OTTAWA – The hundreds of communities impacted by the CBC`s move to shut down 623 analog transmitters on July 31, ending free over-the-air access to the CBC and Radio-Canada, have only until October 9th to bid on the transmitters and towers. The towers can be used to distribute not only the CBC or Radio-Canada but also community TV or radio, other distant TV or radio services or even wireless high-speed Internet says Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS).
"The community of Hay River, NWT has already obtained English CBC, Radio-Canada and APTN…
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TORONTO – More than a year in the works, Sirius and XM users can finally find out what the other is listening to for an extra $4 a month. But can SiriusXM’s new premier subscription service compete against free?
With the launch of “Best Of” SiriusXM Canada is following the lead of its U.S. counterpart and is now offering subscription packages allowing Canadian Sirius and XM subscribers to add a selection of channels from the other service.
"Our combined subscriber base has been waiting for this exciting benefit since the Sirius XM Canada merger and we're…
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ST. JOHN’S – Cutbacks, concentration of ownership, reimagining public media, and even the cable bill of president and CEO Hubert Lacroix were all up for discussion at CBC’s 4th annual public meeting. Ahead of its CRTC renewal hearing scheduled for November 19, executives also called for a regulatory framework that will enable the public broadcaster to maintain a presence “no matter what degree of industry consolidation may happen, or how fast technology and demographics might evolve.”
But before they got to the CBC’s numbers, Lacroix, whose future at the CBC remains unclear as…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Premium Audience Exchange (CPAX), a new online, real-time bidding exchange service is adding two new networks, V and Télé-Québec. The networks join recently announced Corus and founding partners Shaw Media, Rogers Media and CBC/Radio-Canada.
The participation of V and Télé-Québec further expands and strengthens CPAX's premium French-language opportunities for the advertising community, with Canadian digital advertising inventory now reaching across a wide network of top domains in French. CPAX says it now offers an efficient and cost-effective means of reaching targeted audiences with premium inventory across leading Canadian brands in both English and French.
"V is…
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GRANTING BELL THE RIGHT to buy Astral Media will make an already big company that acts badly, enormous, add incentive for it act even worse, which in the end will crush competition and choice in Canada. Therefore, the deal needs to be quashed altogether or tough new rules applied to constrain the biggest player in Canadian media, say final replies to the CRTC’s public proceeding into Bell Canada’s quest to buy Astral Media.
Those last written rejoinders to the Commission’s public proceeding into Bell Canada’s purchase of Astral Media (CRTC 2012-370) from intervenors were due into the Commission on Friday,…
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TORONTO – Groupe Média TFO has been delivering quality French-language educational and cultural media content free of charge for 25 years and to celebrate it’s launching the Mini TFO interactive Web platform. A dynamic interactive space for younger children made possible through the support of the Ontario Ministry of Education
The new edutainment offering from TFO invites pre-school children to explore a variety of educational concepts through original, entertaining games and videos, along with songs and nursery rhymes. Together with characters from their favourite TFO television series and Mini TFO hosts Louis and Josée, children will discover how situations…
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OTTAWA – The CBC says it's “fiercely opposed” to BCE’s proposal to double the amount of its tangible benefits package to create a new Category C French language national news service, calling it an “abuse of process” and an “extraordinary attempt to undermine competition.”
The CBC contends that BCE's proposed change to its tangible benefits package from its proposed purchase of Astral Media was made without notice to the commission or interveners, or to other interested parties such as the CBC, which might have intervened if the proposal had been…
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TORONTO – Businesses can connect with leading charities and philanthropic organizations to learn how investing in their communities can lead to success at Telus’ Celebration of Giving breakfast SMB event this September 20.
Marc Kielburger, co-founder and co-CEO, Me to We and Free The Children and Tal Dehtiar, President and Founder, Oliberté Footwear will educate small-and medium-businesses on how investing in your community can not only improve employee morale, but positively impact your business, while creating a powerful force for positive change.
Strengthen Your Business with Social Responsibility – A Celebration of Giving takes place on Thursday, September 20. Registration…
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OTTAWA – Innovation, investment and infrastructure will be the key themes at the 11th Annual International Institute of Communications (IIC) 2012 Canada Conference at the Ottawa Convention Centre, October 29-30.
The conference will explore the questions around where network pressure will emerge, what engineering or other 'physics' solutions exist to stay ahead of that demand curve, where the financing will come from to maintain infrastructure at a necessary level to meet those pressures, and what the corollary impact will be on the ability of government to achieve policy goals.
Pre-registration is mandatory and space is limited. Registrations will be…
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MARKHAM, ON – Taiwanese chipmaker VIA Technologies is teaming up with Capital Networks through VIA’s Embedded Digital Signage ISV Program to create a complete Android OS digital signage solution. Capital wants to further tap into the expanding range of digital signage applications from kiosks, POS systems, video walls, and menu boards to TVOIP, cloud streaming, and Out of Home Advertising across a broad spectrum of retail, hospitality, education, and entertainment environments.
Capital’s Audience for Android software package allows users to create, control, distribute and display content with enhanced features including real-time scheduling, automated data feed ingestion, as run…
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