TORONTO – More than CAD $119 million has been pledged so far in connection with Friday’s Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) fundraising telecast in Canada and the U.S., organizers said Sunday.
The $30 million pledged in Canada will be used by Stand Up To Cancer Canada (SU2C Canada), and in some cases, by collaborating organizations to support joint research efforts utilizing the SU2C model and scientific oversight. Funds pledged by the Canadian public during the telecast will stay in Canada to support the creation of collaborative research teams, known as Dream Teams, as well as education and awareness programs conducted…
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TORONTO – U.S. private equity firm Quadrangle and Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises (DAVE) have filed a $1.2 billion lawsuit against Industry Canada over their respective investments in new wireless entrant Mobilicity.
In a statement of claim filed Thursday, Quadrangle accuses Industry Canada of negligence, negligent and/or reckless misrepresentation, breach of contract, intentional interference with economic relations, abuse of public office, unjust enrichment and loss of reputation and goodwill.
In brief, Quadrangle argues that Industry Canada is liable because it offered to establish and enforce rules to support a new entrant in Canada’s wireless market, promises that it later “ignored”.
“It disregarded its…
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TORONTO – When the potential economics of a pick-and-pay TV world is laid out for them, the interest expressed by Canadian consumers to choose TV channels a-la-carte falls off dramatically, according to research released today by CTAM Canada.
A volunteer-based organization, CTAM (Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing) is an industry association that provides information, education and networking opportunities for cable companies, content providers, and others who supply products and services to the cable industry. The organization released the new data as part of its annual research report, just in time for the start of the CRTC’s TV Policy Review…
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TORONTO – Bell Media and Corus Entertainment have inked a multi-year, multi-platform deal with HBO for the exclusive Canadian rights to the entire past-season library of every HBO scripted series currently on air. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The deal includes the rights to more than 700 episodes from past seasons of current programs, in addition to the 300+ episodes of HBO series that are already available (Ed note: so take that, shomi and Netflix). Starting this fall, past seasons of hits like Game Of Thrones, Girls, Boardwalk Empire, and True Detective will also made available to…
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SOMETHING’S NOT RIGHT. Especially if I’m quoting Macbeth.
We have analyzed the hell out of the CRTC’s TV Policy Review which is set to begin Monday in Gatineau, but there’s something ungraspable about the whole thing. Is there too much on the table? Probably. Is the Regulator looking to solve problems it has no chance of fixing – or trying to solve some where none exist? Yes, and yes, certainly.
This is a hearing about all things English Television, or English language video. Yes I know it’s supposed to be about all things television in Canada, but let’s be honest here;…
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OTTAWA – Registration is now open for the 13th annual IIC Canada 2014 Conference scheduled for October 21 – 22, 2014 in Ottawa.
Dubbed 'Vision 20/20 – What's next for Canada's communications industries', this year’s confab will bring together leading communications sector players to explore what the future will look like for Canadian consumers and providers of communications services and content. Discussion topics include:
– Recent developments in the communications industries;
– Disruptive innovation, consumers and creativity: a look at what makes Canada's video game industry one of the best in the world;
– What do Canadian communication consumers want?
– Democratization of technology:…
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TORONTO – Richard Kanee has been appointed as CBC’s new Head of Digital.
Kanee, who started in his new role on August 25, reports to Neil McEneaney, Chief Business Officer, CBC English Services. In this role, Kanee leads a small team responsible for facilitating the development and realization of English Services’ cross-platform digital strategy to increase revenues and expand CBC’s commitment to digital audiences and storytellers.
He joins the CBC from Creative D Inc., a digital media company working with top-tier media companies to engage online audiences in new ways, where he was the president and CEO. He has also held…
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IROQUOIS, ON – Patrick Wells has joined Ross Video as regional sales manager for Western Canada.
Prior to joining Ross, Wells (pictured) worked at Imagine Communications, where he served as the regional sales manager for Western Canada for the past year. Prior to this, he spent 9 years in sales for Applied Electronics Ltd., a Canadian broadcast technology integrator. Wells has been based in Vancouver for the majority of his career, and will continue to do so in this role at Ross Video.
“We have been focused on finding a great Regional Sales Manager for Western Canada for quite some time…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The federal government said that it will force the communication industry to abandon paper bill charges after the country’s biggest companies failed to commit to doing so at Thursday’s CRTC review into the practice.
Industry Minister James Moore said Friday that charging extra fees to customers who receive paper copies of their bills, a practice known as pay-to-pay billing, was “unfair”, and promised that the government would introduce legislation to end it in the telecommunications sector. He did not say when such legislation would be tabled.
"More and more Canadians are finding a new charge appearing on their monthly…
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OTTAWA – On the eve of the CRTC’s review into charges for paper billing in the communications industry, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has released a new report estimating that Canadians are paying between $495 and $734 million annually in fees for monthly bills and statements in paper formats to the banking and communications services industries (telephone, TV, home Internet and wireless).
The report How to Pay the Piper: A Primer on Additional Charges to Consumers in Canada for Paper Billing examines the conduct of Canadian service providers who charge consumers for paper copies of their bills, and the impact of…
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