OTTAWA – Prime Time in Ottawa is serving up an opportunity for attendees to dine with featured industry executives.
The ‘Breakfast With’ feature allows registered conference delegates to reserve their spot at the breakfast table with one of:
– David Miller, President, A71 Productions;
– Janet Brown, EVP, Gunpowder and Sky Distribution;
– Nina Sudra, General Manager, VICE Canada;
– Sally Catto, General Manager, Programming, CBC English Television;
– Marc Hustvedt, Producer / Founder & CEO, SUPERGRAVITY Pictures;
– Chris Regina, Senior Vice President, Original Co-Productions, Syfy, USA & Chiller;
– Mark Slone, Executive Vice President, Theatrical Distribution, Entertainment One Films Canada;
– Meghan Hooper-White, VP, Acquisitions, Lifetime…
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QUELLES QUE SOIENT LES nouvelles obligations au service de base que le CRTC impose aux compagnies de téléphone et FSI canadiens, Quadro Communications est plus que prête. Elle pourrait même être l’entreprise canadienne titulaire qui aura le moins de mal à s’adapter aux nouvelles règles.
La coopérative de 3 100 membres dont le siège est à Kirkton, en Ontario, a déjà déployé de la fibre jusqu’à chaque ferme, grange et commerce dans ses quatre systèmes situés dans les comtés d’Oxford, Middlesex, Perth et Huron dans le sud-ouest de l’Ontario, environ 45 kms au nord de London.
Difficile à croire mais les…
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OTTAWA – While both the English and French language markets in Canada use the Internet as an important source for media, Boomers say newspaper subscriptions are still important, according to two new reports from Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
A Profile of Boomers’ Media Technology Adoption and Use: Analysis of the English-Language Market focuses on Canada’s largest generation. While they have not grown up with publicly available Internet and wireless technologies, they have become avid users of these offerings, says the report.
Highlights include:
– Traditional TV and radio still rule among Boomers. They spend more hours a week watching TV on a…
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TORONTO – CBC has ordered a second season of original comedy Kim’s Convenience, the public broadcaster confirmed Tuesday.
A CBC original series produced by Thunderbird Entertainment in association with Soulpepper, the series will return with a 13-epsiode sophomore season in fall 2017. CBC said the first season, which will wrap up December 27 at 8:00 PM (8:30 NT) with two back-to-back episodes, drew an impressive average audience of 933,000 per episode to date (2+ AMA), with 39% of viewers in the 25 – 54 demographic.
“Canadians have fallen in love with the Kims. The series has struck a chord among viewers of all ages with its unique perspective and…
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WHATEVER THE CRTC says Wednesday are to be the new basic service obligations for Canadian telcos and ISPs, Quadro Communications is more than ready. It might well be the Canadian incumbent carrier which will have the least trouble adapting to the new rules.
The 3,100-member telecom co-op headquartered in Kirkton, Ont., has already deployed fibre to the home to every farmhouse, barn and business in its four exchanges which sit in in parts of Perth, Huron, Middlesex and Oxford counties in southwestern Ontario farm country about 45 kms north of London, Ont.
That’s right, the folks living in places like Wartburg…
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TORONTO – The CBC has promoted Fred Mattocks to general manager, local services, CBC English Services as part of organizational changes separating the public broadcaster’s News and Regions into two distinct organizational functions.
“In his new role, Fred will help evolve our local strategy to privilege and deepen our connection with the audience,” said CBC English Services EVP Heather Conway, in Monday’s announcement. “He will oversee the regional expression of CBC and build on the gains Jennifer McGuire and the senior news leaders in the centres have made towards our 2020 Strategy.”
Before his current position of…
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OTTAWA – While almost a quarter of Anglophones report listening to music streaming services, podcasting continues to grow as a medium for listening to online audio content, says two new reports from Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
Podcasting – Don’t Call it a Comeback examines the demographic of English-language podcast listeners as well as the other audio content that they consume.
Highlights from the report include:
– Once thought to have plateaued, podcasting penetration has grown by more than 50% in the past three years;
– Half of podcast listeners use smartphones to listen to podcasts; and
– Podcast listeners tend to be bigger…
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(Notes on a Very Silly CRTC Dustup)
Did you hear the one where a six-figure-earning chair of the CRTC hijacked his own hearing to go after some guy who hurt his feelings on “The Twitter?”
In the world of content creation it wasn’t the most important twist to come out of the group license renewal hearing last week, but it sure was the most surprising.
Here’s what happened at the end of the Writers Guild of Canada executive director Maureen Parker’s thoroughly-researched presentation to CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais, on November 30:
THE CHAIRPERSON: Ms. Parker, we’ve known each other for a while. And,…
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TORONTO – Part social powwow and part professional revelation, the annual CTAM Canada Broadcaster Forum unspooled a ribbon of timely data points and commentary on new technology trends, a VR state-of-the-nation and even reflections on CBC’s unsullied broadcast of Tragically Hip’s summer concert.
Technology and television Innovation
A quartet of industry experts—Tom Elam, VP and GM with TiVo’s service provider business; Jay Gardner, VP of product development with Shaw; Joel Orvis, director of TV product management with Bell Canada; and Matt Nelson, director of strategic alliances with You.i—unpacked the latest developments in television tech on a panel moderated by Norm…
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MONTREAL – Groupe V Media expressed cautious optimism over CBC/Radio-Canada’s proposal to eliminate advertising on all of its platforms, but said “this major shift can and must be undertaken at a lower cost”.
“We support the proposal by the CBC/Radio-Canada to withdraw from the advertising market”, said president and CEO Maxime Rémillard, in a statement. “However, it seems to us to be greatly exaggerated that the CBC/Radio-Canada, with advertising revenues of $253 million, is asking Canadian taxpayers for $400 million per year to cope with the disruptions from both consumers and technology and to make up for the minutes…
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