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Bell slams CRTC for ignoring market realities in Astral decision
The phone giant in an appeal to the feds said the regulator relied on a 1978 working paper “developed at a time when Canadians watched three or four channels via rabbit ears.”
WIFT-T announces Crystal Award winners
Shaw Media’s Tara Ellis and Pink Sky Entertainment’s Anne Marie La Traverse (pictured) are among this year’s winners, in the awards recognizing achievements of Canadian women and men in the screen-based industry.
A Dangerous Method, Borgias, Kennedys sweep DGC Awards
The period costume dramas swept the awards, taking honours for best series and mini-series, sound editing and production design (The Borgias pictured here).
Package Deal begins production with live studio audience
Thunderbird Films’ upcoming comedy series for Citytv, starring Canuck comedians Harland Williams (pictured) and Jay Malone, will be shot live in Burnaby, B.C.
Michael Gross, Jeremy Hotz cast in Call Me Fitz
The HBO comedy from creator Sheri Elwood has started production on its fourth season in Halifax (Gross, Hotz pictured here).
Rogers Media completes acquisition of Score Media
The deal has been closed into trust, pending final CRTC approval.
It’s official: BCE to appeal to feds to acquire Astral Media
The formal request to the federal cabinet will be made Monday under section 7 of the Broadcasting Act, and follows the CRTC denying its $3.38 billion transaction in a shock decision on Thursday.
CRTC chair defends shock BCE-Astral Media decision
Jean-Pierre Blais’ comments come as a federal spokesperson says Ottawa is not prepared to amend CRTC’s Thursday ruling denying the deal.
Agency execs react to CRTC’s decision on BCE-Astral
Executives from across the Canadian media agency landscape weigh in on Thursday’s surprise ruling to deny the proposed takeover of Astral Media by BCE.
Industry calls CRTC Bell-Astral decision “well-reasoned”, “courageous”
“This is a good day for consumers,” Rogers Communications vice chair Phil Lind said in a statement Thursday following the CRTC’s ruling.
Five things we learned from CRTC denying BCE’s Astral takeover
The CRTC in its decision Thursday said that it is serious about undue competition in Canadian media, and hasn’t changed it’s mind that OTT services are not a threat to the Canadian broadcast system.
“Shocked” Bell Canada slams CRTC rejection of Astral Media deal
The phone giant said it is appealing to the federal cabinet to possibly overturn the regulatory denial of its $3.4 billion takeover bid.
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