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People Moves: Optable hires James Prudhomme as CRO
Plus, Hisham Ghostine takes on more duties with CBC and AcuityAds names a new chief financial officer.
Chanteurs masques tops the ratings: Numeris
TVA’s Masked Singer adaptation drew in more Francophone viewers than any English program.
Peloton once again buys the top in Toronto: Media Monitors
McDonald’s and the country’s wireless carriers have also increased their buys as the holiday season begins.
Cannes Lions makes changes to Media Lions
The updates were made alongside the announcement of a new B2B category and the evolution of its commerce-focused Lion.
Touche! lands three campaigns on WARC 100
Vizeum Toronto also finds itself on this year’s ranking of the 100 most-awarded media-led campaigns.
Adele special tops two million: Numeris
One Night Only also topped ratings in several major English markets.
Corus hires first head of environment and sustainability
Sheila Ritson-Bennett will work across lines of business to advance to company’s ESG strategy.
Peloton takes the top in Toronto: Media Monitors
Meanwhile, a host of new brands upped their buys in Montreal.
Canada could lag behind in travel industry’s adspend recovery
A new report from Zenith shows pre-pandemic spending will be reached by 2023, but it won’t be spread evenly across markets.
People Moves: Bell makes another round of layoffs
Plus, Lynn Chambers joins Twenty-Two Media and Pratico Media adds to its strategy team.
ICYMI: Quebecor taps Optable for privacy-safe ad options
Plus, Ideon to rep ad sales for Tribute Entertainment and The Toronto Star gets a redesign.
The Good Doctor stays on top: Numeris
CTV’s medical drama managed to hold on to its spot, despite Global’s top shows continuing to perform well.
Joe Natale out as Rogers CEO
Tony Staffieri takes over leadership ahead of a CRTC hearing regarding the Shaw takeover.
UM Canada continues to shoot up RECMA’s global rankings
The agency’s score on qualitative rankings puts it among the fastest-improving in top markets.
A host of brands kick up their radio buys: Media Monitors
The Toronto and Montreal markets had advertisers from across categories increase their play counts.
