Host Ryan Belleville kept the crowd lively with jibes and jabs as Canadian scribes honoured their peers at an event in downtown Toronto.
Rogers Media topper says comedies will anchor Citytv’s fall lineup as Rogers continues the network’s national growth plan.
The Quebec media group is enhancing its publishing offering by having ReadBooks develop new software for its Archambault and Paragraph properties.
The fund supported 148 projects, including production of 62 digital media projects and 25 associate TV programs.
The framework will measure performance of convergent and experimental stream projects using defined metrics.
Jeff Clark will oversee the opening of the company’s new San Francisco headquarters.
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.
The diversified Quebec media giant posted sharply higher first quarter earnings, due mainly to a favourable settlement of financial instruments.
The so-called freemium model, which provide free trials of content with online properties, is showing great promise as a marketing and sales tool.
Capital C’s Tony Chapman, Starcom Mediavest Group’s Bruce Neve and Bell Media Digital’s Jon Taylor discussed navigating the branded landscape.
“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.
Tough competition in the mobile and cable TV sectors has the media company feeling the heat, judging by its first quarter financial results.