ONE OF THE KEY DEMOGRAPHIC differences between the U.S. and Canada is the number of Hispanics here versus there. Stateside, there's an entire media sector dedicated to the Hispanic consumer,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The death knell has been sounded so often for radio that many take it as gospel the oldest type of electronic media is on an irrevocable slide downwards.... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Leave it to the mavericks at Shaw Communications to best articulate how carriers feel about granting analog channels preferred status once digital migration occurs. In its intervention, which... Continue Reading
THE CLOCK CAN'T BE TURNED back on announced acquisitions (CTV/CHUM, CanWest Global-Goldman Sachs/Alliance Atlantis and Astral/Standard) but the CRTC has decided it must look into the overall affect of media... Continue Reading
TORONTO – A new mobile video clips service is now available to customers of Rogers Wireless, Telus, and Bell Mobility from Score Media. It will also be available on Amp'd... Continue Reading
CANADA'S BIG THREE wireless carriers have been repeatedly quick to say that they expect a minimal impact on their businesses when wireless number portability takes effect on March 14th. The... Continue Reading
PALM BEACH, Fla. – Unless the federal government deploys some "artificial measures" there appears to be little opportunity for a fourth national wireless carrier to spring forth when Industry Canada... Continue Reading
ENTITLED "BDU CONTENT Strategies: Can Cable and Phone Companies Do Their Own Thing?", the session on what TV distributors think of content and its changing place in their business plans... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – After months of waiting (it took CTV until almost Christmas to submit its application to the Commission to purchase CHUM Ltd.) the CRTC will hear the request at... Continue Reading
TORONTO - CBC Television today announced the appointment of Scott Moore as executive director, CBC Sports, effective March 5. "As a Gemini and Emmy award-winning producer with an international reputation... Continue Reading