TORONTO – SiriusXM Canada has named Jason Redman as chief financial officer, effective November 30, 2015.
Redman was Sirius Canada's former CFO prior to that company’s merger with XM Canada in 2011. He was most recently president of Drainage Solutions at Armtec LP – A Brookfield Company, one of Canada's largest infrastructure companies. Prior to joining Armtec, Redman held senior executive leadership positions that include chief operating officer/chief financial officer for Dealfind/Teambuy, and chief financial officer for ONEnergy Inc.
"We are pleased to be welcoming Jason back to the SiriusXM Canada team," said president and CEO Mark Redmond, in the announcement. "He…
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OTTAWA–GATINEAU – Some two thirds of Canadians own a smartphone, and nearly half of Canadians use tablets, according to the 2015 edition of the CRTC’s Communications Monitoring Report.
The report, released Tuesday, is an overview of the six sectors of the telecommunications industry including local, long distance, Internet, wireless, data, and private line. It is the second of three parts in the Communications Monitoring Report.
The adoption of smartphones and tablets continues to grow, with 67% of Canadians owning a smartphone in 2014 compared to 62% in 2013. Tablet ownership increased to 49% compared to 39% year-over-year. The percentage of Canadians…
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TORONTO – Tickets are now on sale for next month’s CTAM Canada Broadcaster Forum.
Scheduled for November 19 starting at 1:00 PM at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, the third annual event will feature Canadian-specific market research, a panel of industry leaders in media, distribution and technology discussing current industry insights and hot topics, plus a panel of consumers. A networking reception will follow the event.
Panel #1 – The Role of Large Value Packs in a World of Choice
With an increase the availability of choice and packaging flexibility into the traditional television ecosystem, how might…
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PEOPLE ARE ALREADY CALLING Justin Trudeau our first “selfie” Prime Minister. Images of him on the campaign trail – and the day after the election – mugging with various Canadians who have one arm outstretched and the other around our PM-to-be number in the hundreds of thousands. He’ll apparently even click it for you, if you like.
Of course, those snapshots are then uploaded to the likes of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, LinkedIn or any other sharing platform to display to followers around the country and the world. Just Google “Justin Trudeau selfie”.
Invariably, those images ride…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and DHX Media are aiming to inspire a new generation of creative talent for the family/tween/kids marketplace.
The two organizations said Monday that they are teaming up to launch The DHX Experience, a series of in-depth workshops and practical exercises designed to engage screen-based entertainment industry professionals by introducing them to this specialized market. Additionally, the initiative will extend beyond the CFC’s talent base to offer a showrunner bootcamp and a British Columbia-based voice for animation workshop.
The DHX Experience kicks off on October 28 with a daylong symposium at the CFC. More information…
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OTTAWA – Women in Communications and Technology (WCT) has launched a Public Sector Network for women in technology and science, the first of its kind for ICT women in governments in Canada.
Headed up by Vidya ShankarNarayan, director general enterprise services for Employment and Social Development Canada, the PS Network will provide a forum within the WCT National Capital regional chapter for public sector women working in technology and science jobs to network across government departments, levels and with women from the private sector to work together towards career advancement.
“WCT is a national grassroots organization providing support to women in…
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OTTAWA – Late Thursday, Bell Canada applied to the Federal Court of Appeal for leave to appeal the CRTC’s recently announced Wholesale Code of conduct which it established for the TV industry as part of its Let’s Talk TV policy review process.
The Commission released the Code September 24th.
The CRTC has overstepped its jurisdiction with this Code, says the Bell application to the court. “The purpose of the Wholesale Code is to govern the commercial relationships between Programming and Distribution Undertakings. In doing so, the Wholesale Code conflicts with the Copyright Act and exceeds the CRTC’s…
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TORONTO – Ontario CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan says chairman Jean-Pierre Blais has been exceeding his authority by “unilaterally” naming panels of commissioners to hear and decide upon certain applications made to the Regulator and so Shoan has asked the Federal Court of Canada to prohibit the chair from naming such panels on his own.
Shoan’s application to the Court and his affidavit says chairman Blais has convened all commissioner panels for CRTC matters, but also that the chairman is not technically allowed to do that on his own. Instead those decisions are supposed come from a committee, not just the…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – For the first time, more Canadians subscribe exclusively to mobile wireless services than to wired landline telephone services, according to the 2015 edition of the CRTC’s Communications Monitoring Report on the state of Canada’s communications system.
The report, released Thursday, provides an overview of the Canadian communication industry for the year ended August 31, 2014. As it did last year, the Commission will release the report in three parts, with data on the telecommunications sector and broadcasting sector still to come.
According to the report, 20.4% of Canadians opted solely for mobile wireless services than their traditional landline telephone…
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TORONTO – Newfoundland Capital Corporation president and CEO Rob Steele has been named as the 2016 inductee to the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.
Steele will be honoured at the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards gala on May 5, 2016 at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto.
In 1997, Steele joined the board of directors of Newfoundland Capital Corporation, and assumed the leadership role of president and CEO in 2001. He quickly moved to streamline the company's investments to focus on radio, and NCC acquired its first radio station in 1986 in Charlottetown. By 1999, NCC had grown to 14 licenses.
Under Steele’s leadership, the…
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