OTTAWA – Former CRTC Commissioner Andrée Noël has been named the new national chair of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC). She replaces Ron Cohen who announced in June that he would... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Over the past number of weeks, Canada’s independent broadcasters have been alerting CRTC staff and commissioners that the big, vertically integrated BDUs are all but ignoring the Commission’s... Continue Reading
TORONTO – There’s less than a week remaining before nextMEDIA Toronto kicks off its two day event at The Carlu in Toronto. NextMEDIA is a C-level conference and marketplace for... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Astral has kicked off a new national consumer advertising campaign designed to promote the versatility and appeal of its programming and multiplatform entertainment brands. The humorous campaign rolled out... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Media Access Canada (MAC) is gathering support from the country’s disability organizations to head up the newly established broadcasting accessibility fund (BAF). The CRTC mandated the $5.7 million... Continue Reading
TORONTO – GlassBox’s Aux TV has teamed up with Bacardi on an integrated campaign that mixes exclusive content with a twist of social media. Known as the Together Tour, the... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Banning advertising from CBC/Radio-Canada would not just be bad public policy, it would result in serious ramifications for advertisers and the country’s independent production sector, says a new... Continue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO - Rdio has begun offering pricing in Canadian dollars and new French-language services to its Canadian users. The digital music service said that its pricing in Canada will... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Cogeco Diffusion Inc. (CDI) has agreed to comply with CRTC requirements around the use of musical montages in the programming of its French-language radio stations and take part... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Appearing at a Parliamentary committee earlier today to talk about the impact of the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision granting the Information Commissioner access to certain CBC/Radio-Canada documents,... Continue Reading
