Category: Entertainment
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What you need to know about Bill C-11.
Canada’s Bill C-11 – the Online Streaming Act – has received royal assent and is now law, so we thought it was a good time to look at the bill and its implications for Canada’s streaming landscape. What is Bill C-11? The Online Streaming Act is Canada’s attempt to update its broadcasting laws for the…
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A look at Canada’s video game industry.
Video games are good business in Canada. Consider these statistics from the Entertainment Software Association of Canada: 23 million Canadians (roughly 61% of the population) are gamers, with an average age of 34 years, There are 692 active studios in Canada – a 16% increase since 2017, The industry has created 27,700 full-time jobs (up…
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The rise of the recreational vehicle.
Millennials are a rapidly growing segment of the RV population – one that offers RV makers a great opportunity in the Canadian market. The RV lifestyle has been on the rise thanks to an overall resurgence in camping in general. The 2019 North American Camping Report indicates that the percentage of campers who camped three…
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Scenes from the Canadian Restaurant & Bar Show.
Were you at last week’s Canadian Restaurant & Bar Show? We were. We’ve mentioned before how trade shows are an important part of any market entry strategy – they offer participants a chance to network and trade knowledge with others in the sector, and discover new products and services that can help their businesses grow.…
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A brief look at Canada’s entertainment industry.
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) starts tomorrow – an event long heralded as the oracle of Oscar season. And to honour this long-running and hotly anticipated event, we’ve decided to take a quick look at Canada’s film sector. Movies and television have been a thriving business in Canada for quite some time. Toronto, Ontario’s 2014 municipal…