MONTREAL – Toronto will host the first-ever Children, Youth & Media Conference on November 10th.
Organized by the Alliance for Children and Television (ACT), the conference is the only one of its kind to bring together Canada’s creators, producers and broadcasters of youth programming. Modeled after Média-Jeunes, a highly coveted gathering the ACT has held in Montreal on four occasions, this new event is devoted to exchange, training and professional development.
Over 200 attendees, including a number of well-known specialists, will explore programming trends and share their views on the needs and interests of young people through workshops, discussions…
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OTTAWA – TSN and RDS will now have the right to add a little drama and comedy programming to its schedule thanks to a pair of CRTC decisions rendered Thursday.
The two Bell Globemedia-owned all-sports channels had petitioned the Commission to let them add some beyond-the-niche programming and the request was granted, in part.
While they can air some shows from category 7, “(t)he licensee is required, by condition of licence, to ensure that programming from category 7 comprises no more than 5% of any broadcast week, that all category 7 programming is Canadian, and that all category 7…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC Wednesday extended the commentary process on the cable industry’s request to kill the mandatory carriage requirement of local FM radio stations.
As first reported by www.cartt.ca, the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association has asked the CRTC to repeal section 22 of the Broadcast Distribution Regulations which say that Class 1 and 2 cable systems must carry all local FM stations in their market on their cable plant.
The CCTA told the Commission that about 4% of cable subscribers listen to the radio over cable and that its members could better use the plant capacity to…
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I’M NOT THE FIRST HACK to write that CBC Television’s mandate is the reason why it suffers so much in the court of public opinion – and in practice.
It’s mandate, broadly, is to be all things to all Canadians – in both official languages, no less. So, while it airs some hugely popular programming like Hockey Night In Canada and some of the recent mini-series and made-for-TV movies which often attract over a million viewers, it also airs some stuff that so few people watch, like Zed, or the former Opening Night (it once broadcast a live Opera…
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TORONTO – With the Canadian regulatory hurdles all hopped, Sirius Canada has hired on a consumer electronics veteran to carry the ball as president and CEO.
The board of directors of SIRIUS Canada today announced the appointment of former Thomson Electronics Canada president Mark Redmond as president and CEO. For the last several months, Redmond has been working closely with SIRIUS Canada’s senior strategic team preparing for the satellite radio company’s entry into the Canadian marketplace, says today’s press release.
A former Thomson executive for over 17 years, Redmond held many senior positions in Canada, the U.S. and internationally…
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TORONTO – Tuesday evening, the Canadian Media Guild and CBC management finalized the details on a protocol that allows the public broadcaster to return to full service by Tuesday October 11, the day most members will be returning to work.
For that to happen, some maintenance technicians, IT employees and schedulers will be asked to return to work this week to put equipment in working order and to schedule shifts.
As well, some people will return to work to put Hockey Night in Canada to air on Saturday evening. Anyone returning before ratification of the agreement will do so…
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TORONTO – On Sunday, October 2, 2005 CHFI’s morning host Erin Davis and over 250 members of TEAM CHFI raised over $60,000 for The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation in the Run for the Cure.
The team (pictured) was made up of 98.1 listeners along with Davis and radio staff.
“CHFI listeners are the most generous people” said Julie Adam, general manager and program director, CHFI, in a release. “We are thankful to all our listeners – those who sponsored and those who ran and walked with us. It was a most empowering day for the radio station, the participants…
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OTTAWA – Apparently going incommunicado can work.
Forced into a media blackout for days by a federal mediator, the CBC and its union, the Canadian Media Guild, emerged from their negotiation cocoon just after midnight ET this morning to announce that it’s time to go back to work.
The CMG and the CBC finally reached a memorandum of settlement after 16 months of negotiations. “The memorandum represents the framework of an agreement that will be formalized over the coming days and submitted to the CMG membership for ratification,” says the joint press release.
"It took hard work and compromise…
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TORONTO – Rogers Cable and Warner Bros. announced today that the studio’s films are now available on the video on demand platform.
“The addition of this major Hollywood studio means the availability of movies such as Million Dollar Baby, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, Constantine, and Alexander,” says the press release.
VOD is a key competitive advantage for Rogers since its satellite competitors can not offer the service and Rogers has been aggressive in adding content to its VOD servers. "Since launching our On Demand services in 2002, the library of titles has rapidly increased to over 2000 titles,”…
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OTTAWA – The recently-launched Anik F1R satellite is now carrying television signals, announced its owner, Telesat, today.
“The new satellite provides valuable broadcasting and telecommunications capacity for Canadians, including direct to home satellite television,” says today’s press release.
Anik F1R also carries a navigation payload that enhances the global positioning system used in aviation across Canada and the United States.
"With Anik F1R, Telesat continues its long tradition of developing and delivering the most advanced satellite applications and services," said Larry Boisvert, Telesat’s president and CEO. "Whether it’s the entertainment we watch on TV, or the health and safety…
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