OTTAWA and KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON – CBC Radio’s Waterloo Region morning show will resume its broadcast Friday morning after receiving CRTC approval of its broadcast license Thursday afternoon – which it didn’t have when it first launched the station last month.
CBC Radio called the mistake an “operational error,” and suspended the show late Tuesday following a complaint filed with the CRTC by the Ontario Association of Broadcaster’s government committee that the station had launched without CRTC approval.
The Kitchener-Waterloo Record quoted CBC spokesperson Angus McKinnon, who said, “This was a very regrettable…
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OTTAWA – CBC Radio pulled its new Waterloo Region local morning show it launched just over five weeks ago off the air yesterday because the CRTC has not yet approved the service.
The public broadcaster says it anticipates the shutdown of The Morning Edition show will be temporary as it awaits for final approval from the Commission of its broadcast application. Listeners in the Waterloo Region will continue to be able to tune in to the 89.1 FM frequency or online at www.cbc.ca/kitchener-waterloo for their favourite CBC Radio programs.
CBC filed its application for…
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GATINEAU – Quebecor Media’s Sun News compared itself to a wireless new entrant Tuesday saying it needs to benefit from a regulatory mechanism in order for it to compete against the established news players, company executives argued before the CRTC on the first day of the Commission’s 9(1)(h) hearing.
Kory Teneycke, vice-president of Sun News, told the commissioners under questioning that the news service is suffering from a market he believes isn’t functioning properly and is open to abuse by some of its competitors. He referred to the 2008 advanced wireless spectrum auction as an instance where the government recognized…
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MONTREAL – Radio-Canada Revenue Group has appointed Michele McEnery to the position of director, national and multiplatform sales in Toronto.
McEnery takes over from Jerôme Leys, who left the CBC in February. She will report directly to executive director Jean Mongeau, while continuing to serve as director, corporate affairs development for CBC/Radio-Canada, a position she has held since September 2010. “Michele has in-depth knowledge of the needs and realities of the national advertising market in Toronto, where she’s worked for many years. She’s the perfect person to help our clients maximize the impact of our distinctive…
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IF CRTC CHAIR Jean-Pierre Blais is putting the Canadian consumer back into the CRTC driver's seat, as he has stated repeatedly, then surely the Commission must say no to most of the broadcasters and postulant broadcasters arriving cap-in-hand this week to ask that they be given mandatory spots (and the mandatory dollars that would come with it) in the TV channel lineups of Canadian subscription TV customers.
While there’s a long history of forcing Canadian cable subscribers to pay for channels they may or may not have wanted, back in the day, we just accepted it. Sometimes, begrudgingly. Sometimes we…
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MONTREAL – Bell today announced that CBC and Radio-Canada TV programming is now live and on-demand with Bell Mobile TV, in addition to the CBC News Network and RDI news content already available.
“CBC and Radio-Canada join the growing range of world-class content available in English and French on Bell Mobile TV,” said Wade Oosterman, president of Bell Mobility and Bell’s chief brand officer. “Building Canada's leading mobile TV service is part of Bell's commitment to make the best content available across every screen.”
Included in popular rate plans or as a standalone feature for…
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TORONTO – Rogers announced today the launch of a new on-demand app for LG Smart TVs that lets customers log in to their Rogers account via their Smart TVs and access more than 1,000 hours of content.
Rogers postpaid wireless, home phone and internet customers can log into the Rogers Anyplace TV application on their LG Smart TV by creating a profile on RogersAnyplaceTV.com and catch up on shows from City, Global and CBC. Rogers Cable customers have access to premium programming that they subscribe to through their existing TV package such…
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TORONTO – The CBC, Bell Media and Shaw Media are the top three English broadcaster recipients of Performance Envelope allocations for 2013-2014 as announced today by the Canada Media Fund.
Of the CMF’s program budget of $360.7 million, $173.3 million has been allotted in Performance Envelopes for 21 English broadcasters. CBC will receive $58.1 million, Bell Media $32.6 million and Shaw Media will receive $27.3 million. Thirteen French broadcasters will share $85.7 million, of which Radio-Canada will receive $32,7million, Groupe TVA $22 million and Astral (French) $16.4 million.
CMF’s envelope system was designed to…
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HALIFAX and FREDERICTON – Shaw Media-owned Global News announced it is rebranding its Global Maritimes operations to Global Halifax and Global New Brunswick as part of its mandate to tell more locally-focused stories.
The separation of Global Maritimes into the two new stations, which takes places April 15, moves both Global Halifax and Global New Brunswick from being an amalgamated regional news source to focusing more on local stories in both areas. Global is highlighting the move with new programming and the hiring of new on-air talent
The two stations will continue to share some…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Digital Media Network has announced the addition of Reed Hastings, founder and CEO of Netflix, as keynote speaker for its upcoming CDMN Canada 3.0 2013 conference.
Hastings’ keynote session is called “Internet TV: The Future of Television.” The conference takes place May 14-15, 2013 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Other confirmed CDMN Canada 3.0 2013 speakers include:
Jason Townsend, NASA’s deputy social media manager (who will be appearing via telepresence)
Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of Datawind (a Canadian company…
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