4e partie dans notre série sur la révision des Lois sur la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications
L'INDUSTRIE CANADIENNE DE LA télévision fait face à une crise aiguë. Les contributions financières qui supportent la production d’émissions canadiennes diminuent. Et cela est combiné au fait que les fournisseurs de service en ligne, comme Netflix, ne sont pas requis de contribuer au système canadien contrairement à leurs concurrents canadiens.
Depuis l’arrivée en scène de Netflix comme concurrent important des services de radiodiffusion traditionnels, plusieurs ont réclamé que la compagnie américaine contribue au système canadien de radiodiffusion. Certains ont suggéré que taxer les fournisseurs de…
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And why CPE should be reduced for traditional media companies
GATINEAU – Saying online content platforms have radically altered the Canadian broadcasting system is as undeniable as it is now cliché. Netflix itself, has an estimated six million subscribers in Canada, an amount greater than half of all cable TV subscriptions here.
With Amazon Prime growing and the arrival of other online services in the future (BritBox arrived this week and CBS All Access is coming), the Canadian system needs to evolve with this new reality in mind, several have told the CRTC…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC this week told consumer group Public interest Advocacy Centre that there are already ample ways for customers to lodge complaints over what they feel are unfair telco sales practices and that no new public hearing is needed.
After some 2017 CBC.ca stories levelled accusations of potentially unfair, high-pressure sales tactics against Bell Canada (the CBC in January then did a similar story about Rogers Communications), PIAC last month called on the CRTC to launch a formal inquiry into the matter.
Both Bell and Rogers have vehemently denied the claims which were made by…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada and Twitter Canada have struck a partnership that will see the first-ever live stream of select Olympic Games events on Twitter in Canada.
Canadians on Twitter can watch live coverage of the Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony and five additional events from PyeongChang 2018 still to be announced. The events are available via official handles @CBCOlympics in English and @RC_Sports in French.
Canadians will also be able to watch near-live video clips through the partnership.
Select Canadian brands are slated to join the live #PyeongChang2018 experience on Twitter with…
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TORONTO – A trio of Canadian broadcast industry veterans are behind a new venture known as The Podcast Exchange (TPX) that uses market research, advanced metrics, and geo-targeting to give advertisers better access to the Canadian podcast audience.
With backing from Slaight Communications, TPX is co-founded by Jean-Marie Heimrath, former president of Standard Broadcasting’s Sound Source Networks and Iceberg Radio; Jeff Ulster, co-publisher of The Canadian Podcast Listener report and former director of CBC’s Digital Talk Content; and Bob Kane who helped to grow CBC into a global podcast industry leader in both sales and content.
TPX said that it provides…
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OTTAWA – Canadians are well acquainted with voice activated assistants, and four in ten report using one in the last year, according to new research from the Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
The hot topics covered this year in its free Sneak Peek Report include voice activated assistants, device priority in the household, interest in OTT services, smartphone apps, and the evolution of paid TV subscriptions. The MTM Sneak Peek Report is being offered as well as the English- and French-language Media and Technology Adoption Reports and the most recent Fall 2017 data set, available to subscribers on the MTM Portal.
Highlights…
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TORONTO – Save March 8 for this year’s Banff Connect TO event which will see executives from Canada’s major broadcast players discussing original content strategies and programming needs, as well as an exclusive masterclass session that will examine the making of an innovative new prime-time scripted series.
‘Future-Proofing Content Strategies’ will feature Sally Catto, general manager, programming, CBC; Corrie Coe, senior vice-president, original programming, Bell Media; and Lisa Godfrey, vice-president, original content at Corus Entertainment.
Set for the St. Lawrence Centre in Toronto, Banff Connect TO offers a chance to learn, mingle and get a taste of what’s to come at…
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TORONTO – With just days to go until the start of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, CBC revealed plans to air 18 hours of live coverage daily, plus offer free live-streaming and on-demand coverage from every event.
Through broadcast, web, mobile apps, social media and radio, CBC’s coverage will be “as in-depth as any Olympic Games the network has covered before”, the public broadcaster said. The Olympic Winter Games officially kick off with the Opening Ceremony on February 9, beginning with a pre-show at 5:30 AM ET/2:30 AM PT followed by the Ceremony itself at 6:00 AM ET/3:00 AM PT.
For the second consecutive Olympic…
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OTTAWA – Digital disruption has opened up tremendous opportunity for broadcasters, distributors and producers alike, but has also created significant challenges, according to speakers in the first panel session at the Canadian Media Producers’ Association’s annual Prime Time conference Thursday morning.
For CBC/Radio-Canada, going digital and implementing its own over the top (OTT) service has allowed the national public broadcaster to reach new audiences. Heather Conway, executive VP of English services at CBC, acknowledged that the corporation skews to an older, linear TV oriented demographic but said the move into the digital realm has given CBC a wider audience.
“As we…
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FIRST DISNEY BUYS FOX’S MEDIA LIBRARY, so then maybe Corus buys Bell Media – or the other way around? If so, is this a good idea or a bad one for our system?
A Scotiabank report from December 2017 entitled “Converging Networks” and reported by Cartt.ca has suggested that Corus and Bell Media should merge in order to “make them more competitive.” It’s hard to know if this report is a trial balloon or just mere speculation, but we’ve seen support in other quarters for this point of view.
The research also says Facebook and Google now…
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