MONTREAL — Vincent Geracitano runs the gamut of emotions describing the future of his television channel: pride, enjoyment, worry, but mostly anger about how it's being taken away from him. More than once during an interview with Cartt.ca, he's brought to tears.
When the CRTC made its decisions on mandatory carriage public August 8, it denied most of the applications from existing or proposed channels seeking the status for the first time, and approved most of the applications for renewal. Géracitano's channel, Avis de recherche, was the only service with mandatory carriage that had its renewal denied. And he doesn't…
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TORONTO – The CBC will begin airing advertisements on CBC Radio 2 and Espace musique this fall, as the Corp announced a deal today with Canadian Broadcast Sales to represent advertising sales for both properties.
The radio sales organization will work with CBC and Radio-Canada's sales and marketing teams. In Quebec, Espace musique will be represented by Groupe Force Radio, a CBS partner.
"?I?'m confident that by working closely with our team at CBC and through their unmatched experience in radio advertising sales, together we will deliver to our clients a streamlined and effective way to access…
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MONTREAL – Bell announced today it has expanded its recently launched mobile TV app by adding livestreaming capability of live and on-demand channels that are viewable on tablets and smartphones.
With Bell Mobile TV, Bell TV customers now have access to more than 100 live and on-demand channels. Bell Fibe TV customers can also stop and resume on-demand programming between their TV at home and their mobile device.
The company said current Bell Mobile TV customers will be automatically upgraded to the Bell TV app, however some customers may need to do…
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HAMILTON – The CBC’s new local digital setup isn’t good enough to serve the Steel City, says city councillor Brian McHattie, who insists Hamilton needs its own CBC radio station.
The councillor (who serves the ward where Cartt.ca is based) has sent a letter to CBC CEO Hubert Lacroix as well as all of the local MPs saying that since there are no available frequencies for another radio station in Hamilton, the CBC should instead purchase one of the Toronto stations which Bell Media has promised to divest as part of its purchase of Astral Media.
The Toronto stations put on…
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MARKHAM, ON – Raj Shoan, Ontario Commissioner at the CRTC, will be the luncheon keynote speaker at Connection 2013, the Ontario Association of Broadcasters announced Friday.
Shoan was appointed to the Ontario Commissioner position in June and has broad public and private sector experience in communications law and regulatory affairs.
He previously served as the CBC/Radio Canada's director of regulatory affairs, where he led the Corp's…
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MONTREAL – Bell announced the launch Friday of BBC World News on its Bell Mobile TV service.
The addition of BBC World News brings the number of 24-hour news channels offered by Bell Mobile TV to seven, including CTV News Channel, BNN Business News Network, CBC News Network, Bloomberg TV, NDTV 24/7 and RDI.
In total Bell Mobile TV currently offers more than 30 mobile TV channels for superphones, smartphones and tablets.
BBC News World features international news programs such as GMT, HardTalk and World Business Report.
www.bell.ca/MobileTV
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TORONTO – For as long as there has been cable television, the subscription has been tied not to the people paying the bills, but to the home, the physical place those people lived.
That’s changing rapidly.
Subscription TV customers are increasingly demanding they be able to take their content with them wherever they want, for viewing whenever they want, either streamed or pulled in on demand. Until very recently this was nearly impossible, but according to David Purdy, Rogers Communications senior vice-president of content, his customers will start seeing a lot more content available for multi-screen on demand viewing in –…
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WINDSOR, ON – Asha Tomlinson has been named new host of CBC News Windsor, the Corp. announced Wednesday.
Tomlinson, a University of Windsor graduate, will debut as newscast anchor, which runs from weeknights 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., on September 2.
Tomlinson’s previous journalism work includes stints at commercial television stations in Toronto, London, Winnipeg, and Edmonton, and for the public broadcaster in Nunavut before returning to Toronto almost three years ago, to host at CBC News Network. She was also the host and co-producer of the CBC News Network's program special Being Black in…
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TORONTO – CBC Revenue Group has appointed Rebecca Shropshire as its new director of digital sales.
Shropshire was previously VP director of digital communications at UM Canada. She has also held positions with Modem Media, Labatt Breweries of Canada and Astral Media.
“Rebecca’s reputation in our industry is second to none,” said Alan Dark, general manager, CBC Revenue Group of the appointment. “With her extensive background and leadership in the digital space, Rebecca will be a tremendous…
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TORONTO – Claude Galipeau has been named country manager for Yahoo Canada, the company announced late Friday.
Galipeau will be responsible for sales and operations for Yahoo Canada and will be based in Toronto.
Regarded as a digital media industry veteran, Galipeau most recently headed his own consulting firm, Galipeau Group. He was also COO at Syncapse Corp., a social media management company.
Prior to that Galipeau was SVP and GM of digital media at Rogers before departing abruptly in February 2011.
Galipeau has also held management positions at Astral Media, Alliance Atlantis…
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