OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) is hosting a number of events to help Canadians participate in the Canadian Content in a Digital World consultation (#DigiCanCon), culminating with a live TV and web program called Medi@cracy on November 20.
CACTUS member Tri-Cities Community Television will host an event on November 17 at the Vancouver Public Library at 7:00 PM PT. On November 20, CACTUS, in association with the Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec, Ricochet, and St. Andrews Community TV, will present a live stream and broadcast that will allow viewers to answer Minister…
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OTTAWA – According to sources close to the process, Judith A. LaRocque, a former long-serving deputy minister of Canadian Heritage, will very soon be announced as the new vice-chair broadcasting at the CRTC by the federal government.
(UPDATE: Since our original report Sunday, the CRTC has since confirmed LaRocque's appointment. See below. Update #2: Click here for the official order-in-council.)
Cartt.ca has learned that LaRocque has been appointed for an initial six-month term – and that she will begin immediately as her hiring was expedited due to the French-language TV license renewal hearing beginning November 22 in Laval….
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French broadcasters license renewal will carry on with just two Francophone commissioners
WE HAD THOUGHT IT was government policy which said in order to run any CRTC hearing about broadcasting in the province of Quebec, at least three commissioners must be Francophone.
When former CRTC vice-chair, broadcasting, Tom Pentefountas (Greek last name, but a Francophone Quebecker), announced a year ago last Wednesday that he was leaving the Commission, the Regulator immediately postponed a hearing into the framework for French-language vocal music applicable to French-language commercial radio. It’s not part of the official paperwork explaining the reason why…
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TORONTO – Two unions representing employees at CBC/Radio-Canada used the 80th anniversary of the first public radio broadcast in Canada to call for increased “federal government supports” to strengthen the public broadcaster for future generations.
The Corporation was launched on November 2, 1936 to ensure Canadians had access to news and programming that reflected the country's values, aspirations and interests. In a joint statement Wednesday, the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) and Syndicat des Communications de Radio-Canada (SCRC) issued the following demands to the Feds:
– a new non-partisan process for selecting CBC/Radio-Canada president and board, in place prior to the end…
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Two cabinet ministers, CRTC chairman, headline event
OTTAWA – After a year interrupted and a year off, the International Institute of Communications Canadian chapter conference is back in November with a fascinating-looking conference agenda.
The headline speakers for the conference being held November 16 and 17 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa will be CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais, who opens the conference Wednesday afternoon, Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly, who will speak at breakfast on the Thursday, and Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains, who will speak at lunch the same day.
The…
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MONTREAL – Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly brought #DigiCanCon to Montreal Friday, the fifth of six in-person discussions on Canada’s cultural and creative industries.
"Montréal, home of many successful and world-renowned artists, creators and cultural businesses, is a great place to continue our conversation”, she said in a statement. “I know that these discussions will allow our Government to better understand the needs and expectations regarding Canadian content creation, discovery and promotion in this new environment in which we live.”
Canadians are encouraged to join the conversation and take part in the discussions at any time through the Web portal and social…
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OTTAWA – Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, will join Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly and CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais at next month’s International Institute of Communication – Canadian chapter conference.
Scheduled for November 16 -17 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, IIC Canada 2016 will bring together business and government leaders in media, communications and technology to engage on key issues affecting the future of the Canadian communications sector.
Registration is well underway and space is limited. Click here for the program agenda.
www.iic-canada.ca
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OTTAWA – CBC’s top executives were asked to defend the public broadcaster’s perceived competition with private media during a hearing of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Tuesday.
The two-hour hearing, which included about 10 minutes of demonstration of a CBC virtual reality video project, didn’t see any new announcements about what the broadcaster plans to do with the additional $150 million a year it will get in parliamentary appropriations, or the accountability plan it needs to present in exchange, but CEO Hubert Lacroix (pictured above in a Parlvu screen cap) reiterated projects that have…
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IQALUIT – Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly brought #DigiCanCon to Nunavut Wednesday, the fourth of six in-person discussions on Canada’s cultural and creative industries.
"After successful stops in Vancouver, Halifax and Toronto, I am pleased to be in Iqaluit today for our fourth in-person discussion with Canadians, including artists, creators and cultural businesses”, she said in a statement. “I know that these discussions will allow our Government to better understand the issues and expectations regarding Canadian content creation, discovery and promotion in this new environment in which we live. Together, let's be innovative and find new ways to create and promote quality…
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TORONTO – Bell Media’s The Movie Network and Channel 4 (UK) have commissioned a new political thriller to mark the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
Co-produced by Montreal’s Handel Productions and UK’s Arrow Media, Pearl Harbor: The Accused (TMN)/Pearl Harbor: The Truth (Channel 4) promises to reveal the untold story behind the failure to stop the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941.
In the subsequent public outrage, Admiral Husband Kimmel, commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, was found guilty of dereliction of duty and his career was destroyed. But the documentary vows to reveal new insight into who was actually to…
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