EVERY YEAR AT THIS TIME, both because it’s fun and because we want the weekend off… we re-publish the top 25 stories from the last 12 months.
The other reason why we do it now and not in January is that September, just after Labour Day, is the “new year” for broadcasters. The new fall shows are coming out and speaking from a regulatory perspective, too, the 2009 broadcast year ended August 31st and we are into a new year.
After spending hours pouring over our analytics to identify the top stories, I can say it has been a very busy 12 months.
We have published close to 2,000 stories since the beginning of September 2008. Much has happened in that time. We’ve spent countless hours writing on the Regulatory front, for example, be it telecom, broadcasting, or ISP-related. Layoffs and cutbacks were another overriding theme, along with corporate acquisitions and new technology.
We also saw the end of an era, the death of one of the leading entrepreneurs Canada has ever known, Ted Rogers.
We had massive interest in our new media hearing coverage, OTA hearing stories and Heritage Committee pieces. We didn’t pull them all out for repeating here, just a few representative ones with a few links in them, if you’d like to re-follow the coverage.
People loved our Shaw-to-buy-three-stations-for-a-buck-each scoop – as well as when the big MSO backed away from the deal. That coverage was the most-read of the year, actually.
The top-read single stories were our breaking news and original features, the most-consumed there were our interviews with David Purdy on the upcoming Rogers broadband portal and the chat with Dave Lewis on his proposed new satellite company from just a couple of weeks ago.
The next 12 months, by the way, look even busier than the last 12. We hope you continue to find Cartt.ca good value and look forward to providing readers with the news and views they can use.
And as always, please send any comments, criticism or kudos my way at greg.obrien@cartt.ca or use our comments box below.
So please enjoy our top-25 list, which we’ve arranged in chronological order from oldest to newest, and have a great new year.
September 16, 2008
Wireless giants challenge Globalive’s Canadian-ness
October 09, 2008
It’s business as usual, says Shaw
October 31, 2008
BDU & SPECIALTY DECISION: Reaction
November 13, 2008
Canwest Cuts: "No clear path to profitability" for local news: 210 let go, Global Ontario cancelled
November 19, 2008
Rogers to launch own broadband video portal in 2009
December 03, 2008
TED ROGERS: 1933-2008. "The greatest Canadian entrepreneur of the 20th century"
January 24, 2009
February 26, 2009
Employees want to buy Hamilton station as Canwest faces a Friday deadline
March 11, 2009
New Media Hearing: Wireless gatekeeping, ISP levies and ISAN headline discussion
April 23, 2009
Stakeholders accused of bringing a "pig in a poke" to Parliamentary committee’s TV study
April 29, 2009
OTA Hearing: Song remains the same, but it’s sung with more urgency
May 12, 2009
The Cartt.ca Interview: Can the Purdy Portal help save Canadian TV?
May 26, 2009
COMMENTARY: Of course local is important. But that doesn’t mean huge changes aren’t required
May 28, 2009
E! stations’ sale may be close as independent broadcaster Channel Zero confirms interest
June 17, 2009
UPDATE: Super Channel files for creditor protection owing $139 million; takes square aim at Rogers
May 26, 2009
COMMENTARY: Of course local is important. But that doesn’t mean huge changes aren’t required
June 25, 2009
Rogers cuts 10 from broadcasting operations
June 29, 2009
Telus Satellite TV debuts today
June 30, 2009
Channel Zero buys two E! stations from Canwest; plans major programming upgrades
July 02, 2009
COMMENT: With Shaw backing down, there’s now two months left to save six TV stations
July 15, 2009
Hearing is a battle over innovation, Bell says as network management hearing wraps
July 16, 2009
July 17, 2009
It was just time, says Mountain Cable’s Boris
August 13, 2009
Bell gets approval to change way it charges ISPs
August 18, 2009
The Cartt.ca Interview: New Canadian DTH company will distribute local stations, in HD and for free
