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The Cartt.ca Interview: From Power Rangers to “Money for Nothing”, Ron Cohen helped judge it all
Ille promoted to programming director at APTN
Consumer group OpenMedia.ca joins call for set asides in 700 MHz auction
VANCOUVER – The new wireless companies in Canada appear to have an ally in OpenMedia.ca after the consumer group kicked off a new campaign Wednesday dubbed 'Stop the Cell Phone Squeeze'.
The campaign includes an on-line petition that encourages Canadians to ask Industry Minister Christian Paradis and Prime Minister Harper to set aside wireless spectrum for “independent competitors” in the upcoming 700 MHz auction.
OpenMedia.ca says that its efforts were spurred in part by Rogers’ LTE marketing campaign which the group claims mimics its grassroots campaign tactics to convince the government that “Big Telecom” should be able to control…
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TORONTO – Ted Chislett has been tapped to head up the business division at Comwave starting this month.
Prior to this new role, Chislett was the CEO, COO, and president of Primus Telecommunications. He also founded and led long distance reseller VisionTel, was the VP of research and development for Rogers Cablesystems Engineering, and later started Rogers Communications Network Services as VP and GM.
"We are fortunate to have someone of Ted's caliber and experience to lead our new B2B strategies," said CEO Yuval Barzakay, in the announcement. "Comwave has been extremely successful in the consumer space and now with our…
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MONTREAL – Astral Media Radio has received CRTC approval to move forward with its purchase of Vancouver-based Shore Media Group Inc., three months after the Commission initially halted the deal.
As Cartt.ca reported, the Commission denied the acquisition after determining that it ran afoul of its licence trafficking policy. But the CRTC has now approved the $13.4 million transaction which is set to be completed early next year.
Shore Media is the radio licence holder for CHHR FM 104.3 (Shore FM). Astral also owns Virgin Radio 95.3 and AM 650, plus a nine-face digital outdoor advertising network in the Vancouver market.
"We are…
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MONTREAL – The Cogeco Fund has approved a three-year commitment to support the production of Canadian television drama series.
For the past 20 years, the Fund has financed the production of movies-of-the week, mini-series and pilots for drama series. This new commitment makes it the only private Fund in Canada to focus on drama production of all formats for all Canadian broadcasters.
“Evolving, adapting and responding to the needs of the industry, while also respecting the creative process and paying attention to the tastes of our audiences, represent a challenge that we proudly undertake year after year”, said the Fund’s chairman…
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WHITEHORSE – Northwestel is ready for local competition and has already made “significant changes”, the Yukon-based telco said Friday.
Responding to Wednesday’s decision by the CRTC to open parts of the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut to local telephone competition, and to deny the incumbent’s request for a rate increase, Northwestel said it is committed to its customers’ needs and that it will find ways to offer more products and services at competitive prices. It also pledged to provide affordable telephone services to remote, higher cost communities in its operating area, notwithstanding the lack of a rate increase.
The company also…
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CORD-CUTTING, OR SHAVING, could take a big, 1.7-billion-dollar bite out of Canadian television distribution revenues by 2017, according to a new report from RBC Capital Markets.
While that sounds pretty painful, the reports authors call that a modest hit to an industry which pulls in some $10 billion annually. The real challenge will be after that, during what they call the 2017-’19 inflection period, where cord-cutting could really accelerate, especially if over-the-top video services grab much more of the premium programming and the traditional industry isn’t proactive.
“Prior to our OTT inflection period, we do not expect the financial impact of…
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TORONTO – The Documentary Organization of Canada/l’Association des documentaristes du Canada (DOC) is urging the government to look south to the U.S. as it considers key revisions to the new copyright bill.
DOC says that if Bill C-11 is passed without amendments, Canadian documentary filmmakers will be prohibited from exercising their right to criticize and comment on content protected by technological protection mechanisms (TPMs), including books, films, television and music.
In 2010, the U.S. Copyright Office granted an exemption for documentary filmmakers to allow for the circumvention of TPMs on DVDs for the purposes of criticism and commentary, and Canadian documentary…
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Former Rogers, Primus exec joins Comwave
Astral Radio gets regulatory go-ahead to proceed with $13.4M purchase of Shore FM
Coegco Fund invests in Canadian drama
Bring on the competition, says Northwestel, calling CRTC’s decision “confusing”
BDU Outlook: OTT looks to trim $1.7 billion in revenue by 2017, but broadband income will compensate
Copyright bill must not censor Canadian documentary industry, says DOC
