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Radio / Television News November 3, 2011 15 years ago

Media business “thrives on the illusion of predictability”, says CBC’s Stewart

TORONTO – The future of the TV business is near impossible to predict, no matter how many studies are done and consultants are paid to help guide media companies as they march into that future. That was a piece of the message delivered Tuesday at the Broadcast Executives Society luncheon by its featured speaker, Kirstine Stewart, the CBC’s executive vice-president of English services. We all want to be able to predict the future, to accurately see where the media business is headed in the short and long term. “Consultants trade on their ability to tell us where we’re going next,… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News November 2, 2011 15 years ago

Accountability, transparency dominates CBC’s public meeting

OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix used the public broadcaster’s third annual public meeting and 75th anniversary to hammer home its commitment to accountability and transparency. Speaking Wednesday afternoon at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Lacroix highlighted the Corp’s newly created website that details its executive expenses, information about audits and Board meetings, and includes a monthly bulletin reporting on its “progress” on Access to Information requests.  He also stressed its accountability to Canadians through Parliament, the CRTC, the Auditor General and its government-appointed Board of Directors. “We take accountability and transparency very seriously”, he said… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News November 1, 2011 15 years ago

CBC targets Hamilton for launch of new digital service

TORONTO – CBC has announced plans to launch a new local digital service in Hamilton, ON starting in spring of 2012. The ‘pub caster said Tuesday that the service will provide an up-to-the-minute, and ‘look ahead’ view of local news, weather, events and other information, and be accessible through smart phones, desktop/laptop computers and tablet devices. "We've wanted to be a part of Hamilton for many years," said Jennifer McGuire, GM and editor in chief of CBC News, with responsibility for CBC Centres, in the announcement.  "We've explored many options for how to best serve the community.  We're happy that, beginning next… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News October 31, 2011 15 years ago

Industry heavyweights to headline IIC Canada 2011

OTTAWA – Heritage Minister James Moore, CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Hubert Lacroix, and CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein are among the big name speakers confirmed for the 2011 International Institute of Communications (IIC) Canada conference. Scheduled for November 28 – 29 at the Ottawa Convention Centre in Ottawa, the event is themed ‘Competition, Innovation and Applications: Towards a Digital Economy for Canada’.  Cartt.ca is a media partner. This year's conference will also feature a pre-conference on public broadcasting, presented in conjunction with CBC/Radio-Canada, on the morning of November 28.  Plenary panels will include ‘Copyright and the digital economy’; ‘Over-the-top services: reframing the content… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News October 28, 2011 15 years ago

Bell Media celebrates FIFA soccer package, CBC disappointed

TORONTO – Bell Media has scored the rights to a seven year FIFA World Cup soccer package that includes the exclusive Canadian broadcast rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar and the FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 in Canada. The deal also includes other FIFA events between 2015 and 2022 such as the Women's World Cup in 2019, the FIFA Men's and Women's U-20 and U-17 World Cups, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and FIFA Futsal World Cup. Bell Media pledged to pull out all the stops during its multi-platform coverage which will… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News October 25, 2011 15 years ago

CBC/Radio-Canada updates Parliament on its strategic plan

OTTAWA – CBC/Radio-Canada appeared before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage Tuesday morning to provide an update on the progress of its five-year strategic plan launched last February.
The plan, known as Everyone, Every way, promises to improve regional coverage and expand local service to more than 6 million Canadians over the next five years; to double the investment made in digital platforms; and to offer more Canadian programming. In the nine months since the launch of the strategy, the public broadcaster noted that it has: – Announced new CBC radio stations in Kamloops, London and Waterloo, and weekend television news… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News October 21, 2011 15 years ago

Quebecor demands “false and defamatory” information on CBC website be removed, or else

MONTREAL – Quebecor Media is demanding that CBC/Radio-Canada take down the page on its website that, among other allegations, accuses the Montreal-based media giant of using public subsidies for its own gain. As Cartt.ca reported earlier this week, the ‘pubcaster posted a page entitled ‘What Quebecor won’t tell you about its attacks on the public broadcaster’ that included a document called ‘Examining Quebecor Media's Free Market Message’ on the evening before Quebecor head Pierre-Karl Péladeau appeared in front of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics about the CBC and the Access To Information Act. In… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News October 20, 2011 15 years ago

Peladeau calls out other media groups for getting into bed with CBC during committee appearance

OTTAWA – Quebecor Media’s CEO used an appearance at a Parliamentary committee to slam not only the CBC/Radio-Canada for its lack of accountability to Canadians, but also other media organizations for getting into bed with the public broadcaster and refusing to take the CBC to task over its use of taxpayer money. Speaking at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, QMI president and CEO Pierre-Karl Péladeau portrayed Sun Media as being the only news organization capable of asking CBC the hard questions about how it uses public money. He spoke about access to… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News October 20, 2011 15 years ago

Telco TV a growing force

TORONTO – Canadian telephone companies long sought a way to deliver a TV experience to their customers. Bell Canada opted early on for a satellite solution, having come to realize during many technical trials during the 1990s that delivering a quality TV experience on par with what cable could offer was still years away. Other Canadian telcos continued to test the delivery of digital television signals using various technological options through the 1990s and early 2000s. Cost, inefficient compression technology, and the physical limitations of the telco plant all held back viable solutions to the telephone company’s missing link when it… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News October 19, 2011 15 years ago

CBC drops the gloves; Quebecor claims it’s “bewildered” by rebuttal

TORONTO and MONTREAL – The CBC has upped the ante in its battle with Quebecor. Quebecor's media outlets have been unrelenting in their criticism of the CBC, complaining of a lack of transparency at the public broadcaster, which has been forced to deal with hundreds of requests made by Quebecor under the Access To Information regulations. The CBC claims it can protect some competitively sensitive information. Quebecor has taken the position that because it's federally funded, it must divulge just about everything. However, on the eve of Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre-Karl Péladeau’s appearance in front of the House of Commons Standing… Continue Reading
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