TORONTO – Bell Satellite TV has added three new local OTA signals to its channel lineup: CTV Ottawa, CBC Edmonton and CBC Regina.
“Bell Satellite TV subscribers in eastern Ontario and western Quebec, as well as across the country, can now access the region’s leading local news broadcasts from CTV Ottawa,” said Louis Douville, CTV Ottawa VP and GM, in a release.
“We are responding to our customers in Ottawa-Gatineau who have told us they want to see their #1 local channel on Canada’s premier satellite television service,” added Heather Tulk, Bell’s SVP, residential products. Bell Satellite TV has 1.9 million…
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OTTAWA – Registration for the 2010 International Institute of Communications conference is now open and is filling up quickly.
Scheduled for November 22 – 23 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ottawa, the event will focus on the Government’s digital economy strategy, and include keynote addresses from Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, and Richard Whitt, Google’s Washington Telecom and Media Counsel.
Join industry experts, content providers, regulators and policy makers in examining national digital strategies in other countries to identify priorities and approaches for Canada’s digital future. Some of the notable themes to be…
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ROBERT RABINOVITCH guided the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for seven years, seeing it through a period of unprecedented change in the media business while enduring the apathy, if not utter disdain from the body which holds its purse strings: the federal government.
Running the CBC hasn’t gotten any easier since he left in early 2008. The CBC still faces disdain, if not now open hostility from the government in power and critical funding shortfalls amid global, ongoing media transformations that make even the most flexible organization dizzy and its employees fearful.
We wanted to know what the former CBC CEO thinks of…
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TORONTO – The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) and CTV have come together on the CTV Diverse Screenwriters Program, allowing emerging and mid-career writers the chance to hone the skills that they need to become successful professional screenwriters.
The program will offer up to eight writers a one-week intensive workshop in Toronto next Spring. And one writer will come out of the program with a paid internship at a CTV conventional television or specialty service series.
“The most important thing for any screenwriter is their unique voice. That’s where story comes from”, said WGC president Jill Golick, in the announcement. “By…
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OTTAWA – Dr. Bruce Gracie is the inaugural winner of the new International Telecom Career Service Award, Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame and its sponsor Neotelis announced Tuesday.
The award, created this year, is designed to honour an individual who demonstrates exemplary work and dedication in promoting Canadian telecommunications around the world. Dr. Gracie will receive his award during the 2010 Telecom Laureate Awards gala dinner and induction ceremony scheduled for November 10 at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa.
“We are delighted to recognize the tremendous role that Dr. Gracie has played in advancing telecommunications both in Canada and internationally”, said…
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TORONTO – The call for nominations for the 46th annual Crystal Awards has officially opened.
Hosted by Astral RadioPlus, Canadian Broadcast Sales, CHUM Radio Sales and Target Broadcast Sales, the Crystal Awards honour outstanding achievement in agency and station radio creative from across Canada, showcasing innovation and celebrating a broad range of industry sectors. ‘Best in Show’ will receive the platinum award and a $10,000 grand prize, plus have its creative submitted to the Cannes Lion Awards, a worldwide competition for advertising excellence.
New this year is a reduced fee for entries from small market stations (100,000 CMA or less) of $100….
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TORONTO – Music legends Bachman & Turner, entertainment lawyer and television producer Stephen Stohn and broadcast pioneer Bill Evanov will be inducted to the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.
The group will be honoured on March 10, 2011 during the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards gala at Canadian Music Week in Toronto.
Randy Bachman, who is often referred to as the "architect of Canadian rock n’ roll", is well known and respected throughout the world as a guitarist, songwriter, performer and producer. After founding the band The Guess Who, Bachman teamed up with Fred Turner to form Bachman-Turner…
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TORONTO – Bell Canada’s Kevin Crull has been named successor to CTVglobemedia head Ivan Fecan.
Wednesday’s announcement said that Crull, currently president of Bell’s residential services, will become COO on January 1st, reporting to Fecan, and assume the position of president of CTV upon Fecan’s retirement.
"Kevin Crull has a great reputation as a seasoned executive leader and innovator in Canadian communications and is well regarded in the industry for his deep understanding of both digital and conventional media," said Fecan, in a statement. "By building industry-leading distribution and delivering world-class content to Canadians when, where and how they want it, he…
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OTTAWA – Quebecor Media Inc. surprisingly revealed yesterday that the company was no longer going to seek “must carry” status for its Category 2 English language all news specialty channel Sun TV News.
The revelation marks a stunning reversal from previous statements that the channel required must carry status to be able to compete with the other specialty news stations, CTV Newsnet and CBC Newsworld (the company’s last application to the CRTC said without must-carry, the business case couldn’t work). Now the company says it will work within current CRTC rules, which will require Quebecor to negotiate carriage…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications today announced the launch of a comprehensive Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network technical trial with Ericsson Canada in the Ottawa area.
LTE is considered a 4G wireless technology that enables features like fast HD video streaming, gaming, communications, transactions and other connected experiences through mobile Internet. LTE allows significantly more data to pass through a network at speeds of up to 150 Mbps and may become the de-facto network technology in a few years (until the next one…).
"Our customers increasingly want anywhere, anytime access to information, communications, entertainment and transactional experiences on their device of…
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