OTTAWA – New technologies. New platforms. The new consumer. New business models. Delegates to the annual Canadian Association of Broadcasters convention will have some meaty issues to tackle when they... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Canada has a number of newly reassigned cabinet ministers today, including new Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages Minister Josée Verner and new Industry Minister Jim Prentice.... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The one thing most everyone agrees on is that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be announcing a Cabinet shuffle early next week. According to multiple reports, all ministers... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Michel Morin, has been appointed as a CRTC commissioner, announced Bev Oda, minister of Canadian Heritage. Morin has spent more than 34 years in broadcasting and has been... Continue Reading
TORONTO – "The best that can be said about this report is that the Task Force has not recommended to scrap the CTF altogether," said ACTRA national executive director Stephen... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – There will be a new way of doing things when it comes to funding home-grown television, if the recommendations from the Task Force Report on The Canadian Television... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – With the Commission's report on what ails the Canadian Television Fund due out tomorrow afternoon (the CRTC under the new chair sure is speedy these days!) Shaw Communications... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – If the level of radio today's teenagers now listen to stays consistent as they age, the long-term future of radio appears a little bleak. Numbers released today by... Continue Reading
CALGARY – In the face of a chipper AGM report from the Canadian Television Fund, Shaw Communications CEO Jim Shaw remains displeased over how the CTF is run. Thanks to... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Canadian Heritage minister Bev Oda said it would be “inappropriate to prejudge its review” of the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) currently underway by the CRTC, in her response... Continue Reading
