TORONTO – While rating the industry as “outperform”, a BMO Capital Markets report published Monday says the Canadian media and telecom business will generate $62 billion in revenue in 2012 and see an overall growth rate of about 3%, as compared to last year. Of that revenue, about 75% comes from our big four of BCE, Rogers Communications, Telus and Shaw Communications.
While wireless, wireline broadband and specialty television will continue to be the revenue drivers, overall growth will be partially offset by declines in legacy data, voice and print media, says the report. Look for the overall share of…
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RIMOUSKI, QC – Telus has opened its new $65 million Intelligent Internet Data Centre in Rimouski, and will invest an additional $13 million in added IT infrastructure to bring world-class cloud-based solutions to Quebec and Canadian businesses.
The new Telus Tier III design-certified centre is the first Telus Internet data centre built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold standards. Its 1.15 Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) rating places Telus at the forefront of the industry with an energy-efficiency that is more than 80% superior to that of traditional data centres. Constructed with a unique…
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MONTRÉAL – A total of eight Canadian production companies will receive financial support from the latest round of disbursements from the Quebecor Fund.
A total of $2.88 million was allocated to the following production companies: Idéacom International Inc., PVP Projet Jar Dwellers Inc., Productions La Voix Inc., TVA Productions Inc., Cité-Amérique Inc., Communications Swan Inc., Québec Inc. (Triplex Films Inc., Jimmy Lee Inc., Groupe Média Upside Up Inc.) and Les Productions Kenya Inc.
The eight selected productions will air on TV5 Québec Canada, TVO, History (Shaw Media), Société Radio-Canada, TVA, Télé-Québec, Canal Savoir, Astral…
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GATINEAU – Having heard nine days of complaints, plaudits and the general direction of questions being asked by commissioners CBC/Radio-Canada committed to air more programs of national interest (PNI), regional French-language programming and children’s TV shows during the reply stage of its CRTC licence renewal hearing which wrapped up on Friday.
Some of the new proposals in French language services include 100 hours of per year of original Canadian programming, a commitment to do its best to reach 10 hours of local production in the Windsor market beginning in September 2013, and a willingness to accept a condition of licence…
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TORONTO – Following a series of marathon bargaining sessions, Canadian performers and producers have reached a new independent production agreement (IPA) governing English-language production in Canada. The Alliance of Canadian Cinema and Radio Artists (ACTRA), the Association des producteurs de films et de television (APFTQ) and the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) commenced negotiations on October 30 in Toronto, and concluded the negotiations in Montreal in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The new IPA includes annual increases of 2% in rates paid to performers over its three-year term. This is consistent with the increases negotiated…
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WHISTLER – Corus Entertainment and the National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI) have announced the inaugural five projects selected for Script to Screen, a development fund partnership with Corus' Western Canada pay TV service, Movie Central and the Winnipeg-based NSI.
Successful applicants will receive a development advance of up to $50,000 which will be spread across the treatment, first draft and final draft stages.
The selected applicants were announced at the Whistler Film Festival and Summit following the application process which started in June. Script to Screen will provide the Canadian screenwriters…
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WHISTLER – Operating in a relatively small market, Canadians have learned to produce great product for less cost than many countries it competes with argues Michael Hennessy, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Media Production Association. Speaking today at the China Canada Gateway luncheon held at the Whistler Film Festival, Hennessy said Canada’s status as “Country of Honour” at the MIPCOM TV market this year underscores the nation’s success.
In a speech entitled “Thinking outside the Lens and Beyond Our Borders; A New Strategy for Film in Canada,” he maintained that while quality…
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TORONTO- Asian Television Network International (ATN) believes it has the recipe for success with the launch of its Food Food channel that offers a taste of the culinary culture of the Indian sub-continent. The 24-hour service is being carried nationally across Canada on Rogers Cable as a free preview and will be distributed through many other systems across Canada in the very near future says ATN.
"Canadian's of South Asian origin consume on an average of over four million meals per day or 120 million meals per month and needless to say, we are excited…
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MONTREAL- Cogeco Cable reports it has completed the acquisition of Atlantic Broadband from ABRY Partners which was announced on July 18, 2012. Formed in 2003, Atlantic Broadband operates cable systems in Western Pennsylvania, Southern Florida, Maryland, Delaware and South Carolina.
Serving about 251,000 television service customers, Atlantic Broadband is currently the 12th largest cable operator in the United States and provides analog and digital television, as well as high speed Internet (HSI) and telephony services.
"This is a very important day for Cogeco Cable as this acquisition marks our entry into the United States market….
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC says it’s beginning plans now to respond to a telephone number shortage expected to impact southern Ontario and all regions of Alberta by 2017/18.
The Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNA) has advised the CRTC that southern Ontario area codes 226 and 519 are expected to run out of telephone numbers by January 2017. The CNA has also advised that all area codes in Alberta, 403, 587 and 780, are expected to run out by June 2018. The CNA administers the distribution of phone numbers in Canada under the oversight of the CRTC.
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