Hollywood studios have pushed back hard on the CRTC’s order that American streamers must direct 15 per cent of their Canadian revenues into local indie production as part of the country’s Online Streaming law. “The Motion Picture Association strongly condemns the CRTC’s decision to impose unprecedented, unnecessary, and discriminatory investment obligations on American streaming services […]
Crave has announced the next phase of its evolution, expanding beyond a premium streaming destination into a platform Canadians can return to throughout the day. Building on the recent launch of its Sports and News Hubs, Crave will soon introduce select podcasts further broadening the range of content for audiences. From breaking news and live […]
Bell Media has announced a strategic agreement with TELUS to expand its Connected TV live advertising capabilities, enabling new inventory across TSN, CTV, and leading English-language specialty channels on the TELUS TV+ platform. The agreement extends Bell Media’s Connected TV Live into Western Canada, including live sports, and delivering national scale for advertisers and enhancing […]
Satellite operator Iridium Communications has entered into an agreement to acquire Aireon, which operates the world’s only space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic surveillance system. Buying Aireon is a major step in Iridium’s strategy to provide the foundational architecture for global aviation safety, bringing space-based surveillance, safety communications, Positioning, Navigation & Tiiming (PNT), and […]
Toronto-based film and TV production outfit 9 Light Entertainment das announced the launch of its unscripted division, with its new TV series Lights, Camera…Kitchen! (4×27’), a reality format commissioned by Bell Fibe TV1 in Canada. 9 Light Entertainment has announced the series will be released on Fibe TV1 on May 28th. Fusing behind-the-scenes access with […]
Bell Media, the Canadian broadcaster, has announced an initiative to transform its media archives into a digital-first content ecosystem, unlocking decades of the country’s cultural history. YouTube will serve as the primary home for the revitalised legacy content available to audiences in Canada and around the world. Spanning an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 physical tapes […]
Canada-based MDA Space has opened a 185,000 square foot expansion of their existing manufacturing facilities in Montreal. The facility is specially designed to simultaneously and continuously assemble, integrate and test multiple MDA Aurora satellites, the company’s flagship line of digital satellite products. “Designed to meet the changing and highly competitive technical and business requirements of […]
NordSpace, a Canadian-owned space missions and launch company, has been awarded approximately $250,000 in funding under the Department of National Defence (DND) Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) programme to advance its Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite constellation technology for resilient non-terrestrial networks (NTN). This award stems from the IDEaS ‘Extended communication coverage: […]
Astrova – a Panasonic Avionics seat-back solution for aircraft – has entered service with Air Canada on one of its Airbus A321 aircraft. The flag carrier of Canada is retro-fitting Astrova on 19 A321 aircraft with the IFE solution also being installed on an additional 67 of the carrier’s fleet across a number of aircraft […]
Netflix has announced the grand opening of Netflix Animation Studios (NAS) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The studio was officially unveiled by Brenda Bailey, British Columbia’s Minister of Finance, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Netflix Chairman of Film Dan Lin; Netflix Head of Feature Animation and Family Film, Hannah Minghella; Honourable Anne Kang, British […]