TORONTO – According to an upcoming report, Outlook 2023, from the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), by that year Canada will need 305,000 more digitally skilled workers, bringing the workforce in the digital economy up to 2.1 million. However, said Maryna Ivus, senior research analyst at the ICTC, that demand can't be met by focusing on what she called the "usual suspects" – men with computer science degrees and three-to-six years of experience.
She told the 400 attendees at the ninth annual Canadian ISP Summit that while emerging technologies like 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and…
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NORTH BAY, ON – Canada’s first annual Rural and Remote Broadband Conference announced today the panel members who will engage with conference attendees in North Bay on November 12-14.
There are three excellent panels comprised of government, industry and First Nations leaders which will tackle a number of broadband’s most compelling challenges.
They are:
Government’s Role in Addressing the Challenges of the Rural Digital Divide.Developing government policy that supports Broadband development in non-urban regions. A conversation between government and private sector.
Panelists include Fausto Iannialice, director of broadband and digital strategy branch, Ministry of Infrastructure; Angela Lawrence, CCSA…
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TORONTO – Radioplayer, the pan-industry-backed (except for Bell Media radio stations which are all iheartradio) online platform, announced today it is working with Spanish broadcasters to launch Radioplayer España.
This means hundreds of Spanish stations will be available on the Radioplayer España iPhone and Android apps, on the web player, in the Alexa skill, on Sonos and BOSE speakers, Google Cast, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Smart Device Link, and many more integrations.
Spain is the 12th country to join Radioplayer. “Thousands of broadcasters are now working together through Radioplayer, to keep radio strong in cars and home devices,” said Radioplayer…
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MONTREAL – Broadband provider and broadcaster Cogeco Inc. saw its fourth quarter 2019 revenue increase by 3.1% compared to Q4 last year to reach $610.5 million, the company reported late Wednesday.
Revenue for the full fiscal year, ended August 31st, came in at $2.44 billion, an 8% increase.
Revenue increased in the company’s communications (video, broadband, home phone) segment, “mostly as a result of organic growth and the acquisition of the south Florida fibre network previously owned by FiberLight… on October 3, 2018 combined with the activation of bulk properties in Florida during the fourth quarter of…
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MONTREAL — CBC/Radio-Canada announced Wednesday that Donald Lizotte will be taking over the role of general manager and chief revenue officer of CBC & Radio-Canada Media Solutions, after last week’s announcement that Jean Mongeau is leaving the position, effective February 24, 2020.
In his new role, Lizotte will oversee all teams associated with CBC/Radio-Canada’s self-generated revenue, including the advertising, distribution and content-licensing streams, CBC/Radio-Canada said in a news release.
Lizotte comes to CBC/Radio-Canada with more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications, retail, food and media sectors, including 14 years as an executive with Quebecor. Previously, Lizotte was…
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MONTREAL — Telefilm Canada is adding two new members to its executive leadership team, with the announcement that René Bourdages has been named senior director of cultural portfolio management, and Marie-Claude Lavigne has been named director of government and public affairs.
Bourdages (pictured on left) will join Telefilm Canada on December 2 and will be based in Montreal and Toronto. Lavigne (pictured on right) will join the organization on November 12 and will be based in Montreal and Ottawa.
Prior to joining Telefilm Canada, Bourdages served as the National Film Board’s director general of creation and innovation since 2016. In the…
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TORONTO — The Canadian Music Publishers Association announced Tuesday it is rebranding and forging new partnerships in the television and film markets as it evolves its programming to reflect the industry’s changing needs.
The association announced in a news release that it will now be known as Music Publishers Canada, effective today. The rebrand includes a refreshed look, social media channels and evolving programming, the news release said.
“The new brand communicates our evolving identity as champions of the rights of music publishers in Canada,” said Margaret McGuffin, executive director of Music Publishers Canada, in the news release. “These are…
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Shaw CEO also warns regulators not to change things now
CALGARY – After showing strong wireless subscriber additions of more than 266,000 customers in fiscal 2019 and bringing in $1 billion in annual wireless revenue for the first time, Shaw Communications executives didn’t hold back their opinions during the year-end conference call with financial analysts.
CEO Brad Shaw, said the company spent the fiscal year (ended August 31) focused on adding broadband and wireless customers, expanding its wireless network in the west by rolling out its 700 MHz spectrum – all the while managing a large…
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TORONTO – Jean Mongeau, general manager and chief revenue officer of CBC and Radio-Canada Media Solutions will be moving on to pursue new opportunities, the broadcaster announced today after almost 40 years in the industry, including over 25 with CBC/Radio-Canada
His official departure date is February 24, 2020, says the national broadcaster’s press release.
After starting out with CBC/Radio-Canada from 1980 to 1995 as a member of the sales and marketing team, he worked for a variety of companies (such as Télé-Quebec and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra) before returning to the public broadcaster in 2009 as general manager, sales and…
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WITH THE FEDERAL ELECTION done, Canadians can go back to really important matters: will the Montreal Canadian make the playoffs.
In all seriousness, we know the Liberals will be forming the next government but from a minority standpoint. This means they will need the support (or the abstention) of only one of the Bloc Quebecois or NDP, but not both. So, there’s a little room to manoeuvre. Both of those parties are reported to be utterly broke, so they will have little interest to drive everyone back to the polls for now.
The ideological positioning of those parties looks to bring…
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