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 gather in Ottawa November 4th – 6th.
The theme is “Broadcasting, Redefined”, and CAB President and CEO Glenn O’Farrell says the two-plus days of workshops and informal discussions will focus on issues of fundamental importance to Canada’s private broadcasting sector.
On the agenda:
• The impact of new technologies and platforms, including broadband, the Internet, high-definition television, and digital radio;
• The new consumer, whose needs and expectations are being constantly redefined by innovative content offerings and delivery systems;
• The adoption of new business models and partnerships in an ever-changing marketplace;
• The need for a copyright framework that recognizes the impact of new technologies and business imperatives on broadcasters;
• The development of new policies and regulations that will allow Canada’s private broadcasters to thrive in an increasingly complex global business environment.
Among the keynote speakers will be Canadian Heritage Minister Josée Verner, CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein, and Don Tapscott, Chief Executive, New Paradigm Learning Corporation.
In addition to plenary sessions on public policy, copyright, broadcast regulations, and the media’s future prospects, a series of workshops will be held covering a range of industry issues.
They include a radio leaders’ panel, implications of the 2007 TV policy, the rising cost of music for radio, new strategies for new media, the changing advertising paradigm, and a survival guide to ratings.
The CAB convention is the only national event of its kind for Canada’s radio and television industry.
