OTTAWA – The CRTC’s decision on new policy for the country’s vertically integrated companies is expected this week, most likely on Wednesday after the markets close, Cartt.ca has learned.
After a five day long hearing in June, the primary issues that emerged were a potential code of conduct that the large companies – Bell Media, Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications and Videotron – must abide by when negotiating for content and/or carriage; exclusive content allowances; the need for a skinny basic programming package; and protections for independent broadcasters and distributors.
Stay tuned – Cartt.ca will have a full report on the new…
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MONTREAL – The short list of TV veterans has been whittled down to three for the position of executive vice-president, French services at the CBC, sources have told Cartt.ca.
While no final decision has yet been taken, we have learned that former TVA executive Philippe Lapointe and former Rogers exec Marc Blondeau are in the running, as is CRTC commissioner Michel Morin.
Morin (right) has over three decades of experience as a journalist with Radio-Canada and was chief editor, television news, for Radio-Canada and RDI from 2003…
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OTTAWA – Industry stakeholders will have more time to compile their comments after the CRTC pushed back deadlines for its proposed English-language closed captioning quality standards, and BCE’s proposed broadcasting accessibility fund and the Canadian broadcasting participation fund.
The Commission said Friday that comments on quality standards for English-language closed captioning are now due by October 28, and the deadline for the submission of replies has been extended to December 7.
Comments on BCE’s broadcast accessibility fund and Canadian broadcasting participation fund have been extended to November 7, and the deadline for the submission of a reply by BCE Inc. has…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has pushed back its deadline for comments on proposed French-language closed captioning quality standards.
Further to a request, the Commission said Wednesday that the deadline for the submission of interventions has been extended to September 23 from September 14, and that the deadline for the submission of replies has been extended to October 4, 2011.
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OTTAWA – Broadcasters and television service providers must control the loudness of TV commercials by September 1st 2012, the CRTC has ruled.
Tuesday’s decision comes after a public hearing in February which resulted in over 7,000 comments in which “Canadians overwhelmingly expressed the view that the excessive loudness of television commercials has been an irritant for years”, and urged the CRTC to take action.
The decision means that both broadcasters and television service providers will be required to adhere to standards developed in 2009 by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) for measuring and controlling television signals…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC’s decision on loud television commercials is expected this week.
The Commission launched a public consultation earlier this year after receiving hundreds of complaints. Its decision could include technical and regulatory measures to ensure commercials are not perceived to be louder than the programs they accompany.
Check back soon for our full story on the decision.
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has extended the deadline for interventions related to the development of a regulatory framework for the French-language television market.
Comments and interventions are now due by September 27, two business days later than its original deadline of September 23, 2011, the Commission said Wednesday.
Scheduled for December 5 at the Omni Mont-Royal Hotel in Montreal, the hearing will also seek to renew the broadcast licences for Astral Media, Quebecor Media and Serdy Media, plus review of certain conditions of licence for V Interactions Inc.
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SINCE SEPTEMBER IS OFTEN viewed as the “new year” for those in the television business, we’ve used Labour Day week each year since Cartt.ca’s launch in 2005 to look back at the top stories of the past 12 months.
It’s good fun and very instructive for us at Cartt.ca to pause, study and see what resonated with readers among the approximately 2,000 stories we have published since September 1, 2010 (that’s almost eight per working day).
In examining our analytics to see just what stories were most-viewed between September 1, 2010 and August 31, 2011,, it’s not surprising to see the…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Diffusion-owned CKAC will be rebranded as Radio Circulation 730 starting early Tuesday morning, with programming now dedicated to traffic, road work, and weather in the Greater Montreal area.
In addition, sister station 98.5 FM will become “Montreal’s super station for opinion, news and sports”, and include select sports programming from CKAC such as Montreal Canadiens, Alouettes and Impact game broadcasts.
The radio division of Cogeco Inc. said Friday that the move was made in order to honour the agreement struck in May between Cogeco Diffusion and the Ministère des Transports du Québec on a French-language and an…
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OTTAWA – Rogers Broadcasting and Astral Media Radio were among a handful of radio broadcasters that received only short term licence renewals after the CRTC questioned their adherence to regulatory obligations.
The Commission renewed the broadcasting licence for Rogers’ CFUN-FM Chilliwack and its transmitters CFUN-FM-1 Abbotsford and CFUN-FM-2 Vancouver for only one year – from September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012 – to allow for an earlier review of its compliance with the radio regulations and its conditions of licence. It also issued a mandatory order requiring the station to comply with its conditions of licence relating to local…
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