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ZoomerMedia appoints Shenken as Chief Content Officer, TV Division

Moses Znaimer, Founder and CEO of ZoomerMedia Limited has promoted Beverley Shenken to Chief Content Officer (CCO), ZoomerMedia Television Division. A 32-year television industry veteran, Shenken now adds affiliate relations to her ongoing programming, scheduling, independent production, and regulatory responsibilities. Shenken is now the chief liaison between ZoomerMedia and Canada’s broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs) and will lead negotiations for multi-year […]

September 20, 2022

Clear-Com appoints Lopez as VP of Engineering

Clear-Com has announced the appointment of Marco Lopez as the company’s VP of Engineering. Lopez brings 30 years of experience in the broadcast market to his role at Clear-Com, where he will spearhead innovation across key strategic areas related to product development, including strengthening the company’s leadership in wireless technology and advancing its IP-based intercom […]

August 23, 2022

Disney+ names Canada content head

Disney has appointed former Telefilm Canada executive, Stephanie Azam, as director of content for Disney+ Canada. Azam was at Canadian government-owned Telefilm Canada for 13 years where she oversaw production financing for English-speaking Canada, joining in 2008 as a marketing and distribution specialist, before being promoted to national director of feature film in 2009. More […]

August 19, 2022

Go Button Media’s Bake & Make Up for Canada’s VisionTV

Go Button Media has announced that its latest original series, Bake & Make Up (5 x 30’), has been commissioned by Canada’s VisionTV and is due to premiere on August 29th. Bake & Make Up mixes two sweet spots from factual entertainment television – baking and emotional reunions – bringing them together in a unique […]

August 18, 2022

Canada: Rogers, Shaw sell mobile division

Canada’s two giant cable distribution companies, Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications, have agreed to sell their jointly-owned Freedom Mobile business to Quebecor’s subsidiary Videotron. The deal is expected to open up permissions for Rogers and Shaw to themselves merge their operations. The proposed merger – announced more than a year ago in March 2021 – […]

August 17, 2022By Chris Forrester

Telesat requests ITU launch extension

Ottawa-based satellite operator Telesat is up against some tough ITU ‘bringing into use’ (BIU) deadlines for its proposed Lightspeed super-constellation of 188 satellites. The ITU is careful with its BIU requirements; its rules are designed to eliminate the filing of so-called ‘paper projects’ where the filer would be granted frequency or orbital permissions for a […]

August 10, 2022By Chris Forrester

ducktv on Bell Canada

ducktv, operated by Mega Max Media, has signed an agreement with Bell Canada for the distribution of its linear channel on Bell Fibe TV in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. ducktv is an educational and entertaining channel for children 6 months to 4 years old. The channel offers original animation featuring no languages – […]

August 10, 2022

PTO partners with CBC Sports

The Professional Triathletes Organisation and CBC Sports have announced that Canada’s Olympic Network will provide extensive coverage of all PTO Tour events in 2022, live and free-to-all via CBC Sports digital platforms: CBC Gem, cbcsports.ca and the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices. Starting with the first-ever PTO Canadian Open in Edmonton – […]

July 21, 2022

Canada: Rogers/Shaw merger in peril

Canadian cable giant Rogers Communications suffered a major outage on July 8th that lasted some 19 hours and affected Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Now the Canadian government is getting involved and reports that the planned merger between Rogers and rival Shaw is at risk. The Canadian government has ordered an investigation into the meltdown that […]

July 15, 2022By Chris Forrester

Canada goes for streamer quotas

Canadian lawmakers have passed new piece legislation that would compel streaming services operating in the country to offer more local content. Bill C-11 cleared the House of Commons and will become law once the Senate adopts it. The bill will update the Broadcasting Act to bring streaming platforms within its regulation. While the primary focus […]

June 22, 2022