 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
The 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
Canadian 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
The web video platform’s subscription-based services will launch in 10 world markets, including Canada.
Newspaper losses halve Quebecor Q1 profit
The 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
The 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
The 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
TVA 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
The 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!
The 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.
Rogers Q1 revenue and earnings rise
Cable and wireless phone revenue offset weakness in the media division as the conglomerate completed the rebranding of City Montreal.
All My Children, One Life To Live to air on FX Canada
The specialty channel becomes the only North American broadcaster of the iconic soap revivals, which will stream stateside on The Online Network, via Hulu.
