TORONTO – The website for Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS), Radiocbs.com, has been redesigned to produce “Canada’s most comprehensive source for information on radio” and is now available for use by the advertising industry.
“In the absence of the Radio Marketing Bureau, we saw the need to significantly enhance our website and make it the “go to” source for radio information in Canada,” said Patrick Grierson, president of CBS. “After consultation with agencies, advertisers and stations, our in-house Research and IT departments collaborated with Imagination Plus, a leading website design and development firm, to produce a…
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TORONTO – Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund/Fonds Annual Reports for fiscal 2011-2012 are now available online. The reports highlight the richness and the variety of the film and television products created by Canadian writers and producers. Over the past fiscal year, its various programs funded 218 projects, for total financial support of more than $3.6 million.
Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund’s English Language Program (Fund) was established in 1986 to assist in the development of quality Canadian feature film scripts. The Fund receives a yearly contribution of $1 million for the Script Development Program from The Movie Network….
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OTTAWA – Facing intense international scrutiny of late, Huawei Canada president Sean Yang addressed the International Institute of Communications Canadian conference on Wednesday to insist the Chinese telco technology manufacturer would never do anything to damage the business it has built in Canada over the past number of years.
Earlier this month the head of the U.S. Intelligence Committee urged Canadian companies to stop doing business with Huawei, now the world’s second largest telco equipment manufacturer, due to security concerns. Huawei does little business in the States as the government there believes its gear could be used by the Chinese…
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TORONTO – The website for Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS), Radiocbs.com, has been redesigned to produce “Canada’s most comprehensive source for information on radio” and is now available for use by the advertising industry.
“In the absence of the Radio Marketing Bureau, we saw the need to significantly enhance our website and make it the “go to” source for radio information in Canada,” said Patrick Grierson, president of CBS. “After consultation with agencies, advertisers and stations, our in-house Research and IT departments collaborated with Imagination Plus, a leading website design and development firm, to produce a…
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OTTAWA – Fifty-seven campus and community radio stations are sharing nearly $1 Million from the Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) to help them serve the needs of their communities all across Canada.
The funding is a result of the CRFC’s new program, Radiometres: Measuring the development, participation and sustainability of campus and community radio stations. All funded projects aim at improving local programming or increasing the volunteer and community participation in the stations activities.
"We had high expectations for Radiometres. We created this program based on some of the core…
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OTTAWA – While he didn’t come right out and say that federal cabinet will definitely stay out of the CRTC’s denial of Bell Canada’s purchase of Astral Media, Industry Minister Christian Paradis left little doubt that he believes this is a matter is best left up to the Commission and processes already in place.
During a scrum with reporters Tuesday afternoon after his speech to the International Institute of Communications Canadian conference, Paradis was asked whether or not cabinet will jump in and issue a policy directive to the Commission, as requested…
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OTTAWA – Jean-Pierre Blais wasted little time during his keynote at IIC Canada’s annual conference Monday in restating that the interests of Canadians as consumers, creators and citizens will be of utmost importance to the CRTC during his mandate as chairman.
An example of how he will make sure individual Canadians are front and centre will be when the CBC/Radio-Canada appears before the Commission next month for its licence renewal hearing. “I don’t think our proceedings should be attended only by people who are paid to be there in their official capacity. Let’s level the playing field,” he said. “We’ve offered evening sessions…
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OTTAWA – Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry, has announced new details regarding the allocation and implementation of wireless spectrum. He made the comments Tuesday afternoon while speaking at the International Institute of Communications Canada Conference in Ottawa.
"Our government is helping build a future full of excitement, potential and transformation, thanks to digital technology," said Minister Paradis. "As the world becomes smaller and more digital, Canada must be at the forefront, creating its technology, capturing its potential and reaping its rewards."
At the conference, the Minister made a number of spectrum-related announcements, including:
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TORONTO – The Writers Guild of Canada has announced that Christine Rutherford is stepping into the newly created role of Director, Strategy and Outreach, effective today. In the new role, Rutherford will be responsible for developing strategy to strengthen the WGC’s collective bargaining activities, including outreach to and engagement of membership across the regions. She will report directly to the Executive Director.
WGC Executive Director Maureen Parker noted that “Christine is a consensus builder, and she brings to the new role an exceptional knowledge of our collective agreements and the industry they serve. By dedicating someone of…
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TORONTO – Have a passion for humour and new media? If so, you might have what it takes to become a real SoB candidate. The first of its kind in Canada, Ryerson’s RTA School of Bite (SoB) is a transmedia comedy ideation lab aimed at discovering and nurturing a select team of creative individuals towards producing next generation media content.
SoB was announced today jointly by broadcaster Bite TV, Ryerson University’s RTA School of Media and in partnership and with the support of the Bell Fund. The RTA SoB program is set to commence January…
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