See some of our latest updates and coverage.
Monday, October 17th 2022
Shahrzad Rafati, Chairperson and CEO, BBTV joined entrepreneur and Canadian personality Manjit Minhas for insightful conversations about how she got to be where she is today, and how BBTV has stayed competitive and relevant in a fast-paced industry.
Monday, August 22nd 2022
Martin Cass, CMO, BBTV Holdings Inc speaks with MediaPost about BBTV and Connected Television (CTV)
Thursday, June 30th 2022
On the west coast, BBTV announced this morning that it will cover abortion travel costs for its US employees.
Monday, June 27th 2022
True Success Is in How We Can Impact the World Through Our Business, and Business Is a Platform for Positive Change
Tuesday, May 31st 2022
Shahrzad Rafati launched media technology company BBTV in 2005, expanding its offerings from digital rights management to include services for creators, direct advertising, mobile games and e-commerce.
Friday, February 4th 2022
Canadian media tech firm, which says it reaches more than half of Google's video viewers, wants more advertisers, brand deals and metaverse presence.
Friday, November 19th 2021
BBTV has been named the winner of for the Game Changer - Diversity & Inclusion Award at the BC Tech Association’s 2021 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs).
Tuesday, November 9th 2021
Shahrzad Rafati, CEO of BroadbandTV Corp.
Friday, October 1st 2021
Boss women are leaving their mark on the world in amazing ways and seriously changing the game. Female entrepreneurship is incredibly important for our future and for closing the gender gap.
Thursday, August 19th 2021
YouTube recently made headlines after announcing record-breaking earnings of $7 billion in the second quarter of 2021.
Thursday, July 8th 2021
In an Elevate roundtable conversation with Margaret Stuart, the Canada Country Manager at Salesforce, Rafati explained her view that operating ethically is a smart financial decision, and shared how other founders can create broader impact through business.
Thursday, June 17th 2021
The theme of the BC’s largest and longest-running tech awards program is the inspiration that comes from resilience and community pulling together.
Wednesday, June 9th 2021
The G20 EMPOWER Alliance, which brings together private sector leaders and government counterparts to jointly advocate for and enact women’s advancement to leadership positions in the private sector, is working to ensure women having equal access to necessary financing, capital, skills...
Friday, April 9th 2021
Late last October, Shahrzad Rafati’s company, Vancouver-based BBTV Holdings, completed a $172.4-million initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Thursday, April 1st 2021
BBTV founder Shahrzad Rafati co-chairs G20 EMPOWER, which just released a playbook for companies aiming to develop more female leaders.
Thursday, April 1st 2021
BBTV founder Shahrzad Rafati co-chairs G20 EMPOWER, which just released a playbook for companies aiming to develop more female leaders.
Tuesday, March 23rd 2021
Quicktake sat down with BBTV Chairperson & CEO, Shahrzad Rafati to discuss the business of Influencers.
Interview begins at 51:54.
Tuesday, March 9th 2021
BBTV has announced several channel signings today that it says will add 272 million monthly views to its massive channel roster, which it assists with both viewership and monetization growth.
Friday, March 5th 2021
The individuals on the final list have played a meaningful role in making Canadian contributions not only stand out but stand up in times of crisis.
Wednesday, February 24th 2021
BIV honours six recipients of our annual CEO of the Year awards in a virtual event sponsored by Deloitte and FASKEN.
Wednesday, February 24th 2021
BBTV announced the appointment on Wednesday, saying the company expects to be heavy on the M&A front over the next while and will benefit from Corbet’s strategic guidance.
Friday, January 22nd 2021
The business leaders talked with Mélanie Joly at a Board of Trade event.
Monday, January 11th 2021
YouTube monetization pioneer BBTV has announced the launch of new offerings at scale to influencers across all genres of content on Instagram and TikTok.
Monday, November 16th 2020
Shahrzad Rafati, CEO, BBTV Holdings Inc. (TSX: BBTV), shares her company's story in an interview with TMX Group.
Friday, November 6th, 2020
Vancouver’s BBTV has announced the signing of four new YouTube content partners.
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
TheOdd1sOut: Let's Bounce is a casual game from BBTV that's available now for both iOS and Android.
Thursday, October 29th, 2020
Rafati has taken a tech company public in largest IPO in TSX history for a firm run by a female founder and chief executive.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
Shahrzad Rafati, CEO of Canadian media tech firm BroadbandTV, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss her company's IPO strategy.
Monday, August 24th, 2020
The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Shahrzad Rafati, founder and boss of internet video technology firm BroadbandTV (BBTV).
Thursday, May 7th, 2020
Digital network BroadbandTV (BBTV) has added eight YouTubers to its massive creator roster.
Monday, April 20th, 2020
Vancouver, Canada-based BroadbandTV, a platform for IP owners focused on the distribution, management and monetization of content, has launched an online initiative called #FunIndoors that supports humanitarian medical organization Doctors Without Borders.
