March 3, 2011 15 years ago

Group Licensing: Broadcasters shoot back at producers, and at each other, over Cancon spend

OTTAWA – Let’s not get lost in the weeds, Canadian broadcasters have told the CRTC. With respect to calls for more specific Canadian content spending requirements suggested by some parties… Continue Reading

March 3, 2011 15 years ago

Barrett Xplore trials new rural broadband package in BC

CALGARY – Rural broadband provider Barrett Xplore has begun test-marketing an Internet service package designed to address “the affordability gap” that it says is experienced by many rural Canadians. Using… Continue Reading

March 2, 2011 15 years ago

CMF invests $11.5M in interactive projects

TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) is investing $11.5 million in 36 new interactive projects that were submitted in the second round of its Experimental Stream. The CMF offers financial… Continue Reading

March 2, 2011 15 years ago

700 MHz spectrum auction could top up accessibility fund

TORONTO – Media Access Canada (MAC) has asked Industry Canada to use the pending 700 MHz spectrum auction to top-up its accessibility fund initiative. MAC, on behalf of the Access… Continue Reading

March 2, 2011 15 years ago

CBC celebrates 50 years of The Nature of Things

TORONTO – CBC has announced plans to fete both the 50th anniversary of its iconic documentary series The Nature of Things and the 75th birthday of its host, Dr. David… Continue Reading

March 2, 2011 15 years ago

Last day to register for SCTE’s 64 QAM seminar

TORONTO – Due to an overwhelming response, SCTE Ontario has expanded its technical training session entitled ‘How to Deploy and Maintain 64 QAM Upstream’. Scheduled for 3 pm on March… Continue Reading

March 2, 2011 15 years ago

Judge to step down in Peladeau defamation case

MONTREAL – Superior Court Justice Claude Larouche must remove himself from an on-going defamation case involving Quebecor Media head Pierre Karl Peladeau, the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday. Peladeau’s… Continue Reading

March 2, 2011 15 years ago

Rogers will appeal value-for-signal decision

TORONTO – The value-for-signal issue may not be a fait accompli just yet. Cartt.ca has learned that Rogers plans to appeal Monday’s Federal Court decision which confirmed that the CRTC… Continue Reading

March 2, 2011 15 years ago

Comcast plans first trial of new cable architecture that will bring video, broadband silos together

DENVER – Seeking to get a leg up on the future, Comcast intends to start testing the "operational readiness" of its new next-generation cable architecture in the next couple… Continue Reading

March 2, 2011 15 years ago

Seitz, Biro win RTNDA lifetime achievement awards

TORONTO – Earl Seitz and Dave Biro will be honoured with 2011 RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Awards in the BC Region, the Association of Electronic Journalists announced. The Lifetime Achievement Award was… Continue Reading