OTTAWA – With more ways of accessing TV content without a paid TV subscription in Canada than ever before, who’s cutting the cord, who’s not, and who’s never had a cord in the first place? A pair of new reports from Media Technology Monitor (MTM) explore those questions and examines these evolving trends.
The Living Without TV Service: Off-Air and Tuned Out Canadians report examines these two unique groups, and looks at why they have chosen to live without paid TV service, how the groups compare to each other, and how they compare to those who do pay for TV service.
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OTTAWA–GATINEAU – Canadian local television stations saw profits plunge in 2014, according to the CRTC’s latest statistical and financial report for this sector released Monday.
According to the report Conventional Television – Statistical and Financial Summaries 2010-2014, profits before interest and taxes (PBIT) for private local TV stations dropped from -$2.3 million to -$138.7 million, and the PBIT margin decreased from -0.1% to -7.7%.
Revenues fell by 7.2% from $1.94 billion in 2013 to $1.8 billion for the broadcast year ended August 31, 2014. While revenues from the sale of local advertising declined 5% from $351.2 million in 2013 to $333.6…
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TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada is the official broadcaster of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games and is promising Canadians some 750 hours of coverage across TV, online and mobile platforms in both official languages.
The Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games will see more than 10,000 athletes, coaches, and team officials in total from 41 countries and territories visit Canada to take part in 36 Pan Am sports and 15 Parapan Am sports, many of which will be qualifying events for the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics. Canada will be represented by its largest teams ever…
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GATINEAU – Earlier this month, a group of 14 broadcasters met for the first time to begin figuring out how to develop a subscription television set top box data measurement system.
In its TV Policy Review decision, the CRTC said building such a system would be a very good thing and set a deadline of April 13th for an industry-wide working group to start moving. Representatives from Bell Canada, Blue Ant Media, CBC, Cogeco, Corus, Eastlink, the Independent Broadcasters Group, MTS, Pelmorex, Quebecor, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw and Telus met on April 8th saying in its first…
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OTTAWA – Despite the growing amount of online audio choices and personalized audio services available in Canada, Anglophones are still investing more time on AM/FM radio via a receiver, according to new reports from Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
The Online Audio report outlines trends in the use of online audio in Canada.
Highlights from the report include:
– Streaming audio online continues to be a popular online activity among nearly two thirds of Anglophones, especially among the millennial set;
– Just over half of Anglophones are listening to streamed music free on YouTube and it is the most popular type of streamed…
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BANFF – CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais will deliver a keynote address on Sunday June 7, 2015 to open the 36th annual Banff World Media Festival.
In the wake of the Commission’s decisions from its Let's Talk TV hearing, Blais will speak about where the CRTC is heading next, and, why the recently launched review of basic telecommunications services is important – not only for the Canadian content industry, but also for all sectors of the Canadian economy.
Banff organizers also announced the return of the ‘Media Leaders’ series, offering delegates the unparalleled opportunity to listen in on exclusive conversations between top media leaders…
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TORONTO – The results of a CBC/Radio-Canada workplace investigation report into inappropriate behaviour by fired radio host Jian Ghomeshi has led to the dismissal of two senior executives.
Chris Boyce, executive director of radio and audio, and Todd Spencer, executive director of human resources and industrial relations, are no longer with the corporation, according to a note sent to employees Thursday signed by Heather Conway, EVP CBC English Services and Roula Zaarour, VP People and Culture. In the interim, Cindy Witten will continue to lead CBC Radio as will Serena Thadani- Anthony and Ron Ouellette for Human Resources and Industrial Relations…
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LAS VEGAS – As the march to a fully IP world continues unabated and video competition from all quarters intensifies, broadcasters around the world are increasingly turning away from upgrading to new proprietary hardware and systems in favour of software-driven, in-the-cloud services, searching for lower costs and improved efficiency (not to mention fewer people).
That was the message delivered by broadcasters and vendors Sunday during panel sessions at a media finance and investors conference which is part of the National Association of Broadcasters 2015 Convention happening here in Las Vegas.
Research company Devoncroft annually publishes a survey of broadcasting suppliers for…
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LET'S START WITH TWO MAIN themes: first, a description of how new technologies may continue to impact the media; and, second, a discussion of whether the CBC is the best mechanism to deliver a public subsidy to support public service broadcasting.
It's not my intention to question the rationale for public service broadcasting, but I believe that any discussion of the CBC should deal with more than short- or medium-term issues. If we ignore the longer-term structural questions, we run the risk of prescribing short-term solutions that might prove to be unsustainable. So let's jump forward 10 years to get…
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OTTAWA – Despite homegrown competitors, Netflix penetration in Canada has jumped 33% in the last year, while four-fifths of Anglophones now report watching online video every month, according to two new reports from Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
The report The Rise of Netflix examines how Canadians are changing the way they consume Internet TV service, and credits Netflix as the company that is best taking advantage of this consumer shift.
Highlights from that report include:
– After five years in the Canadian market, 39% of Anglophones report subscribing to Netflix, and one third of subscribers have had their subscription for at least two…
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