The Canadian government has announced a loan of C$2.14 billion (€1.42bn) to satellite operator Telesat to help the company build its broadband satellite constellation in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as Canada’s largest ever space programme. Trudeau said the Telesat Lightspeed constellation will enable people in the most remote parts of the country, including […]
Bell Media has announced that its TSN service, featuring live sports, is now available on Prime Video Channels in Canada. The linear feeds and on demand content from TSN can now be added by Prime members to their Prime Video account. TSN joins Bell Media’s streaming service Crave, which became part of Prime Video Channels […]
Canada-based satellite operator Telesat has sold its Infosat Communications subsidiary which specialised in remote satellite services. Infosat has been acquired by Calgary-based Network Innovations, with some 300 employees, for an undisclosed sum. However, Telesat’s president & CEO Dan Goldberg had earlier hinted that it would raise about C$10 million (€6.67m) by selling a non-core division. […]
Friend MTS, a provider of video content security solutions, has reported that numerous video service providers in Canada have uniformly chosen Friend MTS as their partner of choice to prevent piracy with Dynamic Delivery Server Blocking (DDSB). Forming an industry-first collaboration, these organisations have secured a nationwide court order to dynamically block access to any […]
WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, in partnership with Destination Vancouver, has announced Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 will take place on November 30th at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, making it the first-ever Survivor Series to emanate from the city. The announcement comes on the heels of a record-breaking Money In The Bank which was held in July at […]
Toronto-based film and television production company Wildling Pictures has optioned the international best-selling novel Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey with coproducers, Toronto-based Little Mama Media for a series adaptation. The psychological thriller adaptation represents Wildling’s growing slate of high-end scripted TV series, following the launch of its TV division last year. In […]
WWE, part of TKO Group, has announced that the Money In The Bank 2024 premium live event (PLE) on July 6th – which featured the surprise announcement of legendary superstar John Cena’s retirement in 2025 – became the highest-grossing WWE arena event in Canada in company history. In addition to the record-setting weekend, WrestleMania XL: […]
PBS Distribution, a distributor of public media content, is launching a new documentary-focused Prime Video Channel in Canada – PBS Documentaries. Like its US counterpart, this subscription-based streaming channel will include thought-provoking documentaries from PBS’s library. Audiences will be able to discover and explore a collection of documentaries and factual series across all genres, including […]
International film and TV studio Happy Accidents has appointed Courtney Colman as its Chief Financial Officer. Working from the studio’s new Canadian office in Toronto, Colman will be responsible for the financial and tax department of the studios’ film and TV productions, corporate strategic planning, accounting, finance, budgeting and forecasting. The opening of Happy Accidents’ […]
Glance has welcomed The Quebec Media Production Association (AQPM) as a new subscriber to its content monitoring and international audience services. AQPM advises, represents, and supports independent production companies in film, television, and web. Among its members are more than 160 Quebec companies whose productions are recognised in Quebec and abroad. This collaboration will provide […]