NEWS War of words between Cogeco and Rogers heats up In a Wednesday afternoon press release, the board of directors for Cogeco Inc. accused the CEOs of both Rogers Communications Inc. and Altice USA Inc. of making "untrue statements and unsubstantiated allegations" against them, and "misleading investors and increasing the stock price in an attempt to put...

BRIEFS $1B of production at risk due to lack of insurance: CMPA, AQPM Some 214 "camera-ready" film and television projects, employing 19,500 people, and representing $1 billion in production spending is at "imminent risk" because of a lack of COVID-19 insurance available to producers, according to surveys conducted by the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and the...

PEOPLE Peggy Tabet named VP of regulatory at Quebecor Quebecor Inc. has promoted Peggy Tabet, previously vice-president of broadcasting regulatory affairs, to the job of vice-president of regulatory and public affairs. In the new position, Tabet will oversee regulatory matters for both broadcasting and telecom, Quebecor said in a French-language press release...