Articles Tagged ‘Bell’

Bell Media consolidates in-house prodcos amid more layoffs
The new wave of layoffs continues as the company reports a 14.5% decrease in revenue year-over-year.

More job cuts hit Bell Media
The director of original programming, factual and reality has been let go, on top of 210 cuts across departments in the Toronto area.

Bell Media shutters CJAD newsroom
The Montreal radio station’s remaining news staff have been laid off, with local coverage to be provided by CTV reporters.

Sweeping executive layoffs hit Bell Media
The head of the company’s content production studios are among the departures that come as its new president steps in.

How Rogers thinks 5G will change sports media
A partnership with University of Waterloo offers visions of second screen applications, personal camera angles and loads of real time data.

Wade Oosterman to assume Bell Media leadership from Lennox in 2021
After Randy Lennox’s surprise exit announcement, Bell has announced several changes, including a new role for Devorah Lithwick.

How Bell used its digital prowess to keep TIFF running smoothly
Without the Lightbox at the centre of the action, the telco created ads to promote its digital prowess.

Bell’s acquisition of V approved
The Commission found that the transaction serves the public interest and noted that the rationale for its decision would be published at a later date.

Bell inks exclusive Quibi partnership
CTV News and TSN will produce daily content for the mobile-first digital service, set to launch next month.

Bell adds Crave to its TIFF marketing mix
With the doc Once We Were Brothers premiering, the vertically integrated company is sprinkling the festival with nods to its SVOD.

Bell makes a move in e-sports
The vertically integrated company’s ISP division is first founding marketing partner for Toronto-based e-sports company.

George Cope set to retire from Bell
The longtime CEO is retiring in January 2020 and will leave the company in the hands of current COO Mirko Bibic.

TV advertising strong, but media still flat for Bell in Q1
While radio advertising was down, there were significant upticks in specialty viewership and year-over-year growth in TV advertising.

Bell files $150M damages claim against Quebecor
Bell argues that Quebecor tried to damage its reputation through a series of misleading and defamatory statements.

CRTC orders TVA Sports back on for Bell customers
Quebecor said it would abide by the order but reiterated its stance that there is a “dramatic imbalance” in the royalties paid to specialty channels.