OTTAWA – An invitational summit of prominent decision-makers from Canada and France will gather in Ottawa to discuss how policy makers can grow local content industries in the face of increasing digital disruption. The summit, from November 14-16, is being organized by The Embassy of France in Canada and the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC).
Approximately 70 individuals representing key organizations from France and Canada have been invited to engage in a discussion of content issues. Topic areas include new technology-enabled consumer behaviour, changing business models and new opportunities, and the evolution of public policy…
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TORONTO – Seamus Blackley, game industry veteran and co-creator of the Microsoft Xbox will deliver a keynote address at Interactive Ontario’s X-Summit conference, and YouTube star Corey Vidal will join the “TV on the Internet: Success, Lies and Videotape” panel.
X-Summit is a cross-media conference that enables content producers to tell their…
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GATINEAU – Watch the CRTC’s web site today as the Commission plans to open a new public process aimed at creating a code of conduct to govern the contracts consumers sign for various wireless devices and services, Cartt.ca has learned.
Urged on by many inside the industry (led by Telus) and outside of it, the CRTC in April asked for comments on whether the wireless market in Canada warranted its intervention in the development of a national retail wireless services consumer code.
Fuelled by voter backlash, a number of provinces have introduced their own…
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AMSTERDAM/TORONTO – Mobile payment solutions currently in pilot testing and coming to market this year on Rogers NFC-enabled devices (Near Field Communication) will be secured by digital security technology from Gemalto. Rogers says it will deploy the Upteq NFC, Gemalto's EMV-ready, SIM-UICC solution, to store and secure consumers' credentials and card data required to make payments with NFC-enabled mobile devices.
"It's essential that consumers have peace of mind when it comes to storing payment cards on their mobile device and using it to make credit and debit transactions on the go," said David Robinson, Vice-President,…
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CANNES – Pierre Karl Péladeau went off script on Monday at MIPCOM to urge Ottawa and the CRTC to curb online regulations for broadcasters up against competition from Netflix and others like it.
As Canadian media leaders grabbed the spotlight in Cannes to forge stronger links with foreign partners and markets, the Quebecor president and CEO delivered a keynote address in which he bemoaned the failure of Canada to export its TV product to the world. “We can sell singing talents like Celine Dionne and Arcade Fire and Justin Bieber to the world,” Péladeau said during his media mastermind keynote…
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OTTAWA – Facing a slashed federal budget and an NHL lockout that could freeze out Hockey Night in Canada, Hubert Lacroix learned today he will continue on as head of CBC/Radio-Canada for another five years as the government reappointed him president and CEO for a second term. But it doesn’t get any easier for Lacroix as the CBC faces its first CRTC license renewal hearing in 13 years on November 19.
Cartt.ca had heard the rumours of his reappointment last month but the executives we had talked with were sure M Lacroix would be…
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OTTAWA – In his first public appearance as chair of the CRTC where he was the one answering and not asking the questions, Jean-Pierre Blais gave the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage a brief look at the direction and the future he envisions for the Regulator so many Canadians (including some MPs) misunderstand.
Chairman Blais has already put his stamp on the CRTC by signalling rather overtly that under his watch the Commission will be consumer, or citizen-focused like never before. He has already hired a chief consumer officer, Barbara Motzney and during the hearing into…
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MONTRÉAL – A major contingent of Canadian talent will be descending upon MIPCOM, the world’s leading entertainment content market across all platforms, in Cannes, France from October 8 to 11.
The Canadian stars will be on hand to celebrate and support the promotion of Canadian productions featured in the Canada Country of Honour event, organized by Reed MIDEM in partnership with the Canada Media Fund and Telefilm Canada. The industry’s dynamism and Canadian creativity will also be in the spotlight at programmed talks and events during both MIPJunior and MIPCOM. In addition, the Canada…
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TORONTO – For three full days next June, the 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit promises to deliver thought provoking presentations from the leading movers of the industry. The summit will provide the more than 500 expected attendees with the opportunity to hear from top executives as well as engage in frank discussions with suppliers, customers and peers so ideas can be readily exchanged.
Now in its 12th year, The Canadian Telecom Summit is the place for Canada's ICT leaders to meet, interact and do business. As in past years, this year's Summit will feature top-level keynote…
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PETER AND TONY VINER are a rare pair in the world of business, let alone broadcasting. The two brothers, separated by two years, each and on their own rose to the top of major, multi-billion dollar broadcasting businesses headed by two of Canada’s most celebrated entrepreneurs.
Peter, 67, helped the late Izzy Asper build Canwest Global into a multi-billion-dollar international media powerhouse before the company fell on hard, debt-burdened, times. Tony, 65, built Rogers Media from two Toronto radio stations (Ted Rogers’ famous first media asset, CHFI-FM, and CFTR-AM, now 680News) when he came on board in 1982 to a…
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