BANFF – Would relaxing the rules on foreign investment in Canada around our communications sector help to create competition which in turn, would benefit consumers with lower prices and more... Continue Reading
BANFF – Vertically integrated media companies in Canada are essential to the long term health and viability of the Canadian production industry, delegates at the 2011 Banff World Media Festival... Continue Reading
BANFF – CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein is one busy guy these days – just ask him. “We have a hearing virtually every month which is unheard of”, he told... Continue Reading
BANFF – It seems as though you can’t go far at the Banff World Media Festival without hearing talk about over-the-top (OTT) providers, and, depending on your point of view,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Shaw Media announced today it has made a couple of new hires in its marketing department.Sherida German has been appointed to the newly created role of senior director,... Continue Reading
DARTMOUTH, N.S. – Radio broadcaster Newfoundland Capital Corporation boasted revenue of $26.9 million in the first quarter of 2011, $1.2 million (5%) higher than last year. This increase was attributable... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Tom Cox of SEVEN24Films was re-elected as board chair of the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) as the organization introduced its new board for 2011-2013.Elected by CMPA members,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Operating revenues at Canada’s private radio broadcasters topped $1.6 billion in 2010, a modest 3.2% increase from 2009 figures, according to data released by Statistics Canada.Of those revenues, 97.6%... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Bell’s decision to repackage Canadian specialty channel The Cave while continuing to distribute its own like-minded service and a comparable foreign service smacks of undue preference and disadvantage,... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Astral Media released its first annual corporate social responsibility report this week, highlighting its major cultural, community and environmental commitments in 2010-2011.Astral is one of Canada's largest private... Continue Reading
