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Radio / Television News April 23, 2013 13 years ago

9(1)(h) COMMENT: The era of forcing us to pay for TV is long gone

IF CRTC CHAIR Jean-Pierre Blais is putting the Canadian consumer back into the CRTC driver's seat, as he has stated repeatedly, then surely the Commission must say no to most of the broadcasters and postulant broadcasters arriving cap-in-hand this week to ask that they be given mandatory spots (and the mandatory dollars that would come with it) in the TV channel lineups of Canadian subscription TV customers. While there’s a long history of forcing Canadian cable subscribers to pay for channels they may or may not have wanted, back in the day, we just accepted it. Sometimes, begrudgingly. Sometimes we… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News April 18, 2013 13 years ago

COMMENTARY: There’s no “fix” available to the feds on the wireless file

WHEN ASKED ABOUT how the reports that Wind, Mobilicity and Public Mobile are all looking for a way out of the wireless business in Canada, Industry Minister Christian Paradis told reporters in a conference call on Monday: “I still remain confident we can achieve our goal,” of having four wireless players in each region of Canada. Mr. Minister, you are the only one with that confidence. As we have noted before, the Canadian wireless market right now, has as many players as it will ever have and in all… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News April 17, 2013 13 years ago

Bell-Astral II: Companies fire back at critics

MONTREAL – In a joint announcement about their response to interventions filed with the CRTC about the proposed Bell-Astral merger, BCE and Astral Media dismissed the complaints of their competitors. Bell and Astral downplayed the concerns of its competitors, describing them as “large vertically integrated corporations” that compete directly with Bell, who contend that the merged company, if approved, would control too much of the market. In its release, Bell Media says that the two companies are merely “eager to inject fresh ideas, significant new investment, and more competition into Canadian media, especially in Québec.” Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News April 16, 2013 13 years ago

Northwestel suspends fibre rollout, files a Review and Vary with Commission

YELLOWKNIFE and GATINEAU – If the CRTC doesn’t change its mind on the wholesale rates Northwestel can charge its clients providing competing telecom services on its network, the company won’t be building out any more fibre, according to its CEO. In an interview with Cartt.ca on Friday, Northwestel CEO Paul Flaherty said that the CRTC’s February 25th decision on the telco’s wholesale connect service set rates far too low, making it uneconomical to continue any of its fibre deployment program. The company has filed a Review and Vary with the Commission, asking the CRTC to rethink… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News April 15, 2013 13 years ago

Cliff to lead CRTC communications team

GATINEAU – Amanda Cliff will be joining the CRTC as executive director, communications and external relations, the Commission announced Friday In a memo to staff, CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais told staff that Cliff will be responsible for CRTC communications (including the web and client relations) and relations with external stakeholders such as Parliament, other government departments and agencies, other levels of government, non-governmental organizations and academia. She will also provide support to the Regional Commissioners, acting as the liaison between them and the head office in Gatineau. Since 2006, Cliff has been director general of broadcasting and digital communications within the… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News April 15, 2013 13 years ago

New ultra HD specialty Bulb TV set to bloom

TORONTO – The first North American TV channel to transmit via a 4K HDTV pixel feed has been launched in Toronto. Bulb TV founder Evan Kosiner Bulb TV, founded by Evan Kosiner, is a Canadian Category B licensed TV service approved by the CRTC last May, and will feature content focusing on innovation and ideas. It has no MSO carriage deals in place as yet.

Radio / Television News April 12, 2013 13 years ago

Double-digit drop in Q2 revenue at Corus

TORONTO – With double digit losses in both revenue and profits for its second quarter of 2013, Corus Entertainment described its financial results for this period as “soft.” The company reported a 10.7% decrease in total revenue for the quarter ended Feb. 28 of $183.7 million, down $205.7 million for the same period a year earlier. Revenue dropped in both radio and TV segments, with Corus executives attributing part of the 12% decrease in TV revenue in Q2 FY 2013 to decreased advertising from its childrens programming. “Virtually all of that was related to the… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News April 11, 2013 13 years ago

Specialty, pay, PPV and VOD revenue in 2012 hits $3.97 billion: CRTC report

GATINEAU – Canadian specialty, pay, PPV and VOD television services generated revenues of $3.97 billion in 2012, an increase of 5.9% over the $3.75 billion earned the previous year, according to the CRTC’s statistical and financial report for this sector released today. National advertising revenues for this group increased for a third consecutive year to $1.23 billion, although its 2.4% growth is significantly less than the 10.1% increase from the previous year. In addition, subscriber revenues exceeded $2.6 billion. Revenues for these television services have climbed by 35.4% over the past five years to reach… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News April 11, 2013 13 years ago

NAB 2013: That’s so random! Stuff we saw and heard (Pelmorex, Ross, 8K, Verizon CEO, OpenText)

LAS VEGAS – It’s a big, big show and we can’t see or hear everything, nor turn everything into a full-sized story, so what you’ll see below is the good stuff we shook out of our notebook on the day before the 2013 NAB Show closes. ******************** AS BIG AS THE NAB Show and the broadcasting industry is in the United States, investment banker Josh Stinehour of Silverwood Partners put the industry in a bit better perspective during a session on the strategy and valuation of the media business by comparing it to another huge Las Vegas show held just… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News April 11, 2013 13 years ago

Astral reports 66th consecutive quarter of profitable growth

MONTREAL – Astral Media’s financial results for Q2 2013, released today, indicate the company saw a 2% increase in revenues, as well as continued growth in net earnings, EBITDA, and cash flow from operations. In the second quarter, consolidated net earnings totalled $41.2 million, an 8% increase over the $38.2 million recorded last year for the same period. That amount does not include any transaction costs related to the Bell-Astral merger, which remains subject to CRTC approval. EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, grew 5% to $69.4 million from $66.0 million for the same period… Continue Reading

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