Thursday, April 9th, 2020
Vancouver-based media tech company BBTV has launched the #FunIndoors movement in support of Doctors Without Borders, which is setting up temporary hospitals and giving technical support to treat and slow the spread of COVID-19 worldwide.
Monday, March 23rd, 2020
BBTV Interactive, the division of Canadian digital media giant BroadbandTV that’s dedicated to building mobile games around several of its top creators, has announced its latest title in partnership with Latin American lifestyle star Mariale Marrero.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
Brazil’s Bromelia Productions is partnering with YoBoHo Digital Content to localize its animated YouTube series Lottie Dottie Chicken into the Hindi language.
Friday, December 6th, 2019
BroadbandTV (BBTV), the massive, Vancouver-based digital network, is reorganizing its offerings in the music space.
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
BroadbandTV (BBTV), the Vancouver-based multi-platform network that provides content creation, distribution, management, and monetization services to digital influencers, has added five new creators to its arsenal across multiple verticals — including sports, comedy, gaming, and lifestyle.
Friday, November 8th, 2019
Shahrzad Rafati, CEO of BroadbandTV (BBTV), joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss how her business manages and monetizes content, ultimately giving content owners a boost.
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
Fans of Danielle Bregoli, aka rapper Bhad Bhabie, can now play as a virtual version of her. The teenager from Boynton Beach is featured in a new mobile game called “Ride or Die!” that is available for download on the Apple Store and Google Play.
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
BBTV Interactive, the gaming division of Vancouver-based BroadbandTV, is partnering with social media musician Bhad Bhabie — whose real name is Danielle Bregoli — on a new mobile game.
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
Teen rapper Bhad Bhabie is hitting the streets in a new mobile game — in which the object is to steal as many cars as possible. The “Ride or Die!” arcade-style racing game comes from BBTV Interactive, a division of media-tech company BroadbandTV.
Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
Snapchat is expanding its shows format, striking deals with a handful of digital-first and traditional media creators to help them launch projects that take advantage of the app's shortform vertical video format.
Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
Snap is opening up Snapchat to let celebrities and influencers to create their own shows — and make money from the content — in the same short-form, vertical-video orientation as Snap’s slate of 80-plus originals.
Monday, May 20th, 2019
Shahrzad Rafati, the founder and CEO of Canadian multi-platform network BroadbandTV (BBTV), has taken on another governmental role. Rafati has been named vice chair of Invest In Canada.
Monday, April 15th, 2019
Growing up in a war-torn country with limited access to content helped inspire Tehran-born computer scientist Shahrzad Rafati to build Canadian digital entertainment company BroadbandTV.
Thursday, December 6th, 2018
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has launched a new YouTube channel featuring players and fans in partnership with Canadian over-the-top (OTT) streaming service Broadband TV (BBTV).
Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
The NBA and digital entertainment company BroadbandTV, or BBTV, are launching a new YouTube channel today that takes viewers behind the scenes to meet their favorite NBA players and influencers. The channel is called NBA Playmakers and will feature original shows.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
BroadbandTV (BBTV), the Vancouver-based digital network mammoth, has unveiled a suite of new services to help emerging musicians find wider distribution opportunities.
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
BroadbandTV (BBTV) knows all about digital entertainment, and now they’re expanding their presence to focus on another art form: music. The Vancouver-based BBTV has unveiled their Distribution & Label Services, a new offering for both new and established musicians.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
Shahrzad Rafati has long been taking big risks to chase her even bigger ambitions.
Thursday, August 9th, 2018
One of the largest digital entertainment companies in the world is partnering with a world-renowned broadcaster to help spread both the organizations’ content to more users.
Thursday, August 9th, 2018
PBS, looking to get a better handle on fan-uploaded YouTube videos that incorporate its intellectual property, has turned to digital media company BroadbandTV to manage user-generated content.
Thursday, June 14th, 2018
Digital entertainment company BroadbandTV's new games development arm has pulled in a string of internet stars for its latest mobile game Squad Rivals.
Thursday, April 5th, 2018
One of the world’s largest video platforms is launching a brand new tool aimed at making the lives of content creators much easier.
Thursday, April 5th, 2018
Digital network BroadbandTV is launching today a platform for creators called VISO — which translates to ‘I see’ in Latin — that will provide growth tools for its illustrious client roster.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
When Shahrzad Rafati was seeking investors for digital entertainment company BroadbandTV Corp. (BBTV) more than a decade ago, being a woman didn’t help.
Wednesday, January 10th, 2018
Vancouver’s BroadbandTV Corp. has broadened its impressive global reach. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on January 10, the digital entertainment company announced BBTV Interactive.
Wednesday, January 10th, 2018
Digital network BroadbandTV (BBTV) launched this morning at CES a new division dubbed BBTV Interactive that will build original games and mobile apps for its illustrious digital stars.
Wednesday, January 10th, 2018
BroadbandTV, which operates a massive digital-video network, has formed BBTV Interactive, a new business division devoted to original games and mobile apps built around top digital talent.