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Radio / Television News September 6, 2005 21 years ago

CUPE files Commission complaint against Global TV Quebec

QUEBEC CITY – "Global couldn’t care less about Québec City!" shouts a release today filed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The union has filed a complaint with the CRTC over the broadcaster’s ongoing plan to consolidate its master control in Toronto, which was reported by www.cartt.ca on July 19th. Like other broadcasters, Global is saving money by using the latest technology to have its master control in a few major centres, rather than have duplicates all over the place. “We’re just doing what CTV and CBC and the French networks did ages ago,” CKMI station manager Karen… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News September 2, 2005 21 years ago

CRTC applauds ruling denying CHOI’s radio licence

GATINEAU – The CRTC says it’s “pleased” that the Federal Court of Appeal has upheld the commission’s decision not to renew the broadcasting licence of CHOI-FM in Quebec City. “This is an important decision for Canadians,” says CRTC Chair Charles Dalfen. “It confirms the CRTC’s approach in protecting Canadians against abusive comments and personal attacks on the airwaves.” The Federal Court yesterday denied CHOI’s appeal of the commission’s decision, saying the CRTC correctly applied the principles of natural justice and procedural fairness in arriving at its decision. CHOI was under scrutiny for comments made by former host Jeff Fillion…. Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News September 2, 2005 21 years ago

CRTC proposes amendments to distribution regs for BDUs

GATINEAU – The CRTC has called for comments on proposed changes to the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations that would clarify linkage requirements for Class 1 and 2 BDUs. The changes would require: – that Category 1 services and Category 2 services be distributed in accordance with the distribution and linkage requirements for Class 1 and Class 2 licensees; – that the community programming of a licensed community programming undertaking be given mandatory carriage as part of the basic service by Class 1 and Class 2 licensees that do not elect to distribute their own community programming; and – continued distribution… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News September 1, 2005 21 years ago

Record labels call for satellite radio rethink

TORONTO – The satellite radio debate rages on, with the music industry today urging the federal government to force the CRTC to reconsider the licences it recently awarded to Sirius Canada and Canadian Satellite Radio, as it is rumoured will happen. Groups representing the major and independent Canadian recording labels say the Canadian content requirements in the licences are too lax, and they released results of a poll they commissioned showing that three-quarters of Canadians think Cancon “is a good idea,” one-third think the quotas should be higher, and nearly 80% think that Cancon has helped Canadian artists become… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News September 1, 2005 21 years ago

CHOI will fight court decision rescinding licence

By Glenn Wanamaker QUEBEC CITY – The owners of controversial Quebec City radio station CHOI-FM, rebuffed by the Federal Court of Appeal in their effort to overturn a CRTC decision to withdraw their licence, say they will try to take the case to the Supreme Court of Canada. "We will fight this to the end," Patrice Demers, President of GENEX Communications, the station’s owner, told a press conference late Thursday. The station, rated number one in the market last spring, is allowed to stay on the air for at least 20 days, or until a decision is made on allowing a… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News September 1, 2005 21 years ago

CSR and Sirius pledge 50-50 English-French channels

MONTREAL – Canadian Satellite Radio and Sirius Canada have announced they will each carry an equal number of English and French stations when they launch. As part of their conditions of licence, each satellite radio service is required to launch with at least eight Canadian channels, one-quarter of them in French. Both services said today they will voluntarily increase that to half. Also, if they add any new Canadian services in the first 24 months of operation, they pledge to add an equal number of English and French. “It has always been our intent to ensure satellite radio further strengthens Canadian… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News August 31, 2005 21 years ago

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WE HOPE READERS HAVE ENJOYED the four-month free preview of www.cartt.ca. We do our best to cover the vital issues that affect executives, managers and employees of companies of all sizes in the cable, radio, television and telecom trade. Since our May 2nd launch, we’ve delivered original journalism – breaking news, feature stories, interviews and viewpoints – important to the domestic industry. In fact, since launch, www.cartt.ca has published almost 800 stories which have appeared in our twice-weekly newsletters that hit in-boxes promptly at 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That’s more than nine per business day, and includes many… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News August 31, 2005 21 years ago

CFRB and CJAD to simulcast satellite radio discussion

TORONTO – Talk radio powerhouses CFRB in Toronto and CJAD in Montreal will simulcast a discussion on the future of satellite radio in Canada on Thursday (Sept. 1) from 10-11 a.m. EST. Both stations are owned by Standard Broadcasting, a major player in the SIRIUS Canada satellite radio service recently licensed by the CRTC. Standard President and CEO Gary Slaight will be a guest on the show, along with John Bitove, chairman and CEO of Canadian Satellite Radio, the competitor also licensed by the commission. The rivals are joining forces to promote satellite radio in the face of uncertainty… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News August 31, 2005 21 years ago

Ottawa-Gatineau children’s radio station launch delayed

GATINEAU – It could be up to another year before Ottawa-Gatineau gets a radio station aimed at children and youth. The CRTC has approved an extension of the time limit to start the operations of a French-language AM station to be operated by Fondation radio enfant (du Canada), a non-profit group. The group’s application for a station was approved in 2003, but now it has until Aug. 28, 2006 before it has to go on air, unless it asks for and receives another extension. The group, to be run by a board of directors, plans on airing programming aimed… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News August 31, 2005 21 years ago

CRTC denies B.C. request for non-profit phone rate relief

GATINEAU – The CRTC has turned down a request from a non-profit group in British Columbia to get relief from TELUS Communications Inc. with its phone rates. The Royal Canadian Air Cadets 828 Hurricane Squadron wanted the telco to allow qualifying non-profit organizations to have two individual phone lines at residential rates instead of business rates. TELUS does so in Alberta, but its General Tariff for B.C. does not. The cadets wanted TELUS to define customers given rate relief to include churches, youth groups, veterans’ associations, associations for the elderly or infirm, and community centres. It argued that residential… Continue Reading
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