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Cable / Telecom News March 29, 2012 14 years ago

Foreign investment restrictions “starved” Canadian telco industry, says Allstream’s Prevost

VANCOUVER – Count Allstream president Dean Prevost firmly in favour of removing foreign investment restrictions on smaller telcos and new entrants in Canada. Speaking Thursday at the Vancouver Board of Trade, Prevost predicted that Industry Canada's recent decision to lift the current restrictions from wireless companies with less than a 10% share of the country’s total telecommunications market revenue will serve to strengthen the industry. "For your business, the network is oxygen: it's critical for survival… but that network – in Canada – was for decades starved of oxygen," he said. "This was the result of restrictions that inhibited investment in our… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News March 29, 2012 14 years ago

SCTE Canadian Summit 2012: Cable operators see gold in business services

TORONTO – Delighted with their early business successes, major cable operators are stepping up their efforts to capture sizable chunks of the commercial telecom services market and recruit larger companies. Appearing at the SCTE Canadian Summit here earlier this week, top engineering executives of four leading Canadian and U.S. MSOs said they will keep pouring resources into business services initiatives in 2012, after experiencing strong growth over the last few years. In particular, they are investing more heavily in technologies, equipment, products and services for mid-sized and larger companies after making great headway with smaller firms. For example, Comcast has just… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News March 28, 2012 14 years ago

SCTE Canadian Summit 2012: BlackArrow system powers Rogers’ VOD ads

TORONTO – Rogers Communications is creating a new advertising marketplace for its on-demand content using a system from BlackArrow, the companies announced Thursday. BlackArrow’s Advanced Advertising System provides cable system operators and programmers with the real-time, multiplatform advertising management and decision solutions to offer timely and relevant ads in on demand sessions. Rogers has already begun dynamically inserting pre-, post-, and mid-roll ads into its on demand programming, and the BlackArrow technology is scheduled to be in place across all of its cable markets by the end of this year. “The introduction of dynamically-inserted advertising solutions within on-demand TV can significantly… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News March 28, 2012 14 years ago

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bell vs. CIDG “a referendum” on the industry’s future

I READ YOUR COMMENTARY published March 26 regarding the Bell Media vs. CIDG arbitration with great interest. I can confirm that it was a critically important hearing as it has turned out to be a referendum on the very future of our industry and its financial foundation. I also agree with your conclusion – and thought I’d offer a little insight as to how Bell Media thinks about these important issues. But first, I want to thank you for your comprehensive daily coverage of important developments and issues in our industry. Cartt.ca has become essential reading for… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News March 28, 2012 14 years ago

Book Review: Canadian Telecommunications Regulatory Handbook 2012

OTTAWA – Finally, all of the laws, regulations, policy and all sorts of other important documents when it comes to telecommunications in Canada are in one handy place. Lawyer Hank Intven (following in the footsteps of his McCarthy Tetrault colleague Peter Grant) has just released the first edition of the Canadian Telecommunications Regulatory Handbook. As noted in the introduction of the volume, this 1200-page text was inspired by Grant’s Canadian Broadcasting Regulatory Handbook, which was first published in 1993 and is now nearing its 11th edition.

Radio / Television News March 26, 2012 14 years ago

Canadian Music Week 2012: Bell-Astral Media deal an encouraging sign, say radio competitors

TORONTO – It should come as little surprise Bell Media’s recent $3.4 billion bid for Astral Media was top-of-mind for radio industry executives at last week’s Radio Interactive conference, held as part of Slacker Canadian Music Week in Toronto. Radio presidents from Bell Media Radio, Corus Radio and Rogers Radio took part in a super session moderated by Ross Davies, director of member engagement for the radio group at BBM Canada. Also represented on the panel were U.K. broadcaster Absolute Radio and U.S. radio station operator Cumulus Media. Corus Radio president Chris Pandoff said the BCE-Astral Media… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News March 26, 2012 14 years ago

Canadian Music Week 2012: Radio hands out the hardware

TORONTO – Toronto-area radio stations fared well at the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards which helped to draw Slacker Canadian Music Week to a close. Station of the Year awards went to K-Rock, Kingston (small market); HTZ FM, St. Catharines (medium market); CHIN, Toronto (Multicultural); 680 News, Toronto (News/Talk/Sports); CHUM FM, Toronto (Hot AC category); 98.1 CHFI, Toronto (Mainstream AC); Boom 97.3, Toronto (Classic Gold); and 102.1 The Edge, Toronto (Rock). Country 105, Calgary took home station of the year honours in the Country genre, while The Beat 94.5, Vancouver won for CHR. On-Air Talent of the Year went to… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News March 26, 2012 14 years ago

COMMENTARY: Bell Media vs. CIDG. There’s a reason no one sells single potato chips in this business

ON THURSDAY, A PANEL of seven CRTC commissioners and a dozen industry executives took part in a hearing where they all must have asked themselves repeatedly, “Geez, how often have I heard this before?” At least, that’s the question that popped into my head as I listened in. Bell Media faced off against the Canadian Independent Distributors Group during an expedited hearing concerning the parties’ fight over Bell Media’s 2011 wholesale carriage agreement, as we have already covered extensively. The CIDG (Telus, Cogeco, EastLink, Canadian Cable Systems Alliance and MTS) say the dispute isn’t primarily about… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News March 25, 2012 14 years ago

Canadian Music Week 2012: Social is radio’s next growth springboard

TORONTO – What would radio be without good, lively banter among radio personalities? And that’s exactly what attendees at the Radio Interactive conference on Thursday were treated to during a panel discussion called “Social Radio” that included execs from both terrestrial and pure-play digital radio companies. Radio Interactive was held as part of Slacker Canadian Music Week 2012 in Toronto last week. A friendly but competitive vibe among the panellists could be felt early in the session, especially between Dave Farough, vice-president of brand, programming and new media for Corus Radio, and Rob Farina, executive vice-president of content for Astral… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News March 23, 2012 14 years ago

Canadian Music Week 2012: From metrics to carriers, mobile advertisers still face big obstacles

TORONTO – While the market opportunity for mobile advertising is ripe, the underlying infrastructure is still not mature enough in terms of advertising metrics, geo-location and virtual wallet technologies, according to a panel of industry experts who spoke Wednesday during the Digital Media Summit, being held in Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week. In order to sell mobile ad packages to media buyers, digital content publishers need to have the metrics to back up their pitches, said Jonathan Sasse, senior vice-president of marketing for Slacker Personal Radio. Publishers need to be able to show who their audience is, how… Continue Reading

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