BroadbandTV Founder Shahrzad Rafati has been named CanadianSME Magazine’s Business Woman of the Year in recognition of her success in the media and technology industry. Vancouver-headquartered BBTV is an enabling platform for content owners that is advancing the world through the creation, distribution, management and monetization of content. European entertainment conglomerate RTL Group acquired 51% […]
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Deloitte Names 13 Vancouver Companies to Annual Watch Lists
Deloitte has announced the 2019 winners of its Technology Fast 50, Companies-to-Watch and Enterprise Fast 15 programs. Recognizing the achievements of Canadian technology companies, the Technology Fast 50 program highlights commitment to innovation, leadership, and rapid revenue growth between 2015 and 2018. This year, the average three-year growth of the Fast 50 winners is 1,689 […]
Who are Vancouver’s Top Growing Tech Companies?
The Globe and Mail has unveiled its inaugural Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. The list of 400 businesses operate in such hot sectors as fintech, e-commerce and cannabis, along with long-established industries like manufacturing and transportation. Each company on this list is rising fast with average revenue growth of 511% over […]
Snapchat and BBTV Partner to Bring New Creator Shows to Life
Vancouver’s BroadbandTV (BBTV) has a new partnership with Snapchat. The deal will see two of BBTV’s content owners, Chris Staples and Sheamus, take part in Snapchat’s new Creator Shows program, first-person, personality driven Shows in regularly published and consistent formats. Like all Shows on Snapchat, each episode will average three to five minutes in length […]
BroadbandTV Surpasses 575 Million Unique Viewers Per Month
Today, Vancouver-headquartered BroadbandTV (BBTV) unveiled that its video content is viewed by more than 575 million unique viewers each month. According their news release, only Google’s YouTube exceeds BBTV monthly unique viewership. In addition to being second in unique viewership only to Google, BBTV is number one across all media companies in terms of total […]
BBTV Founder Appointed Vice-Chairperson of Invest In Canada
BroadbandTV’s Shahrzad Rafati has been appointed Vice-Chairperson of Invest in Canada. Rafati will jointly oversee the management of the federal agency alongside Chairman Mitch Garber and CEO Ian McKay. As Invest in Canada looks to achieve its objectives of facilitating foreign direct investment, Shahrzad’s addition to its board of directors further builds on the firm’s […]
Look Who’s Hiring at the #BCTECH Summit
The upcoming #BCTECHSummit is a great opportunity to connect with entrepreneurs, startups, tech leaders, and investors. Beyond networking opportunities, it also serves as a catalyst for new business ideas, technologies, and collaborations. And for attendees exploring career opportunities, it might just result in a new job and career path. Taking place on day two of […]