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Val Maloney
Raptors close playoffs on a ratings high
Sunday’s game seven against the Brooklyn Nets brought in more than 900,000 viewers to TSN, with big average numbers for the series.
Specialty revenue surpasses benchmark: CRTC
The regulator’s numbers show specialty, pay, pay-per-view and VOD services have gone up by an average of 7% each year for the past five.
Where specialty is headed in Canada
Media agency exec Michael Neale of Mediacom discusses the business of specialty programming in Canada and how pick-and-pay may affect it.
CTV’s plans for Extend
Mike Cosentino, SVP of programming at CTV Networks, on the media co’s plans for the digital originals site, which it hopes to use as an incubator for linear shows.
CTV launches digital originals platform
CTV Extend will be free to consumers and feature original content like Smokebomb’s Backpackers and iThentic’s Space Riders: Division Earth.
Quebecor CEO steps down
Robert Depatie (pictured) has announced he is leaving his position as president and CEO at the company for health reasons.
Terror TV set to scare on screens this fall
Sylvain Gagne, president of Quebec-based Callisto Television, discusses filling the scare-gap left when Scream TV/Dusk shuttered in 2012.
CBC cuts 657 jobs, $130M from budget
“It’s clear we can’t be resizing the public broadcaster every two years,” CBC president and CEO Hubert Lacroix said in a statement, attributing the cuts to a softening ad market, federal budget cuts and the loss of NHL rights.
Recipe to Riches wraps first CBC season strong
The Loblaw-partnered show brought in more than 520,000 viewers for its final episode.
Reframing the message at TV Day
New research from the TunedIn app and Ipsos Reid on how TV viewership might not be fragmenting as much as it is hyped up to be.
Rogers Media launches FXX Canada
Hayden Mindell, Rogers Media VP of TV programming and content, says the new channel will skew younger with a focus on scripted comedy.
Juno Awards top one million viewers on CTV
Sunday night’s award show brought in an average of 1.4 million viewers to the broadcast, falling short of last year’s numbers.
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