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COMMENTARY: Why Banff?

BANFF – Back in the day we had a plethora of annual Canadian industry events and mass huddles.There was the Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual confab, and the BDU and cable lads with their CCTA round-up, among others.Now when it comes to annual gatherings of we media types and our attendant bureaucrats, there's the International Institute of Communications highbrow event in Ottawa in the fall, the yearly CMPA yearly full court press in Ottawa in the winter, and a smattering of smaller events, but only Banff features the people, technology, and global programming so quickly changing the landscape of Canadian...