VANCOUVER – Global News has named veteran journalist Jill Krop as station manager and news director for Global BC, effective immediately.
Krop, pictured, began her career at CKPG in Prince George in 1986 before being hired as the first evening news anchor at STV Regina, now a Global station. From there, she went east to Halifax and ASN before returning to home province at CHEK TV in Victoria in 1994. Three years later, she made the move to Vancouver and joined the team at what was then BCTV, now Global BC. In 2013, Krop moved to BC1, Global BC's all news…
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LET'S START WITH TWO MAIN themes: first, a description of how new technologies may continue to impact the media; and, second, a discussion of whether the CBC is the best mechanism to deliver a public subsidy to support public service broadcasting.
It's not my intention to question the rationale for public service broadcasting, but I believe that any discussion of the CBC should deal with more than short- or medium-term issues. If we ignore the longer-term structural questions, we run the risk of prescribing short-term solutions that might prove to be unsustainable. So let's jump forward 10 years to get…
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MONTREAL – Second-quarter revenue at Cogeco Inc. increased 3.6%, to reach $536.9 million while revenue for the first six-month period ended February rose 3.8%, to reach $1.08 billion.
The growth in the quarter and half ended February 28th was mainly driven by the cable and enterprise data services segment as well as the favorable foreign exchange rates.
Adjusted EBITDA increased by 3.3%, to $229.1 million compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2014, and by 3.9%, to $463.1 million in first six months of the year. Q2 profit was $55 million, compared to $58.5 million for the same period…
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CALGARY – Add Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi to the growing list of Canadians opposed to more staff cuts at the CBC.
In an April 1st letter addressed to CBC president and CEO Hubert Lacroix, with copies to CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors chair Rémi Racine, Heritage Minister Shelly Glover, Industry Minister James Moore, and Calgary Members of Parliament, Mayor Nenshi said that he was “confused” by the decision to cut nearly 25% of staff at CBC Calgary.
“It is my understanding that a loss of 20 positions in Calgary would put its staff size on par with that of CBC Newfoundland…
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PETERBOROUGH, ON – Lindsay Broadband Inc. has appointed Keith Campbell as director of Canadian sales.
Campbell, pictured, has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry in Canada, including management roles at Bell Canada and 3M. He was most recently senior account manager at Inventronics, responsible for all territory east of Manitoba, a role that enabled him to develop and provide tactical sales solutions to the CATV, telecom and power industries.
“We welcome Keith as a key member of our growing team of professionals assembled at Lindsay Broadband to deliver next generation technologies and network solutions for our ever expanding…
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TORONTO – Former Bell Media exec Catherine MacLeod has been named as the new president of the Television Bureau of Canada (TVB), replacing Theresa Treutler who stepped down from the role last December.
MacLeod was most recently SVP specialty channels and Bell Media production, where she was responsible for the brand and programming strategies across all of Bell Media’s non-sports specialty television and digital assets, including Discovery, Bravo, Space, Comedy, Much, MTV, and TheLoop.ca, plus was responsible for in-house production and original digital video content. Prior to that, MacLeod was VP business and legal affairs at Bell Media,…
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MONTREAL – Stingray has named veteran media executive Stephen Tapp as SVP business development.
Tapp, pictured, has over 25 years of experience building and operating profitable subscriber and advertiser supported businesses, creating branded channel partnerships, and establishing content licensing deals. He has been at the forefront of several successful media company launches in Canada, such as XM Satellite Radio, Viewer’s Choice Canada, Pay Per View and TSN, and more recently, founded Hercules Media Group Inc., a company that specializes in providing advisory services and investment in digital television, online and mobile media and marketing.
In his new role at Stingray, Tapp…
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OTTAWA – Canadians’ complaints over their telecom and Internet services continue to fall, but breaches of the country’s Wireless Code of Conduct are on the rise now that more Canadians fall under it, says the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS).
In its first ever mid-year report released Thursday, the CCTS said it accepted 5,468 complaints between August 1, 2014 and January 31, 2015, down 8.5% from the same period a year earlier. Last year’s annual report showed a 17% year-over-year drop in complaints.
The report says that billing errors continue to be the most commonly raised issue…
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OTTAWA–GATINEAU – Canada’s new emergency alert system may have officially launched this week, but it can’t reach all Canadians after some of the country’s biggest TV service providers, including Bell and Shaw, have delayed its full rollout.
Known as Alert Ready, the system notifies Canadians of emergency situations over their radios and through their televisions. Issued by emergency management officials such as fire marshals, police officers and public health personnel, the alerts are meant to warn the public of dangers to life and property, like severe weather, water contamination and industrial disasters, as well as Amber Alerts.
While all cable and satellite…
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TORONTO – The Canadian audiovisual industry is well equipped to meet the demands of Canadians wishing to consume television and digital media products across a wide variety of platforms, says Valerie Creighton, president and CEO of the Canada Media Fund (CMF).
In her address to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto on Tuesday, Creighton (pictured) said this sector is a major source of economic activity and jobs across the country and offers the building of attractive career paths for young Canadians.
According to recent data from the Canadian Media Production Association, film and television supports 125,000 jobs and generates $7.5B…
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