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March 29, 2018
by FYI Staff
Canada’s biggest media firm has bought a controlling stake in the 33.5-acre complex, laying the groundwork for more original Canadian content and Hollywood TV series to be produced on its 330,000 square-feet of production space and sound stages through content equity and licensing deals.
February 22, 2018
by FYI Staff
Sony Pictures Television will distribute the big ticket Bell Media music show format worldwide, excluding Canada, and has its production company, Electric Ray, on board to produce the format in the U.K.
February 5, 2018
by David Farrell
Bell Media has the top story today with the official launch of its mobile, bite-sized Snackable TV app that has the American comedian and actor Kevin Hart's hit online series Laugh Out Loud in its line-up of top rank content.
January 3, 2018
by David Farrell
A column about media and the regulatory environment within and beyond Canada's borders.
December 11, 2017
by David Farrell
Last week a collaborative step to create uniform reporting was announced between Bell Media’s 100-plus terrestrial radio stations, rights collective Re:Sound, and Music Canada. It's a big deal, and we explain why.
December 7, 2017
by FYI Staff
The new system will help to ensure better data is relayed to Re:Sound, resulting in better royalty accounting available to recording artists, background performers, session musicians and record labels for airplay on Bell Media’s 100+ radio stations in 54 markets across Canada.
November 22, 2017
by FYI Staff
It's a homecoming for the award-winning journalist, who helped launch BNN predecessor network ROBTv in 1999 after getting her start in journalism at The Globe and Mail and The National Post.
November 22, 2017
by David Farrell
A column about media and the regulatory environment within and beyond Canada's borders.
November 21, 2017
by David Farrell
CTV and Facebook, in partnership with Shakey Pictures, have announced a 90-minute concert by Neil Young on Dec. 1 that is tipped to be broadcast and streamed live from a small northern Ontario that has a connection to the singer.
November 20, 2017
by David Farrell
A column about media and the regulatory environment within and beyond Canada's borders.
November 13, 2017
by David Farrell
Today's column provides a summary from the Executive Town Hall summit at the OAB convention in Toronto last week.