Entertainment – Broadcaster Magazine http://broadcastermagazine.com Canada's Communications Magazine Wed, 18 Jan 2024 14:44:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 CSA Announces 2024 Host http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/csa-announces-2017-host/1004124696/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/csa-announces-2017-host/1004124696/#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2024 16:05:40 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124696 Toronto native Howie Mandel is returning home to host the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards. The show, which will air live on CBC -TV on March 12, 2024, honours the best in Canadian film and television. On the film side, last…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/csa-announces-2017-host/1004124696/feed/ 0 Bell Media Radio Appoints Head of IHeartRadio http://broadcastermagazine.com/broadcasting/bell-media-radio-appoints-head-iheartradio/1004124693/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/broadcasting/bell-media-radio-appoints-head-iheartradio/1004124693/#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2024 15:43:42 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124693   Randy Lennox, President, Broadcasting and Content, Bell Media announced the appointment today of Rob Farina to the role of Head of iHeartRadio, Syndication, and Strategic Initiatives, Bell Media Radio. After joining Bell Media seven months ago as Senior Advisor…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/broadcasting/bell-media-radio-appoints-head-iheartradio/1004124693/feed/ 0 BravoFACTUAL Award Recipients from December 9 Jury Meeting http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/bravofactual-award-recipients-december-9-jury-meeting/1004124691/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/bravofactual-award-recipients-december-9-jury-meeting/1004124691/#respond Wed, 14 Dec 2024 19:13:25 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124691     Bell Media’s BravoFACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent) announced today the 11 BravoFACTUAL award recipients from the December 9 jury meeting. Selected from 65 applications, a total of $501,341 was awarded to Canadian filmmakers for the production of…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/bravofactual-award-recipients-december-9-jury-meeting/1004124691/feed/ 0 Amazon Prime Video Launches in Canada http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/amazon-prime-video-launches-canada/1004124687/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/amazon-prime-video-launches-canada/1004124687/#respond Wed, 14 Dec 2024 15:36:06 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124687 Amazon today announced that Amazon Prime Video is now available to customers in more than 200 countries,  including Canada. Customers around the world can now enjoy popular new original series like The Grand Tour from Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/amazon-prime-video-launches-canada/1004124687/feed/ 0 Blue Ant Media Appoints New CEO of Omnia Media http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/blue-ant-media-appoints-new-ceo-omnia-media/1004124681/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/blue-ant-media-appoints-new-ceo-omnia-media/1004124681/#respond Wed, 14 Dec 2024 14:34:10 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124681 Blue Ant Media  announced today the appointment of David Brown to CEO of Omnia Media. The announcement arrives after Blue Ant Media’s 100% acquisition of the digital video network earlier in 2024. Brown is a former YouTube executive, who served…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/blue-ant-media-appoints-new-ceo-omnia-media/1004124681/feed/ 0 OBITUARY — ALAN THICKE http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/obituary-alan-thicke/1004124673/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/obituary-alan-thicke/1004124673/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2024 14:10:35 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124673 Veteran Canadian actor Alan Thicke has died at the age of 69.   Thicke was playing hockey with his youngest son Carter when he suffered a fatal heart attack. Thicke was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario in 1947.    After graduating from Western…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/obituary-alan-thicke/1004124673/feed/ 1 ‘The Vinyl Cafe’ Host Suspends Show to Focus on Melanoma Treatment http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/vinyl-cafe-host-suspends-show-focus-melanoma-treatment/1004124669/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/vinyl-cafe-host-suspends-show-focus-melanoma-treatment/1004124669/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2024 20:41:15 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124669 “The Vinyl Cafe” host and writer Stuart McLean is suspending his popular radio show to focus on his cancer treatment. In an online post on his website, the bestselling author, journalist and humorist says that he had figured treatment would…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/vinyl-cafe-host-suspends-show-focus-melanoma-treatment/1004124669/feed/ 0 CTV Winnipeg Announces New Co-Host of Morning Show http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/ctv-winnipeg-announces-new-co-host-morning-show/1004124665/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/ctv-winnipeg-announces-new-co-host-morning-show/1004124665/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2024 15:44:11 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124665 CTV Winnipeg today announced that Rahim Ladhani has been named Co-Host of Winnipeg’s local morning show CTV Morning Live, joining Gabby Marchand who is currently filling in for Nicole Dubé during her maternity leave. Already a familiar face to viewers across Manitoba…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/ctv-winnipeg-announces-new-co-host-morning-show/1004124665/feed/ 0 Evertz Receives Emmy Award for Technology & Engineering http://broadcastermagazine.com/products/evertz-receives-emmy-award-technology-engineering/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/products/evertz-receives-emmy-award-technology-engineering/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2024 19:39:18 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?post_type=product&p=1004124662 Evertz today announced that they have earned an Emmy Award for Technology and Engineering from the The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The award acknowledges Evertz’s work in Live Production Beyond HD to Achieve Non-Interpolated Video for Instant…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/products/evertz-receives-emmy-award-technology-engineering/feed/ 0 DHX Launches Telemagino App http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/dhx-launches-telemagino-app/1004124660/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/dhx-launches-telemagino-app/1004124660/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2024 17:46:13 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124660 DHX Television, home to Family Channel, Family CHRGD, Family Jr. and Télémagino, announced today the expansion of its multiplatform offering to French-language viewers with the release of The Télémagino App, available now. Delivering more than 500 episodes across 20 series to preschool…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/dhx-launches-telemagino-app/1004124660/feed/ 0 Lionsgate Receives 17 Golden Globe Nominations