OTTAWA – Just 14% of Canadians currently subscribe to satellite radio, as more Canadians prefer to listen to music online via Youtube than any other audio streaming channel. That’s according to a couple of new reports from Media Technology Monitor, both of which examine the trends and use of online audio in Canada.
Streaming audio online continues to be a popular online activity among three in five Canadians, with most listeners streaming audio from their computer. Smartphones are the most popular portable streaming device.
The Satellite Radio report says only a small proportion of Canadians…
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GATINEAU – Canada’s public broadcaster has been given the green light to introduce advertising on its Radio 2 and Espace musique properties, but only for three years.
“The Commission considers that advertising will serve to ensure that the CBC has the resources to continue to provide high-quality diverse programming. However, the Commission is imposing conditions of licence that limit advertising to a maximum of four minutes per hour and limit the number of times that programming can be interrupted for advertising to twice per hour,” reads the May 28 decision.
The Commission also ruled that Radio 2…
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TORONTO – The CBC has lost another of its senior programming leaders with the announcement Wednesday of the departure of executive director, studio and unscripted programming, Julie Bristow.
“We know that talented people like Julie often look for new challenges and we’re happy for her that she’s ready for the next phase of her career” said Neil McEneaney, interim executive vice-president, CBC English services. “While we’re sorry to see Julie leave, I'm excited at the prospect of CBC working with her in our shared goal of celebrating the best in Canadian content. We’ll have more to say on that further…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC will announce its decision on the renewal of the broadcasting licences for the CBC at 11 a.m. Tuesday morning.
The most contentious issue of the hearing, held back in November, was the CBC’s request for permission to sell advertising on Radio 2. Struggling with cuts to its funding in the past 24 months, the Corp wants to be able to earn more cash by selling advertising into the indie/classical/eclectic music station – and it also promised not to change the nature of the service in order to pursue higher ratings and increased ad dollars.
Many Canadian private…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has agreed for the first time to allowed limited advertising on CBC’s Radio 2 and Espace Musique networks.
The Commission allowed the change as part of its decision, released this morning, to renew CBC’s English- and French-language television and radio licenses until August 31, 2018.
The CRTC says it will allow the radio networks to include up to four minutes of advertising per broadcast hour within a maximum of two blocks. The CBC will also have to submit a new application at the end of the three-year period…
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OTTAWA – Friends of Canadian Broadcasting today presented a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed by 13 prominent Canadian journalists and educators supporting the watchdog’s call for changes to Bill C-60 so it does not undermine the editorial independence of the CBC.
The letter, signed by journalists including CBC’s Joe Schlesinger, Don Newman, and Globe and Mail columnist emeritus Hugh Winsor, was tabled this morning at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance by Ian Morrison, Friends spokesperson, during his appearance before the Committee.
“Without change, Bill C-60 will give government the…
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OTTAWA – Friends of Canadian Broadcasting says it will testify before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance tomorrow morning and ask to remove the CBC from the budget omnibus Bill C-60 provision, which would give the government unprecedented authority over the public broadcaster and other Crown corporations.
“No public broadcaster anywhere in the free world faces the degree of political interference that is proposed for the CBC in Bill C-60,” said Friends spokesperson Ian Morrison in a media advisory.
Morrison will be accompanied tomorrow by media and freedom of expression lawyer Brian MacLeod…
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May 22, 2013 – CBC announced today that its sidelined series Battle of the Blades is back on the roster of returning series for the 2013-2014 season.
The original reality series is back for a fourth season after being benched last year due to high production costs.
The public broadcaster also unveiled the addition of five new series to this fall’s schedule, including:
* The Best Laid Plans, based on author Terry Fallis’ award-winning novel;
* Crime drama Crossing Lines, starring Donald Sutherland;
* Four Rooms, a reality series that pits the…
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OTTAWA – Two new reports released today from Media Technology Monitor examine the ways Canadians are using TV and the Internet together.
In the first report, “Multitasking – TV and the Internet,” the relationship between television and the Internet and how Canadians are increasingly using them simultaneously is investigated. The second report, “Social Television,” explores how Canadians use social networking and television together as part of a second screen experience. Both reports are based on data from the Fall 2012 Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
Canadian homes are now more equipped today to encourage multitasking, says MTM. Heavy multitaskers spend more time than average…
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GATINEAU – Bell Canada and Astral Media say the list of new regulatory safeguards it has agreed to should allay any fears the CRTC has of a combined company – and that the deal should be approved.
In its final written submission to the CRTC filed late Tuesday, the companies say they have agreed to “an unprecedented package of regulatory safeguards relating to terms of trade with all independent producers, the negotiation of affiliation agreements (including tied selling, packaging flexibility, and other terms), the no head start rule, the availability of non-linear content, the timing of the Commission’s dispute resolution…
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