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Radio / Television News June 11, 2012 14 years ago

Federal Court asks CRTC to rule on CBC Windsor official languages dispute

OTTAWA – Commissioner of Official Languages Graham Fraser said Monday he is “extremely satisfied” with a recent Federal Court decision asking the CRTC to investigate CBC Windsor radio station CBEF. The decision handed down on Tuesday, May 29 “puts an end to a dispute between my office and CBC/Radio-Canada that has gone on for far too long,” said Fraser in a press release issued Monday. “The Federal Court has acknowledged my authority to investigate complaints about CBC/Radio-Canada, including those regarding its national and regional programming. I expect that CBC/Radio-Canada will co-operate fully in investigations from this point forward.” The Commissioner is… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News June 7, 2012 14 years ago

Canada has no “purely private broadcasters”, says CBC’s Lacroix

TORONTO – Canada’s public broadcaster has a key role to play, perhaps even more vital in this era of vertical integration, but it needs the Local Program Improvement Fund and “a flexible regulatory framework" to continue to do so. That was the gist of an address given Thursday afternoon by CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Hubert Lacroix at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto. In his first public address since the federal government handed the Corp. $115 million in budget cuts this spring, Lacroix wasted no time in taking issue with the popular refrain that CBC, which receives about $1 billion from… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News June 7, 2012 14 years ago

CTS 2012: Crull says bigger, better, Bell, needs regulatory breaks to survive

TORONTO – Freshly minted Canadian citizen Kevin Crull said Wednesday that without some regulatory change, he fears for the future of the Canadian television system. Perhaps newly emboldened after becoming a Canadian citizen just last week, the Bell Media president used his luncheon keynote at the Canadian Telecom Summit on Wednesday to heap criticism on the way the regulations governing the Canadian TV industry have mutated over the past couple of years, and to wonder why our knee-jerk reaction as Canadians always seems to fear the big company and how badly it could act, even in the face of the… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News June 6, 2012 14 years ago

Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy coming to CHCH fall schedule

TORONTO – Independent broadcaster CHCH is hoping that viewers may be missing some of the big U.S. programming eschewed by other conventional broadcasters, and has offered them a new home in its fall primetime schedule. The Channel Zero-owned broadcaster revealed Wednesday it its 'upfront' presentation that it has added long running game shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! to its fall schedule which kicks off September 3 (they last aired on CBC). Other highlights include news magazine shows 20/20, 60 Minutes and Nightline, true-crime series 48 Hours Mystery, new seasons of dramas Supernatural and Hart of Dixie, plus episodes of Bones and… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News June 4, 2012 14 years ago

Catto returns to CBC in new role

VANCOUVER – Sally Catto is returning to the CBC in the role of executive director, commissioned and scripted programming, effective June 18. Catto (pictured) will be based in Vancouver and assume responsibility for drama, comedy, children's and documentary programming. Her initial focus will be on the reorganization of the department to streamline the administration and management, and to update it ensuring resources are focused on content creation, reads the announcement. Her former role at CBC was executive director, arts & entertainment, and most recently she held the position of executive vice-president of Cineflix Studios.

Radio / Television News June 4, 2012 14 years ago

Radio revenues surge back to pre-recession levels

OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Canada’s 669 commercial radio stations saw 2011 revenues increase by 4%, on par with pre-recession levels, according to data released Monday by the CRTC. For the broadcast year ending August 31, 2011, total revenues for AM and FM stations increased from $1.55 billion in 2010 to $1.6 billion in 2011, though expenses also rose from $1.21 billion to $1.26 billion during the same period. As a result, profits before interest and taxes (PBIT) climbed from $298.3 million to $311 million, and the PBIT margin went from 19.2% to 19.3%. AM radio The number of AM stations in Canada continued to decline from… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News May 31, 2012 14 years ago

No sports? No problem for Shaw Media (but it might take an Olympic look)

TORONTO – At his company’s Wednesday morning executive briefing to kick off its upfront presentations, Shaw Media president Paul Robertson told TV writers that the company’s near total lack of sports content doesn’t concern him a bit. When compared to Rogers Media (owners of the Sportsnet brands, The Toronto Blue Jays, NFL games on Citytv and some others) and Bell Media (TSN brands, RDS, NFL games on CTV and soon, co-ownership of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment with Rogers), Shaw has almost no sports – save some professional golf on Global on the weekends. No biggie, though, said Robertson. “You… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News May 31, 2012 14 years ago

FEATURE: As new media drives engagement deeper, there are no limits on the costs for sports rights

TORONTO – The sheer numbers some sports produce are staggering – and we’re not talking about the ones you see on the scoreboards in the stadiums or arenas. When it comes to sports television, the National Football League is the big kahuna. The league’s current $20 billion U.S. broadcast contracts with Fox, CBS, NBC and ESPN end in 2013, and the new deals, worth almost $40 billion over eight years will kick in for 2014. Speaking at The Cable Show in Boston on May 23rd, NBA Commissioner David Stern told delegates that between the league, its teams and players, the league… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News May 31, 2012 14 years ago

CTV covets ‘Hockey Night In Canada’, Olympic rights

TORONTO – CTV executive Phil King may be in charge of programming for the country’s largest conventional network, but it’s clear that sports are as big a part of that as are the slate of new fall shows that the network announced Thursday. Speaking with Cartt.ca prior to Bell Media’s ‘upfront’ event, King, who broke in to the business at TSN before that network was acquired by CTV, admitted that the next round of NHL hockey and Olympic broadcast rights are never far from his mind. “The (Canadian NHL) rights discussion is still two years away, but I find it… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News May 30, 2012 14 years ago

CBC Music launches Android app

TORONTO – CBC Music is now available for Android devices via a new mobile app launched Wednesday. The free digital music service offers Canadian and international music through 40 genre-specific web radio stations as well as CBC Radio 2 and CBC Radio 3. The CBC Music Android App is available free here, while Apple product users may visit the iTunes store or the App Store on their iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. www.cbcmusic.ca Continue Reading

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