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Photo gallery: Writers Guild of Canada Awards – Apr. 23, 2012

Host Ryan Belleville kept the crowd lively with jibes and jabs as Canadian scribes honoured their peers at an event in downtown Toronto.

Citytv gunning for number two nationally: Pelley

Rogers Media topper says comedies will anchor Citytv’s fall lineup as Rogers continues the network’s national growth plan.

Quebecor Media inks e-book partnership with ReadBooks SAS

The Quebec media group is enhancing its publishing offering by having ReadBooks develop new software for its Archambault and Paragraph properties.

Bell Fund invested $13M in 2011: Annual report

The fund supported 148 projects, including production of 62 digital media projects and 25 associate TV programs.

CMF launches digital media measurement tool

The framework will measure performance of convergent and experimental stream projects using defined metrics.

Former CBS exec joins Toronto video stream manager mDialog

Jeff Clark will oversee the opening of the company’s new San Francisco headquarters.

Telus posts higher Q1 earnings, in part on new Optik TV sign-ups

Telus posted solid Q1 earnings as it bundles internet and home and wireless phone services with its IPTV TV service to draw new customers from rival Shaw Communications.

Strong Q1 wireless results help Quebecor Inc. offset soft TV ad market

The diversified Quebec media giant posted sharply higher first quarter earnings, due mainly to a favourable settlement of financial instruments.

Audience numbers key in showing digital ROI success, developers say

The so-called freemium model, which provide free trials of content with online properties, is showing great promise as a marketing and sales tool.

PB Summit: Approach branded entertainment with a consumer focus

Capital C’s Tony Chapman, Starcom Mediavest Group’s Bruce Neve and Bell Media Digital’s Jon Taylor discussed navigating the branded landscape.

TV network toppers wrestle with industry quandaries

“It’s a strange world to have come off our most popular season,” Kirstine Stewart, executive VP of English Services at the CBC, told Playback Summit delegates of the recent government cuts at the pubcaster.

Rogers’ earnings dips from mobile and cable headwinds

Tough competition in the mobile and cable TV sectors has the media company feeling the heat, judging by its first quarter financial results.