KORY TENEYCKE AND PIERRE KARL PÉLADEAU launched some stinging attacks on the established Canadian news channels last week in Toronto when they made public Quebecor Media’s plans to launch a new national news channel.
CTV News Channel and CBC News Network were the primary targets when Teneycke (QMI’s new VP business development) called them “bland and boring and Canadians, as a result, have largely tuned them out.” Mainstream media outlets have labelled the channel “Fox News North” for its plans to tilt to the right and aim at both informing and entertaining.
(Teneycke did not at all embrace the…
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TORONTO – Score Media has added an interesting and entertaining side bar to its coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Its sports channel The Score has signed on as the Canadian broadcaster of Bud House, a new on-line reality series where 32 passionate soccer fans from each of the World Cup qualifying countries live together in a house in Cape Town, South Africa during the event. But when their team is eliminated, so are their chances of winning the grand prize – attending the final match and presenting the ‘Budweiser Man Of The Match’ trophy to the…
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MONTREAL – CBC/Radio-Canada is updating its 50 year-old antenna located at the top of Mount Royal in Montreal.
The overhaul will allow the city’s radio stations to improve their technical parameters, and TV stations to install the antennas they need to move into the digital age, according to the announcement. The upgrade will also ensure compliance with the new Health Canada and Industry Canada standards relating to Safety Code 6 for the 3 kHz to 300 GHz frequency range.
The work, scheduled for June through August, will require occasional temporary interruptions in radio and television signals, but these interruptions will be…
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TORONTO – Executives from Google, RIM, Random House and CBC will head up the inaugural Cross Media Toronto event scheduled for July 21, 2010.
Held at the MaRS Discovery District in downtown Toronto, the event is designed to give attendees an opportunity to network with other media sectors as well as learn how the other sectors function in order to foster cross media collaboration in the emerging digital landscape.
”We want the gaming people to meet the TV people, the publishing people to meet the web video people, and everyone to meet the advertising people, but let’s be honest, in the…
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TORONTO – As widely anticipated, the portable people meters (PPM) have shaken up the radio ratings for some of Canada’s largest radio markets.
According to PPM data for March 1 to May 30, 2010, from BBM, CBC Radio One has been toppled from its long held spot atop the rankings in the markets of Vancouver and Toronto.
Corus’ news talk CKNW led the Vancouver market this Spring with a 14.3% share, followed by two of CTVglobemedia’s stations: CHQM FM with 9.1% and CFBT FM with 6.9%. In Toronto, Rogers-owned CHFI FM was tops with a 13.7% share, followed by CTVglobemedia’s CHUM FM…
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EDMONTON – RTNDA Canada, the Association of Electronic Journalists, presented its annual awards for Canadian news stories and programming at its awards gala Saturday night in Edmonton.
Named after some of Canada’s broadcasting pioneers, the awards are presented in a variety of categories to radio and TV networks and stations, and are given in recognition of excellence in electronic journalism.
The 2009 national award winners are:
National Radio winners
Byron MacGregor Award – Best Newscast
– News 91.9 for The Morning News – (Small Market)– AM800 CKLW for The 7:30 am AM800 NEWS – (Medium Market)– 680 News for Tornado Aftermath -…
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IF EVERYONE PLAYS their expected part, Canadians may end up clamouring for the new SunTV News channel that its owner, Quebecor Media, envisions.
The launch strategy, it appears, is so far playing out brilliantly. After a couple of weeks of leaks (“It’ll be like Fox News, but in Canada!” “They’re going to spend $100 million!” “They’ve asked the CRTC for permission! “We’ve hired some reporters!”) which were linked and retweeted everywhere across the country – and especially in Ottawa – newspaper, TV and radio reporters, camera folks, online newsers (including yours truly) and bloggers crowded…
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TORONTO – International news channel Al Jazeera English has launched on Shaw Cable and officially opened its Canadian news bureau.
Available to Shaw’s digital TV subscribers on channel 175, the network will be available on a free preview through August 31, 2010. It also available on Bell TV, Rogers and Videotron.
"We are pleased to continue our expansion throughout Canada and bring AJE’s groundbreaking news and programming to Shaw customers”, said Tony Burman, the managing director of AJE, in a statement. “Since launching in Canada in May, AJE has provided a much-needed alternative perspective to global events. There…
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TORONTO – Just days into the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, CBC’s extensive coverage has pulled in record numbers.
Close to 1 million viewers watched host nation South Africa take on Mexico in the opening match of the tournament last Friday, while on Saturday, the England / USA match attracted an average audience of 2.275 million viewers to CBC Television, the highest average audience for a preliminary round FIFA World Cup broadcast in Canadian history.
Five of the first eight live matches on CBC Television topped 1 million viewers, in some cases tripling average audiences for preliminary round matches…
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BANFF – Our reporter in Banff, Norma Reveler, spent last night at the opening night event hosted by the CBC. Below is some of her photographic evidence.
Robert Montgomery, head of Achilles Media, owners of the Banff World Television Festival, and Kerry Stauffe, Banff Centre.
Jean-Marie Michael, Cappa Presse (France) and Tony Whalen, Shore Rocel Pictures.
Lise Mahal, Directors…
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