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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OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Gold Ribbon Awards honour achievement in broadcasting in various categories including community service, breaking news, humour, public affairs, and promotion of Canadian talent.
The awards will be presented during The Future Summit, the CAB’s 2005 Convention in Winnipeg, November 6 -8, 2005. The complete list of finalists, below, was released Thursday.
A total of 457 entries were received. These awards are among the most prestigious in the Canadian broadcasting industry, and recognize outstanding productions in radio, television, specialty and pay services, and community service. After reviewing the entries, the judges selected 124…
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TORONTO – Calling it “a cynical waste of taxpayers’ money”, the Canadian Media Guild lambasted both the CBC’s latest contract offer, and the Corporation’s decision to take out newspaper ads to plead its side of the story.
"The offer means that literally every future employee could be hired on a non-permanent basis," said chief negotiator Dan Oldfield. "This is out of line with Canadian workplace values, and far worse that what you find among private-sector broadcasters. It’s clear CBC management is not anxious to end this crisis."
The union estimates that the Corp. spent $250,000 on the ads.
“Under…
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OTTAWA – After two days of negotiations with a federal mediator in Ottawa, the CBC has tabled a new offer to the Canadian Media Guild which, says the CBC, is a “significant compromise.”
"I know the effect the labour dispute is having on Canadians across the country," said Robert Rabinovitch, president and CEO, CBC/Radio-Canada, in the Corp.’s release Wednesday afternoon. "I want to thank listeners and viewers who have called and written and to let them know that we have heard them. We want to give Canadians their public broadcaster back and we will do everything we can to…
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GRAVENHURST, Ont. – The Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association drew a crowd while handing out its annual Galaxi Awards this afternoon at the Taboo Resort in Gravenhurst, Ont.
The presentation kicks off Cable Week at the golf resort which continues for the next two days.
The awards sponsors were law firm Fasken Martineau, the CBC’s Newsworld, Country Canada, RDI, Galaxie and RDI, Telefilm Canada and Deutsche Welle.
The winners are:
Outstanding Achievement Frederick T. Metcalf Award for Marketing Habillage 2004: ARTV
William Stanley Thomas Community Involvement Award * Comsep a rebatir: TV COGECO * We All Can: Shaw Cablesystems Continue Reading
LLOYDMINSTER, Alta./Sask. – It’s rare enough in Canada these days to find two stations, owned by the same company, broadcasting in the same small market. But imagine a twin stick in a city that straddles two provinces. Imagine one that is launching a new brand and programming to be carried by both stations.
Newcap Broadcasting, owned by Newfoundland Capital Corporation, is most notably one of Canada’s largest radio broadcasting groups. It acquired its first television assets in January 2005 after it purchased twin stick CKSA/CITL in Lloydminster, Alberta (Saskatchewan, too) from Midwest Broadcasting for $12.4 million. Newcap’s investment in…
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OTTAWA – After hearing Labour Minister Joe Fontana label the current CBC labour situation “unacceptable” in a meeting this morning, the CBC and its union, the Canadian Media Guild, stayed on in Hull to keep negotiating.
The Guild’s full negotiating team was at the meeting, as was CBC president Robert Rabinovitch, human resources vice-president George Smith and management’s lead negotiator, Stephen Satchel. The CBC has had about 5,500 employees locked out for seven weeks.
“Bargaining resumed immediately after the meeting with Fontana. Smith has stayed on for the talks but Rabinovitch told Fontana it would be "inappropriate" for the…
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