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    Bell Media Ventures Into Live Theatrical Production

    September 6, 2024       Bell Media announced today it is entering into live theatrical production in a partnership with legendary Canadian producer Michael Cohl’s Iconic Entertainment Studios (Spamalot; Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark; Rock of Ages: The Musical). The first production…
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    CRTC To Begin Public Hearing on Skinny Basic TV

    September 6, 2024 The CRTC  and the country’s four biggest television service providers are in for an earful this week over the rollout earlier this year of  skinny-basic TV. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will kick off a public hearing Wednesday to discuss…
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    SiriusXM Canada Shareholders Approve Recapitalization Go-Private Transaction

    August 30, 2024 Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc., the parent of Sirius XM Canada Inc., is pleased to announce that a special majority of voting shareholders, including a majority of disinterested Company Voting Shareholders, have approved the special resolution authorizing a statutory plan of…
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    CBC Partners with Warner Bros. for Second Year of Format Incubator

    August 30, 2024 CBC today announced the return of the Format Incubator for its second consecutive year, with a new partner – Warner Bros. International Television Production. From now until September 28, the hunt is on for fresh unscripted formats that break new ground in factual programming and…
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    Stingray Digital Files Answer and Counterclaim to Music Choice Complaint

    August 30, 2024 Stingray Digital Group Inc. today countered in court what it believes are meritless allegations by Music Choice of patent infringement in relation to Stingray’s innovative music products and services.  In an Answer and Counterclaim filed today in the United States…
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    CTV Unveils Fall Lineup

    August 30, 2024   CTV confirmed today its fall premiere dates, as the most highly anticipated  series of the season land on CTV. The 68TH Primetime EMMY Awards (Sunday, Sept. 18  exclusively on CTV) kicks off of the 2024/2017 television season with four…
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    SOCAN Montreal Awards Gala to Celebrate Music Creators and Publishers

    August 30, 2024 The 27th annual SOCAN Montréal Awards Gala (Gala de la SOCAN) returns to Montréal’s iconic music venue, Métropolis, on September 12th, to celebrate and shine a spotlight on Québec’s songwriters, composers, and music publishers for their extraordinary contributions to music.…
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    Boat Rocker Rights Appoints Director, Global Sales & Acquisitions

    August 30, 2024 Boat Rocker Rights, the global distribution division of Boat Rocker Media, an entertainment company that creates, produces and distributes premium media content and brands, has named Jessica Watson, Director, Global Sales & Acquisitions for the division. Watson joins Boat Rocker…
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    All 17 Tragically Hip Albums Land on Billboard’s Canadian Albums Chart

    August 30, 2024 Canada’s insatiable appetite for the Tragically Hip sent the rock band’s entire discography back onto the Billboard charts last week. All 17 Hip albums, ranging from their debut EP to their most recent “Man Machine Poem,” found spots on the…
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    CBC Announces Cast for New Mystery Drama

    August 30, 2024 Oscar-winning Winnipeg native Anna Paquin will star in a new CBC TV mystery drama called “Bellevue” to air next year. The public broadcaster says the New Zealand-raised star, who won an Oscar for “The Piano” and starred on “True Blood,”…