THE X-BOXES, PS3s and Wiis of the world are now the home media hub for a large chunk of Canadians, says a new research report.
With almost half (46%) of Canadian households owning one (households with teens are over 80%) as penetration increases, the game console is being transformed from a single-function technology into a media hub – allowing families to access the internet and play video and audio content on the same device they use for traditional gaming according to data from the Spring Media Technology Monitor, which is run by the CBC.
This reinvention of the game console is still…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC has re-launched the public process for the renewal of CBC/Radio-Canada’s broadcasting licences, a process that began last summer but was postponed on July 8, 2011.
In the corporation's updated application, the national public broadcaster is urging the CRTC to accept two provisions it says are critical to preserving the key elements of the CBC’s 2015 Strategy:
1. A modern regulatory framework that will enable the public broadcaster to implement its strategy across all platforms and allow it to evolve with its audiences, with technology and with its changing environment;
2. Opportunity to generate new revenue to meet…
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TORONTO – CBC reporters are turning their iPhones into broadcast cameras with the Dejero LIVE+ Mobile App now being deployed to 100 of its national and international field reporters. The app integrates with CBC’s current fleet of LIVE+ 20/20 Transmitters and LIVE+ Broadcast Servers that are being used for regional and national news coverage.
CBC has placed a focus on increasing media acquisition across all of its distribution platforms and will be utilizing the Dejero LIVE+ Mobile App installed on Apple iOS devices to generate live news content throughout the organization.
“We are thrilled to be working with the CBC on…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Canadians appetite for content continued to grow last year in all media including TV, radio and Internet. But increasingly that content is being purchased primarily through the five largest communications companies (Astral, Corus, BCE, Newcap, Rogers) who together captured 83% of revenues. In comparison the next five companies captured 10%.
This according to figures released in the CRTC’s Annual Monitoring Report that provides an overview of the Canadian communications industry. Given the level of industry consolidation, the commission says it has acted to ensure these companies “do not harm their competitors or restrict consumer choice.” For example,…
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HALIFAX – Canadians will have an opportunity to add their voices on the future direction of the CBC when the national public broadcaster's licenses are reviewed this fall. The public is invited to attend when the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting convenes The CBC We Want, a town hall meeting scheduled for September 6, at the Lord Nelson Hotel, 1515 South Park Street in the Regency Ballroom from 7 pm to 9 pm.
Moderated by Costas Halavrezos, former host of CBC Radio's Maritime Noon, these sessions will include opinion and ideas from experts and viewers and listeners alike. Speakers include:
Wayne…
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WE DRILL DOWN into the analytics of our content quite a lot at Cartt.ca, studying what resonates with our valued readers and what doesn’t. We learn a lot and try adjust our coverage accordingly. So, to give you a peek at what the folks in the cable, radio, television and telecom business have been paying the most attention to for the past year, we publish the top 25 stories of the past 12 months on the day after Labour Day.
As those in the TV business will tell you, September is really the beginning of the year – and September…
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OTTAWA – As Canada hones in on its 150th birthday in five more years, CBC/Radio Canada is stepping up as party planner.
The national broadcaster said that it will host a series of regional conferences starting next January under the ‘2017 Starts Now’ banner, which will bring Canadians together to generate local, regional and national projects to mark the occasion. The networks will also launch a specialized website this fall, concurrent with the announcement of the conference host cities.
The conferences and related initiatives will be produced in partnership with Canadian organizations already at work on planning 2017 celebrations, including YMCA…
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TORONTO – Sportsnet confirmed Thursday that it bought the Grand Slam of Curling from sports media and entertainment company Insight Sports, as Cartt.ca reported on Wednesday.
Part of the World Curling Tour, the elite series of men's and women's curling events will feature teams from across Canada and from around the world. Sportsnet will own and operate the series through a newly created in-house events division, and will share broadcasting duties of the tour with CBC via a sub-licensing agreement. The tour itself has been around in one form or another since 2001 and Rogers has…
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OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada is looking for buyers for its surplus transmission assets after pulling the plug on its analog over the air network earlier this summer.
The national broadcaster said that the assets include the land, transmission towers, analog TV transmission equipment, and related buildings at 100 different sites across the country. While 607 transmitters were shut down on July 31, only a small portion of the sites at which those transmitters were located are now for sale. Many of the decommissioned transmitters were operating at sites where the CBC/Radio-Canada was leasing space from another company, while others are located…
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TORONTO – Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) is once again teaming up with CBC for its annual reception during next month’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Scheduled for September 11 in the Barbara Frum Atrium inside the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in downtown Toronto, the by-invitation-only gala will honour the contributions of Canadian women to the international entertainment industry. Red carpet proceedings will kick off the event, with the list of expected guests to be announced over the next two weeks.
“WIFT-T is thrilled to recognize Canadian women's excellence at a time when the international industry is gathered in…
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