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Netflix Dominance Now Challenged By Bell Media

The turf war between cable access and cable-cutters with subscriptions to dominant streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video takes a new twist starting next week.

Netflix Dominance Now Challenged By Bell Media

By David Farrell

Bell Media is tackling Netflix and Amazon Prime Video head-on next week with an OTT package that combines The Movie Network, HBO Canada and CraveTV into one streaming service called Crave.ca


In doing so, the dominant media player in the country is about to open the gates to 11,000+ hours of content previously only available to cable subscribers of The Movie Network and HBO Canada and offers a serious challenge to foreign services now dominating the market sector.

– Continue reading in Media Beat

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Drake performs onstage during Wireless Festival at Finsbury Park on July 11, 2025, in London.
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Drake performs onstage during Wireless Festival at Finsbury Park on July 11, 2025, in London.
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Drake Drops Booking Agent He Shared With Kendrick Lamar

After more than a decade of working together, Drake has cut ties with Brent Smith at Wasserman Music.

Drake quietly parted ways with the booking agent he shared with longtime rival Kendrick Lamar earlier this year, Billboard has learned, in a move largely kept quiet to avoid media scrutiny.

One source tells Billboard that Drake and former longtime agent Brent Smith of Wasserman Music have not worked together for most, if not all, of 2025 due in part to the fallout over last year’s feud with Lamar and the release of his Billboard Hot 100-topping diss track “Not Like Us.”

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