OTTAWA – Nearly two-thirds of Canadian Anglophone seniors now own a cell phone, while Canadians self-identifying as visible minorities are more likely to social network, according to two new reports from Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
Seniors’ Media Technology Adoption and Use profiles Anglophone Seniors and their ownership and use of media technology. For the purposes of this report, the senior generation is defined as those aged 69 years and older. While they’ve seen the introduction and advancements of traditional television and radio, they’ve not grown up with publicly available Internet and wireless technologies.
Highlights from the report include:
– Anglophone seniors are…
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It’s been a pretty busy fall and we know from talking to people in this business that just about everyone is looking forward to a little down time with their families this holiday season.
Those of us at Cartt.ca are no different and today’s newsletter will be the final one until we return with a bang (with our comprehensive Consumer Electronics Show coverage) on January 5th.
You’ll still see big news posted when it happens. If you have a login issue, someone will be able to answer your questions, but we’re taking some time off and we hope you…
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BACK IN 2007-08 THERE were no shortage of people in the Canadian TV industry who’d whisper, “who’s the crazy guy buying up all the music brands?”
The prevailing wisdom then said music was a shrinking, sinking business, utterly upended by the digital revolution and one to be fled by serious businesspeople, not embraced. It was certainly not something upon which to build a brand new global enterprise. Oh, there were plenty of naysayers when Eric Boyko (pictured in his Montreal office), a speed talking ball of frenetic, entrepreneurial energy, entered the Canadian TV scene. (Pour la version française, s'il vous…
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TORONTO – Kids’ CBC wants to get Canadian children and their families moving with a new live-action interactive musical adventure series called The Moblees.
Designed for kids aged 3 – 5 years, the 30 x 11-minutes series integrates a holistic approach to healthy active living, including non-sedentary behaviours, physical activity and nutrition. The Moblees will begin on December 22 on CBC Monday to Friday at 8:00 AM (8:30 NT).
Each episode features a movement-centric, song-driven adventure that culminates in the awarding of a Moblee Medal, rewarding preschoolers’ newfound expertise in doing ordinary things in extraordinary ways with movement. The series stars five loveable characters who – along with do-ers at home – overcome obstacles through…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada is trimming its supper news shows in favour of offering more local news and information throughout the day on mobile, web, radio and TV.
Starting in fall 2015, CBC/Radio-Canada said that it will reduce supper hour newscasts from 90 minutes to either 30 or 60 minutes starting at 6:00 PM (local time) in all of its existing English-language television markets. Television broadcasts of local Radio One morning shows (6 – 7 AM) will begin airing in all existing TV markets except the North.
Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Windsor, Montreal, and Fredericton will receive 30 minute supper hour programs, while…
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OTTAWA – Albertans lead the nation in the ownership of smartphones and HDTVs, while Quebecers are the most likely to subscribe to digital cable. Residents of Manitoba and Saskatchewan are most likely to subscribe to Netflix and to be Social TV users, while Torontonians are more likely to use LinkedIn. These are just a few highlights from the new market reports available now from Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
This series of reports compiles data on media technology ownership and usage in a number of markets highlighting the similarities and differences across regions, provinces and major cities. The reports provide readers…
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TORONTO – When the Xbox 360 app for Rogers/Shaw’s shomi subscription video-on-demand service is launched next week, it will be thanks largely to Digiflare, a Toronto-based TV Everywhere app developer.
Digiflare has been working with the shomi project team for the last several months on the design and implementation of the shomi Xbox 360 application, expected to be officially launched on Dec. 2. Digiflare also contributed previously to the front-end design and implementation of the shomi.com website launched in early November and is working currently on a Chromecast app, which as of yet has no announced release date.
“From our standpoint,…
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OTTAWA – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) wants the federal government to make support for Canada’s $85 billion cultural industries a key issue in the upcoming federal election.
ACTRA national president Ferne Downey, accompanied by Canadian performers Tantoo Cardinal, Benjamin Ayres, Tristan D. Lalla, Angelica Lisk-Hann, Mark McKinney, Peter MacNeill, Julian Richings, Adamo Ruggiero, Salvatore Antonio and Jamie Spilchuk, will be in Ottawa Wednesday asking all MPs and federal parties to support the call for ‘More Canada on ALL Our Screens – big, small and mobile'.
The national union said its wish-list for this lobby trip includes…
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TORONTO – Registration is now open for DM@X: Digital Media at the Crossroads Conference, a high level conference on the future of content in digital media.
Scheduled for January 24, 2015 at Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto, the one-day event promises to address trends in digital media, including subscription streaming, niche content, social media metrics, and dragon’s-den-style presentations of alternative business models for Canada’s cultural industries.
Keynote Speakers include CBC/Radio-Canada’s Mark Allen, Blue Ant Media’s Raja Khanna, Corus’ Gary Maavara and former CBC head of English services Richard Stursberg, among others.
Regular registration…
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TORONTO – Once viewers are convinced to try the various TV Everywhere platforms being made available by carriers and broadcasters, keeping them engaged with great content and a seamless user experience reduces subscriber churn and leads towards making a profit from the significant investments that broadcasters have made in TVE apps and services.
A panel moderated by Cartt.ca’s Greg O’Brien at the CTAM Canada Broadcaster Forum held Wednesday at Toronto's Sony Centre saw experts from Vidéotron, Corus Entertainment and the CBC offered insight into their organizations’ current TVE services, while TVE platform experts from U.S. technology providers Accedo…
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