By Peter Nowak
IMAGINE, FOR A SECOND, someone making fun of you for being too skinny. Then they take all your food away.
Got that image in your mind? Okay, good. You’ve just pictured what trying to grow a telecom business in Canada is like.
For years, that’s essentially what big companies such as Bell, Rogers and Shaw and their armies of lawyers, lobbyists and hangers-on have been doing to TekSavvy and other independent service providers.
They’ve argued that the only good telecom company in Canada is one that builds its own networks head-to-toe, from the poles that hold the wires in the…
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OTTAWA — Broadcast tech maker Ross Video has appointed Oscar Juste (above) to the newly created role of senior vice-president of global sales, the company announced today.
In this role, Juste will provide leadership and strategic direction to the global sales function and help drive growth as Ross continues to expand into new international regions and markets, says the press release announcing Juste’s appointment.
Juste first joined Ross Video in April 2016 as director of sales for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, and guided the region’s sales group through its most successful period ever, doubling turnover in the…
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OTTAWA – Disputing recent coverage from Postmedia and other outlets over the state of its finances, the CBC issued a press release Friday to set out some facts.
A recent Postmedia News article, reads the CBC release, carried by Sun newspapers across the country, says CBC’s TV ad sales are in “freefall,” citing a story on the Blacklock’s Reporter website.
“This is the latest example of something we are seeing more and more of — a few online outlets together amplifying the same inaccurate criticism of the public broadcaster, and CBC TV in particular. Again, in this case, the distorted…
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OTTAWA — Kanata North Business Association (KNBA), which represents Canada’s largest technology park, onl Wednesday launched Discover Technata 2.0, a global talent attraction platform consisting of virtual career fairs, talent roadshows and a state-of-the art job board.
The Discover Technata 2.0 platform is the engine of Kanata North’s talent recovery plan and the initiative is being spearheaded by KNBA’s president and executive director, Jamie Petten.
Home to more than 540 companies, the Kanata North Technology Park is recognized as a world leader in the global application market with a number of sub-sectors thriving within the tech cluster, including communications, 5G…
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OTTAWA — The Broadcasting Accessibility Fund today announced it will award $398,016 in grants to four new projects to advance accessibility to broadcasting content for Canadians with disabilities.
These four projects represent the completion of the Fund’s sixth round of grants, with a total commitment of approximately $3.7 million to date, to address gaps in broadcasting accessibility.
The projects approved by the Fund’s board of directors are:
CapScribe 3.0 — Inclusive Media & Design and IDRC — $160,000: This project will build upon previous work undertaken in CapScribe 2.0 by creating a more efficient workflow, an upgraded interface design addressing a…
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HAMILTON — As Aeon Studio Group looks to help build the city of Hamilton into an international hub for film, television and digital media production, it announced today its new Aeon Bayfront Studios will be open for business on February 1, 2021.
Situated in Aeon’s Hamilton Studio District mixed-use development, Aeon Bayfront Studios is located at 243 Queen Street North and comprises an approximately 80,000-square-foot facility on a total of 7.5 acres of land. This is the first soundstage to open as part of Aeon’s new studio district in Hamilton. (Pictured is a conceptual rendering by ESR Design Co. of…
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MONTREAL — On December 8, CJAD 800 in Montreal will celebrate the station’s 75th anniversary with special programming and the launch of a new monthly podcast, The Mighty 800.
Part of Bell Media’s iHeartRadio Canada network, CJAD 800’s special anniversary programming will include interviews with notable station alumni, archival audio and the addition of two on-air legends to the CJAD 800 Wall of Fame, says the broadcaster in a press release today.
In addition, on December 8, CJAD 800 will draw for cash prizes and give out a variety of branded merchandise as a gesture of appreciation to its loyal listeners,…
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NEW YORK, GENEVA and TORONTO — Two-thirds of school-age children worldwide, or 1.3 billion children aged three to 17 years old, do not have Internet access in their homes, according to a new report from UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) released yesterday.
The report, How Many Children and Youth Have Internet Access at Home?, reveals a similar lack of home Internet among young people aged 15 to 24 years old, with 759 million or 63% unconnected at home.
“The Covid-19 pandemic is a double shock that is exacerbating the learning crisis with the risk to leave the most marginalized…
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TORONTO — ACTRA Toronto announced yesterday it has hired Jenn Paul (above) in the newly created role of industry relations specialist: anti-Black racism, diversity, equity and inclusion.
Paul comes to ACTRA Toronto with a variety of industry experience, including producing, distributing and marketing ACTRA productions. She is a producer of Sharon Lewis’s CSA-nominated Brown Girl Begins, and also a producer of four short films and a commercial under her production shingle Token Creative, which has two anthology series in development, including one on mental health.
Most recently, Paul was an integrated producer with Livewire Communications. Previously, she was with Bell Media…
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OTTAWA – The INDU committee’s “first start” is already under way for the most part thanks to the CRTC and the telecom industry.
The standing committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) presented a report to the House of Commons on Friday entitled Fraudulent Calls in Canada: A Federal Government’s First Start.
“Fraud calls cause significant losses to Canadians,” says the committee. “Supported by fraudulent offshore call centres and easily accessible technologies, such as robocalls and spoofing, fraudsters manage to deliver scams despite the best efforts of law enforcement agencies. To make things worse, the Covid-19 pandemic led to a significant…
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