Category Archives: Télévision
Online streaming bill will generate $1B a year for Canadian creative sector: minister
OTTAWA — The online streaming bill will generate at least $1 billion a year for Canada's creative sector, including Indigenous programs, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez told a committee of MPs on Monday. Rodriguez disclosed the figure before the Hou...
Creator of popular kids’ YouTube channel slams federal online-streaming bill
OTTAWA — The Canadian creator of a children’s YouTube channel with 34.2 million subscribers has condemned the government’s online-streaming bill as a "bad piece of legislation" written by people who don't understand how digital platforms work. Morghan ...
CRTC to get new chair as role of broadcast regulator expands
OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission chair is to be replaced within months and Canadian Heritage is already accepting applications for the $328,000-a-year role. Ian Scott and his broadcasting vice-chair, Caroline Si...
What’s Canadian? Minister to modernize definition of a Canadian film and TV program
OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is set to review what qualifies as a Canadian film or TV program as part of a move to modernize the country's broadcast laws. The definition of Canadian content is at the heart of a
Hollywood, foreign film productions reach record high in Canada in COVID’s first year
OTTAWA — When the pandemic first hit, the world shouted "cut." Cameras stopped rolling, film sets went black and stars with seven-figure salaries were sent back to their hotel rooms. But a report by the Canadian Media Producers Association on the
Canadian songwriters made on average $67 in royalties from digital platforms in 2021
OTTAWA — The body representing Canada's songwriters and composers has revealed that on average musicians writing their own material earned only $67 last year in royalties from domestic streaming services. SOCAN, which collects the royalties of musicia...
CRTC bans Russian state-run broadcaster RT from Canadian airwaves
OTTAWA — Canadian broadcasters are no longer allowed to distribute Russia’s state-run broadcaster, RT, after the federal regulator found the programming has targeted Ukrainians during the ongoing Russian invasion. The Canadian Radio-television and Comm...
Nova Scotia announces $8 million for sound stage, $15 million to boost film industry
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is investing $8 million to help build a sound stage to further boost the province's film and television production scene, which has grown significantly during the pandemic, Premier Tim Houston said Tuesday. Houston also announced ...
Bret (Hitman) Hart and Walk of Fame’s Class of 2021 feted at gala to air Friday night
Bret Hart's pro wrestling education began at a young age. He was hooked from the start. Wrestling was a constant presence as he grew up in Calgary and set out on a sports entertainment path. It was a journey that led
Keanu Reeves among 2021 inductees to Canada’s Walk of Fame
TORONTO — Actors Keanu Reeves and Graham Greene, retired Lt.-Gen. Romeo Dallaire and musician Bruce Cockburn are among this year's inductees to Canada's Walk of Fame. Singer-songwriter Jully Black, late blues artist Salome Bey, wrestling star Bret (The...