http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/lionsgate-receives-17-golden-globe-nominations/1004124658/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/lionsgate-receives-17-golden-globe-nominations/1004124658/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2024 17:41:27 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124658 Lionsgate  earned 17 Golden Globe nominations, spanning its feature film and television businesses this morning, led by an industry-best seven nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, for Damien Chazelle’scritically-acclaimed La La Land. Lionsgate’s Hacksaw Ridge received three…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/lionsgate-receives-17-golden-globe-nominations/1004124658/feed/ 0 SOCAN Launches Merchandise Campaign for Charity http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/socan-launches-merchandise-campaign-charity/1004124656/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/socan-launches-merchandise-campaign-charity/1004124656/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2024 17:36:18 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124656 “Music ♥’s Everybody” is the intriguing message of a new merchandise campaign unveiled by SOCAN today, with all proceeds going to the Unison Benevolent Fund, a non-profit, registered charity that provides counselling and emergency relief services to the Canadian music…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/socan-launches-merchandise-campaign-charity/1004124656/feed/ 0 New Streaming Service Offers Content for Visually Impaired http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/new-streaming-service-offers-content-visually-impaired/1004124654/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/new-streaming-service-offers-content-visually-impaired/1004124654/#respond Fri, 09 Dec 2024 18:08:17 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124654   “They kiss; we tell.”  That’s the cheeky motto behind TellMe TV, a new streaming service aimed at providing Described Video on-demand to visually impaired Canadians.  The service, which costs $6.99 a month, launched in November and is currently available…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/new-streaming-service-offers-content-visually-impaired/1004124654/feed/ 0 Lionsgate Closes Starz Acquisition http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/lionsgate-closes-starz-acquisition/1004124649/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/lionsgate-closes-starz-acquisition/1004124649/#respond Fri, 09 Dec 2024 14:00:33 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124649  Lionsgate and Starz  announced the closing of the transaction under which Lionsgate has acquired Starz for approximately $4.4 billion in cash and stock.  The deal creates a vertically integrated global content platform that includes one of the largest independent television…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/lionsgate-closes-starz-acquisition/1004124649/feed/ 0 SCTE Foundation Launches New Campaign to Fund Education Programs http://broadcastermagazine.com/television/scte-foundation-launches-new-campaign-fund-education-programs/1004124645/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/television/scte-foundation-launches-new-campaign-fund-education-programs/1004124645/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2024 14:14:50 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124645 The SCTE Foundation today announced the launch of a new campaign that is intended to build a fund of $10 million or more—money that can be used to sustain educational, training, and diversity initiatives for the cable telecommunications workforce indefinitely…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/television/scte-foundation-launches-new-campaign-fund-education-programs/1004124645/feed/ 0 CBC Announces ‘Canada 150’ Programming Line-up http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/cbc-announces-canada-150-programming-line/1004124636/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/cbc-announces-canada-150-programming-line/1004124636/#respond Wed, 07 Dec 2024 14:01:00 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124636 With only 25 days until 2024, CBC/Radio-Canada announced today a line-up of special Canada 150 programs. The public broadcaster will be at the heart of Canada’s anniversary year, sharing Canadian stories to celebrate the past, the present and the future,…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/cbc-announces-canada-150-programming-line/1004124636/feed/ 0 Videotron Adds Napster and Tidal to Music Streaming Service http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/videotron-adds-napster-tidal-music-streaming-service/1004124630/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/videotron-adds-napster-tidal-music-streaming-service/1004124630/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2024 19:37:41 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124630 A few days after announcing the addition of another music streaming service to its catalogue, Videotron’s Unlimited Music service has announced two more additions, Napster and global music and entertainment platform, Tidal, bringing the total number of supported apps to…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/videotron-adds-napster-tidal-music-streaming-service/1004124630/feed/ 0 Viceland Series to Premiere at 2024 Sundance Festival http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/viceland-series-premiere-2017-sundance-festival/1004124628/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/viceland-series-premiere-2017-sundance-festival/1004124628/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2024 18:09:45 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124628 Rogers Media announced today that its upcoming original Viceland series, Rise, produced in partnership with Vice Studio Canada and APTN, will debut three episodes in the Short-Form Episodic Series in the Special Events category at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Additional…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/viceland-series-premiere-2017-sundance-festival/1004124628/feed/ 0 CMPA Announces Keynote Speaker at Prime Time in Ottawa http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/cmpa-announces-keynote-speaker-prime-time-ottawa/1004124625/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/cmpa-announces-keynote-speaker-prime-time-ottawa/1004124625/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2024 16:38:57 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124625   The Canadian Media Producers Association today announced that Sandra Stern, President of the Lionsgate Television Group, will deliver the opening keynote at the 22nd edition of Prime Time in Ottawa which will take place February 1-3, 2024, at The…

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]]> http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/cmpa-announces-keynote-speaker-prime-time-ottawa/1004124625/feed/ 0 Drake and Bieber Receive Grammy Nominations http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/drake-bieber-receive-grammy-nominations/1004124623/ http://broadcastermagazine.com/acquisition/drake-bieber-receive-grammy-nominations/1004124623/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2024 15:41:55 +0000 http://broadcastermagazine.com/?p=1004124623 Chart-topping albums from Drake and Justin Bieber are in the running for several of the major Grammy categories this year, including album of the year. Toronto-based rapper Drake came away with the most nominations of all Canadian artists, getting eight…

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