The Cartt.ca Podcast: Kevin Desjardins is rebuilding the CAB
https://cartt.ca/podcast-player/357465/the-cartt-ca-podcast-kevin-desjardins-is-rebuilding-the-cab.mp3
COMING ON BOARD during the year of Covid would have been challenging enough, but new Canadian Association of Broadcasters president Kevin Desjardins (pictured) is also tasked with rebuilding the…
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The Cartt.ca Podcast: How Black Screen Office ED Joan Jenkinson will build a new stadium
https://cartt.ca/podcast-player/356876/the-cartt-ca-podcast-how-black-screen-office-ed-joan-jenkinson-will-build-a-new-stadium.mp3
IN THE HISTORY of the Canadian TV industry, there have been just five series produced on Canadian networks made by Black Canadian creatives. Five.
Think about the titles – and…
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The Cartt.ca Podcast: Wireless broadband pioneer Eric Rothschild on the progress we’re making to connect Canadians. Part two
https://cartt.ca/podcast-player/356573/the-cartt-ca-podcast-wireless-broadband-pioneer-eric-rothschild-on-the-progress-were-making-to-people-connected-part-two.mp3
Leaning into LEO and leaning on government
By Bill Roberts
ONE OF THE FEW POSITIVE side effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is that it has forced everyone to recognize the importance…
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The Cartt.ca Podcast: Wireless broadband pioneer Eric Rothschild on what we must do to get more people connected. Part one
https://cartt.ca/podcast-player/356404/the-cartt-ca-podcast-wireless-broadband-pioneer-eric-rothschild-on-what-we-must-do-to-get-more-people-connected-part-one.mp3
LEOs and wireless and fibre fans and how the government’s spectrum policy lacks vision
By Bill Roberts
ONE OF THE FEW POSITIVE side effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is that it…
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The Cartt.ca Podcast: CPAC president Colette Watson on her 30 years at Rogers
https://cartt.ca/podcast-player/353639/the-cartt-ca-podcast-cpac-president-colette-watson-on-her-30-years-at-rogers.mp3
“If you think it’s right, just keep at it”
COLETTE WATSON IS ONE of the most accomplished Canadian broadcasters in history and despite her voluntary departure from Rogers earlier this…
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The Cartt.ca Podcast: Nordicity’s Kristian Roberts on the new thinking needed for Canadian media to thrive, post-pandemic
https://cartt.ca/podcast-player/352361/the-cartt-ca-podcast-nordicitys-kristian-roberts-the-new-thinking-needed-for-canadian-media-to-thrive-post-pandemic.mp3
“WHOEVER OWNS THE STUFF, makes the money,” says Nordicity managing partner Kristian Roberts. This of course was true about content before the pandemic, but it will be key for…
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The Cartt.ca Podcast: Hamlin Grange on how Canadian media must look within and fight racism
https://cartt.ca/podcast-player/351015/the-cartt-ca-podcast-hamlin-grange-on-how-canadian-media-must-look-within-and-fight-racism.mp3
“PEOPLE LOOK AT the news and see Black and brown faces reading the news,” says Hamlin Grange, who used to do just that for a living.
It’s progress, but it’s…
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The Cartt.ca Podcast: “There’s an energy like I’ve never felt before,” when it comes to fighting systemic racism, says Reelworld’s Tonya Williams
https://cartt.ca/podcast-player/350604/the-cartt-ca-podcast-theres-an-energy-like-ive-never-felt-before-when-it-comes-to-fighting-systemic-racism-says-reelworlds-tonya-williams.mp3
THE FOUNDER OF THE Reelworld Film Festival and Reelworld Screen Institute says there has never been a better time for change than right now.
“We’re in a moment and I’m…
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The Cartt.ca Podcast: “If we want to control our destiny, we have to act,” says BTLR chair Janet Yale
https://cartt.ca/podcast-player/349513/the-cartt-ca-podcast-if-we-want-to-control-our-destiny-we-have-to-act-says-btlr-chair-janet-yale.mp3
THE BROADCAST AND Telecommunications Review panel report (a.k.a. the Yale Report) has been lauded as needed, overdue and visionary, as well as decried as a dangerous,…
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The Cartt.ca Podcast: How WCT is helping remove barriers to gender equality (Part Two)
https://cartt.ca/podcast-player/344312/the-cartt-ca-podcast-how-wct-is-helping-remove-barriers-to-gender-equality-part-two.mp3
An interview with Women in Communications and Technology executive director Joanne Stanley and board member Cheryl Fullerton, EVP people and communications at Corus Entertainment
THERE REMAINS MUCH work to be…
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Our industry and COVID-19
We've gathered a number of links where Canadian cable, radio, television, telecom and wireless companies have posted their responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.