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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. Perhaps best known for furnishing content creation, distribution, management, and monetization services for YouTube creators, BBTV also offers a suite of services to musicians as an...
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 original series…
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 — a federal agency that aims to create jobs in Canada by facilitating foreign business investment…
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. The company’s just-launched Distribution & Label Services will leverage BBTV’s relationships with Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes,...
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 designed to help secure...
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
Shahrzad Rafati has long been taking big risks to chase her even bigger ambitions. The chief executive of Vancouver-based BroadbandTV (BBTV) was born and raised in Iran, but she wanted better opportunities for herself after high school...
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 than ever before…
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 for shows including “Nova,” “Frontline,” “Nature” and PBS Kids series…
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. BBTV has recruited the services of 15 influencers including AzzyLand, Bart Baker, Keemstar and Chad Wild Clay…
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. Vancouver’s BroadbandTV (BBTV) has launched VISO, a creator platform that helps both popular and new creators grow and navigate the world of digital video…
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, including Yousef ‘FouseyTube’ Erakat, Bart Baker, and Ethan and Hila Klein of h3h3Productions…
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, a new division that creates games and mobile apps for a variety of platforms. This move comes after...
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…