PARIS – Both Quebecor’s Pierre Karl Péladeau and Bell Canada’s Wade Oosterman will attend Mipcom this fall to deliver keynote addresses. The keynotes will be part of the Canada Country of Honour tribute presented by Mipcom, in partnership with the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada. Organised by Reed Midem, Mipcom will take place in Cannes from October 8-11, 2012.
On Monday, October 8, Péladeau, President & CEO, Québecor Inc., will share his views on how to ensure the success of TV programming in the global digital market context. The following day Oosterman, President, Bell Mobility, will expand on…
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TORONTO – An in-depth look at how IP technology is transforming every aspect of the cable business will be the feature presentation when CTAM Canada holds its second in a series of educational courses as part of the CTAM Canada University Program. Cable 3.0: The Big Transition to IP Everything! will be led by cable expert Craig Leddy and popular technology columnist Leslie Ellis.
The session will take place from 1 pm to 5 pm on Tuesday, November 13th at the Velma Rogers Theatre in Toronto. The course cost is $200 and registration closes on October 24.
Craig Leddy is a leading…
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CALGARY – The 8th Annual Canadian Commtech Show and Seminars will be moving to Calgary from Kelowna next year. Offering a choice of 25 industry seminars in the mornings and a dedicated trade show in the afternoons, the show will run from May 14-15, 2013.
The trade show features 80+ exhibitors from across North America, demonstrating thousands of products and services. Attendees will include buyers, corporate safety experts, operations management, subcontractors, planning engineers and educators, inside and outside plant technicians, from the ISP, ITSP, broadband, telco, wireless, Wifi, academic, government, municipal and utility sectors from across Canada. The Golf Tournament…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – In unveiling its highly anticipated three-year plan the CRTC says it will focus efforts on three key pillars it refers to as “connect,” “create” and “protect.” The commission said it will be targeting specific results from each of the pillars and will report annually on its progress towards their achievement.
For example, it pledged to keep a close watch on the availability of Canadian programs, the amount spent annually on their creation and the audiences they attract. The regulator will also monitor broadband speeds and the choice of Internet service providers available to Canadians, as well as…
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ATLANTA – Rick Lewchuk has joined CNN Worldwide as senior vice president, creative services, and will oversee on-air and off-channel brand and marketing creative for all CNN Worldwide businesses, the company has announced. His responsibilities will include brand messaging, on-air promotion, print, out-of-home, radio, television and digital advertising campaigns.
“Among his many accomplishments, he was instrumental in the revitalization of Canada’s top media brand CTV, and oversaw its internal agency which is globally recognized for its marketing industry leadership. His broad skills and strength in taking brands to the next level make him a tremendous asset at CNN,” said Janet…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Canadians appetite for content continued to grow last year in all media including TV, radio and Internet. But increasingly that content is being purchased primarily through the five largest communications companies (Astral, Corus, BCE, Newcap, Rogers) who together captured 83% of revenues. In comparison the next five companies captured 10%.
This according to figures released in the CRTC’s Annual Monitoring Report that provides an overview of the Canadian communications industry. Given the level of industry consolidation, the commission says it has acted to ensure these companies “do not harm their competitors or restrict consumer choice.” For example,…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media is promising its viewers, readers and listeners an all-access pass to the “must-see moments of the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).”
TIFF fans can wake up to Breakfast Television (BT), for the day’s first news on all of TIFF’s late-night events. And on September 7th BT will broadcast from the Ritz-Carlton Toronto and co-host Dina Pugliese reports live from TIFF central.
Citytv’s dedicated TIFF team of Mary Kitchen, Dina Pugliese, and Melanie Ng will keep viewers up-to-date on all festival happenings. Their festival coverage can be seen throughout TIFF during Entertainment City segments on CityNews. Entertainment…
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WE DRILL DOWN into the analytics of our content quite a lot at Cartt.ca, studying what resonates with our valued readers and what doesn’t. We learn a lot and try adjust our coverage accordingly. So, to give you a peek at what the folks in the cable, radio, television and telecom business have been paying the most attention to for the past year, we publish the top 25 stories of the past 12 months on the day after Labour Day.
As those in the TV business will tell you, September is really the beginning of the year – and September…
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GATINEAU – CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais announced Friday that he has created a new position within the Commission: Chief Consumer Officer.
It’s first CCO will be Barbara Motzney, who is currently director general, border policy and international affairs at Public Safety Canada. Prior to joining Public Safety, she was director general of copyright policy at Canadian Heritage where she lead the introduction of two Bills to modernize Canada’s copyright legislation, and virtual and in-person national consultations on the topic.
“I am pleased to announce the creation of the position of Chief Consumer Officer and the appointment of Barbara Motzney to this…
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THE BACK-AND-FORTH paper war between Wind and Telus will not abate until the CRTC says one way or another whether it will call a hearing into the matter.
On one side we have Wind (also known as Globalive Wireless), which spent two years fighting off allegations from Telus, Public Mobile and others that its level of Canadian ownership did not satisfy Canadian regulations. That battle went all the way to the Supreme Court. On the other side we have Telus, which has run into some unexpected rough waters trying to convert its two share structure into…
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