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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bell has the “incentive and the opportunity to disadvantage its competitors”
CBC’s five-year plan a prescription for the broadcaster to heal itself
CRTC releases anti-spam regulations
Book Review: Canadian Telecommunications Regulatory Handbook 2012
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TORONTO – It should come as little surprise Bell Media’s recent $3.4 billion bid for Astral Media was top-of-mind for radio industry executives at last week’s Radio Interactive conference, held as part of Slacker Canadian Music Week in Toronto.
Radio presidents from Bell Media Radio, Corus Radio and Rogers Radio took part in a super session moderated by Ross Davies, director of member engagement for the radio group at BBM Canada. Also represented on the panel were U.K. broadcaster Absolute Radio and U.S. radio station operator Cumulus Media.
Corus Radio president Chris Pandoff said the BCE-Astral Media…
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OTTAWA – GlassBox Television has received CRTC approval for a new French-language music channel.
The category B service, known as GlassBox Créneau musical : musiques émergentes, is a national service that will be devoted to emerging music and its creation and would include programming featuring emerging music with the objective of helping emerging artists. Music videos will play “a key role” in its service’s programming strategy, according to its application.
The new channel’s licence will expire on August 31, 2018.
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC said Monday that it is full speed ahead for the new Canadian Broadcasting Participation Fund (BPF) designed to help public interest and consumer groups offset their costs of participating in its broadcasting proceedings.
The independent fund is made possible by $3 million in benefits proposed by BCE when it purchased CTVglobemedia in 2011. The BPF, which incorporates feedback from various consumer groups, will be active within 60 days though the CRTC said that any cost incurred as of now could be included in a cost application.
The Commission also said that the fund will support…
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TORONTO – Rogers Broadcasting is committed to the Saskatchewan production community, and believes that its yet-to-be-approved purchase of provincial broadcaster Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) will help to keep that community “robust”.
Responding to criticism last week that its proposal to buy SCN seeks to spend less on local shows than the station’s previous owners, Rogers Media’s broadcasting president Scott Moore told Cartt.ca that the deal could actually prove to be a boon to local producers by opening up access to national audiences via its stable of stations and networks.
“We’ve asked the CRTC to allow us to do our Canadian programming…
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OTTAWA – Les Aliments S.R.C. Inc. has been fined $24,000 for violating the country’s national do not call list (DNCL) rules.
Between January 6 and March 17, 2011, the CRTC said that it received “numerous complaints” in relation to telemarketing telecommunications made by the Montreal-area food delivery service company to consumers whose numbers were registered on the national do not call list.
The Commission denied an appeal by the company claiming that it had an existing relationship with one of the complainants, and that the fee of $6,000 per violation was excessive. Payment is due by April 23, 2012.
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Canadian Music Week 2012: Bell-Astral Media deal an encouraging sign, say radio competitors
GlassBox gets go-ahead for new French music service
New fund makes it easier for Canadians to weigh in on broadcasting regs
SCN buy will benefit local production community, Rogers maintains
DNCL violations will cost Montreal-area company $24,000
