TORONTO – In advance of planned expansion, Insight Productions has promoted showrunners Erin Brock, Lindsay Cox, and Mark Lysakowski to senior vice presidents, and elevated Rahmiel Rothenberg to general counsel and VP of legal and business affairs.
To coincide with the expansion, Susy Papais was promoted to VP of finance in March. In addition, CEO John Brunton and COO Barbara Bowlby announced the creation of an executive team that will focus on long term strategic planning as Insight looks to grow the company and expand its global business. This newly struck senior management team is comprised of Brock, Cox, Lysakowski,…
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TORONTO – Telus wants to help Canadian businesses accelerate their adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technology with its new IoT Marketplace, billed as an online space offering IoT solutions from cutting-edge innovators and industry-leading technology companies.
The company said that the IoT Marketplace will simplify the complexity of IoT for businesses and allow them to quickly deploy a solution to help reduce costs and enhance their efficiency, productivity and profitability. For developers and IoT technology providers, the marketplace will provide an instant sales channel, with lead generation, the support of Telus' sales and marketing teams, and integrated billing.
"IoT technology has tremendous…
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TORONTO – While the majority of Canadians say they get value from advertising and find it helpful in consumer decision‐making, they also report significantly less comfort with the level of truth and accuracy in online advertising than in advertising in traditional media, says the Advertising Standards Canada (ASC).
According to the 2014 Consumer Perspectives on Advertising Report, conducted by The Gandalf Group for the ASC, Canadian consumers accept that online advertising helps pay for content, but close to half of respondents said they are more likely to trust a digital ad if it resembles one they have seen…
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TORONTO – Cogeco Data Services has unveiled plans to launch Canada’s first Public Cloud service early next year, providing Canadian businesses with public, private and hybrid cloud capabilities.
The company said that the new Public Cloud will offer customers the choice between flexible enterprise-class virtual environments, including Microsoft's Hyper-V and VMWare's vSphere platforms. The Public Cloud will also provide access to advanced features including virtual data centre, next-generation storage performance management, hybrid capabilities and geo-redundancy supported by managed security, ITand public and private connectivity options. Customers will be able to manage their cloud environment through new portal capabilities that provide…
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OTTAWA – Under the theme of ‘Talent. Together.’, Telefilm Canada held its 2014 annual public meeting Monday at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
The organization, which is dedicated to the cultural, commercial and industrial success of Canada's audiovisual industry, also presented its fiscal 2013-2014 annual report. Highlights from the report include:
– Telefilm funding enabled backing for the production of 91 feature films, the development of 306 projects and the marketing of 92 features, while also helping to promote Canadian talent at 109 Canadian and 29 international festivals and events, for a total investment of $92.2 million;
– private and foreign…
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MONTREAL – Videotron president and CEO Manon Brouillette has been recognized by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 Awards in the Corporate Executives category.
The award celebrates the professional achievements of of women with strong leadership skills in the private, public and non-profit sectors across the country.
Brouillette, pictured, joined Videotron in 2004 at the age of 36 as VP of marketing and product development, the youngest member of Videotron senior management at the time. She quickly distinguished herself by virtue of her natural leadership skills, business acumen, and ability to pursue a far-sighted strategic…
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OTTAWA – While official spectrum license transfer applications were filed by Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications in early September, sources tell Cartt.ca senior officials at Industry Canada have let Rogers executives know they’re unlikely to be granted control of Shaw Communications’ unused AWS wireless spectrum.
In January of 2013, as part of a larger deal, Rogers bought an option from the Calgary-based company to acquire its AWS spectrum in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Northern Ontario to be exercised when the moratorium on its sale expires. It ended September 1st and the two companies applied to…
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OTTAWA – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) wants the federal government to make support for Canada’s $85 billion cultural industries a key issue in the upcoming federal election.
ACTRA national president Ferne Downey, accompanied by Canadian performers Tantoo Cardinal, Benjamin Ayres, Tristan D. Lalla, Angelica Lisk-Hann, Mark McKinney, Peter MacNeill, Julian Richings, Adamo Ruggiero, Salvatore Antonio and Jamie Spilchuk, will be in Ottawa Wednesday asking all MPs and federal parties to support the call for ‘More Canada on ALL Our Screens – big, small and mobile'.
The national union said its wish-list for this lobby trip includes…
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TORONTO – Once viewers are convinced to try the various TV Everywhere platforms being made available by carriers and broadcasters, keeping them engaged with great content and a seamless user experience reduces subscriber churn and leads towards making a profit from the significant investments that broadcasters have made in TVE apps and services.
A panel moderated by Cartt.ca’s Greg O’Brien at the CTAM Canada Broadcaster Forum held Wednesday at Toronto's Sony Centre saw experts from Vidéotron, Corus Entertainment and the CBC offered insight into their organizations’ current TVE services, while TVE platform experts from U.S. technology providers Accedo…
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While Ross McCreath's career in broadcasting justly earned him many accolades and awards, his greatest contribution to the industry came after his retirement. His work as president of the non-profit Canadian Communications Foundation (CCF) was the driving force that gave the nation the definitive History of Canadian Broadcasting that can be found online at www.broadcasting-history.ca. McCreath died on October 7th 2014 at the age of 90.
He was born in Toronto on January 23rd 1924, and was educated at Whitney and Blythwood public schools. He then went to Lawrence Park Collegiate, but left before graduating to…
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