Media Business Institute (MBI)

02/04/2022

https://worldscreen.com/tvreal/blue-ant-media-unveils-new-returning-titles-for-canadian-platforms/

Blue Ant Media has greenlit a pair of new original productions and ordered four renewals for its Canadian TV platforms Cottage Life, T+E and Love Nature.

02/03/2022

https://worldscreen.com/tvcanada/canada-introduces-online-streaming-act/

The Canadian government has introduced the Online Streaming Act, which would require online streaming services to contribute to the creation and availability of Canadian stories and music.

02/02/2022

https://www.c21media.net/news/canadas-cream-productions-bolsters-development-team-with-two-hires/

Toronto-based unscripted prodco Cream Productions has appointed Sahba Li as director of development and Jane Churchill-Smith as development executive.

02/01/2022

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/technology/article-corus-buys-majority-stake-in-kids-entertainment-production-company/

Corus did not reveal the value of the deal, but says the partnership will help both brands produce more quality kids and family-focused entertainment

01/31/2022

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2022/01/30/filmmaker-jennifer-holness-explores-power-and-black-beauty-in-latest-documentary.html

TORONTO - When Jamaican-born filmmaker Jennifer Holness was growing up in Toronto, she says she never felt she had the kind of face that could “launch...

12/21/2021

https://worldscreen.com/global-content-spend-top-220-billion/

Global spend on content is expected to top $220 billion this year, a 14 percent gain on last year, per Ampere Analysis projections.

12/20/2021

MBI wishes you joy, peace, and health throughout the holiday season and 2022.

12/08/2021

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2021/11/26/elwy-yost-loved-movies-and-hundreds-of-thousands-loved-watching-him-talk-about-them-that-passion-is-revisited-in-tvo-doc.html

For 25 years, Yost’s insights and interviews on “Saturday Night at the Movies” drew a monster-sized audience for TVO against “Hockey Night in Canada,”...

12/07/2021

https://worldscreen.com/deloitte-svod-churn-accelerate/

In its 2022 TMT Predictions report, Deloitte projects at least 150 million SVOD paid streaming subscriptions will be canceled worldwide next year, with churn rates rising up to 30 percent per market.

11/25/2021

https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/11/23/telus-says-rogers-takeover-of-shaw-would-harm-competition-urges-crtc-to-reject.html

A Telus Corp. executive told a CRTC hearing Tuesday that Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. is dangerous for t...

11/22/2021

https://worldscreen.com/tvreal/cbc-sets-anne-murray-documentary-premiere/

CBC is set to debut Anne Murray: Full Circle next month to celebrate the career of the eponymous Canadian singer.

11/05/2021

https://worldscreen.com/tvcanada/netflix-hires-its-first-canadian-content-exec/

Tara Woodbury, executive producer of the CTV medical drama Transplant, has been tapped by Netflix as its first Canadian content executive.