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CraveTV subscribers up 22% YOY at Bell Media

Ad revenues declined slightly year-over-year, but the company saw strength in subscriber revenues relating to contract renewals, payTV, SVOD and TVE.

Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, Jan. 22 to 28, 2018

The Good Doctor tops the charts, followed by Murdoch Mysteries at #13 and Toronto-shot Star Trek: Discovery at #25.

Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, 2018

Maze Runner: The Death Cure sprints to the top spot, with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle at #2 and The Post at #3.

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, 2018

Hochelaga: Terre Des Ames is at #1, followed by Le trip a trois at #2 and Les scenes fortuites at #3.

Bell Media’s Super Bowl audience stable, but still smaller

Overnights show only a slight AMA drop across CTV, CTV2 and TSN2 from last year, but viewership numbers are still much lower than the simsub heyday.

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Hot Sheet: Digital Demand Jan. 23 to 29, 2018

Star Trek: Discovery tops the charts, with CTV’s Cardinal taking the #10 spot.

From seniors to millennials, how Canadians are consuming content

MTM’s large-scale survey paints a picture of how English-speaking Canadians engage with media.

Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, Jan. 15 to 21, 2018

The Big Bang Theory is at #1, with Murdoch Mysteries taking the #12 spot and Cardinal at #25.

Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Jan. 19 to 25, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to The Jungle takes the top spot, followed by The Post and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Jan. 19 to 25, 2018

Hochelaga: Terre Des Ames nabs the #1 spot, with Le trip a trois at #2 and Junior Majeur at #3.

How Kanopy has evolved the film-borrowing model

The San Francisco-based company has entered five Canadian cities with a new B2B model for libraries looking to digitize the lending of films to members.

Jobs cuts hit Viceland, Vice Studios Canada

Less than a week after Rogers Media ended its Canadian partnership with the millennial-focused media co, a number of staffers have been let go.