TORONTO – Okay, I’m going to take Paul Robertson’s advice and resist the urge to get all cynical about what I heard Thursday at TV Day.
A panel of five senior Canadian broadcasters (Corus Entertainment’s TV head Robertson, Rogers Media Television’s Leslie Sole, TVA’s Pierre Dion, CBC’s Richard Stursberg and Canwest Global’s Leonard Asper) gathered in front of a crowd of mostly advertisers and agencies – plus some of their broadcast peers – to give their visions of the future during a panel at the Television Bureau of Canada’s TV Day, moderated by journalist Michael Vaughan.
The message that came through? It’s…
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TORONTO – The primary headline will be the $40 million raised by Canada’s broadcasters via a pair of telethons on Friday (one in Toronto and another in French in Montreal), but there are a lot of other stories out there of companies from our industry rallying their employees or their customers to the cause.
Canada For Haiti, Friday’s one-hour, commercial-free special produced collaboratively between CBC Television, CTV and Global Television and also aired on Citytv, has raised more than $13.5 million to date for relief efforts in Haiti, it was confirmed today. (Citytv also aired its own “Help for Haiti”…
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ALMOST 60 PEOPLE working for Citytv across Canada lost their jobs last week as two news shows were cancelled.
It’s not something Leslie Sole, president of Rogers Media Television, had envisioned doing when Rogers Communications bought the five Citytv stations in 2007.
He and the company had envisioned taking Citytv back to its “fiercely local” roots, he told Cartt.ca on Monday in an exclusive interview. The company’s leadership was hopeful back then that the CRTC would reduce or eliminate its priority drama obligations so that the broadcaster could concentrate on local news in the cities it operates. Sole launched Citytv’s five…
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TORONTO – Coast to coast, the cable, radio, television and telecom industries are raising millions to help those people devastated by the earthquake which has destroyed Port Au Prince, Haiti, killed tens of thousands and left hundreds of thousands injured and homeless.
Besides these many examples of help already happened/happening, the aid continues with efforts below.
Rawlco radio stations News Talk 980 CJME (Regina) and News Talk 650 CKOM (Saskatoon) Wednesday raised $620,000 during the company’s “Day of Caring for Haiti”, which was matched dollar-for-dollar by the federal government, which announced early on it would…
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MONTREAL – Count Bell Canada among the Canadian communication companies who have stepped up to support to Haiti.
Bell Mobility customers can text-to-donate to the following charities assisting the earthquake-ravaged nation:
– Salvation Army: text « HAITI » to code 45678 to donate $5, or « ASTRAL » (same code) to donate $10;– Plan Canada: text « HAITI » to code 30333 to donate $5;– Clinton Giustra Sustainable: text « HAITI » to code 20222 to donate $5; – World Vision: text « WORLD » (English) or « MONDE » (French) to code 45678 to donate $5;– UNICEF…
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HALIFAX – Just three months after his departure from EastLink, Dan McKeen’s career will continue in the same East Coast city in which it began.
The former co-CEO at Bragg Communications-owned EastLink was recently named senior vice-president of customer solutions at Bell Aliant. He left EastLink October 27, 2009 and begins his new job next Thursday.
In an interview with Cartt.ca, McKeen (who spent 24 years first at Halifax Cable, right out of university, which later was purchased by Bragg) is happy to be staying put, while looking forward to moving on. “This lets me work in the industry…
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TORONTO – Rogers-owned Citytv shook up its television operations Tuesday, cutting staff and local news shows in four of its five markets.
A Rogers spokesperson confirmed to Cartt.ca that the restructuring affected 6% of the Citytv workforce across Canada. A Toronto-based blog reports that 35 full time staff were let go from Citytv Toronto, including long time on-air personalities Anne Mroczkowski and Laura DiBattista.
Rogers blamed the move on the economy and “shifting viewer patterns”.
"Today’s changes, although difficult, are necessary to align our operations with the economic and regulatory realities of our industry," said Leslie Sole, CEO of Rogers Media Television, in a statement. "We are…
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TORONTO – Randy Lennox, president and CEO of Universal Music Canada, will be inducted to the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.
Lennox will be honoured at the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards on March 11, 2010 at The Fairmont Royal York in Toronto during Canadian Music Week.
He will be inducted alongside CHUM-FM radio personality Roger Ashby who will receive the Waters Family Broadcast Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the broadcast industry.
For tickets or more information, visit the Canadian Music Week website at www.cmw.net
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TORONTO – The second annual Advertising Week is only two weeks away.
Created to profile the accomplishments of the Canadian communications industry while providing inspiring thought leadership to drive future success, the event highlights industry leaders and key trends in a sector that contributes more than $19 billion annually to the Canadian economy.
The event will be held from January 25 to 29, 2010 in six of Canada’s creative hubs: Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary.
Click here for more information or to obtain tickets for select events.
www.advertisingweek.ca
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MONTREAL – The board of directors at Telefilm Canada will jointly make decisions until a new executive director is named, the organization said in a statement.
Former executive director Wayne Clarkson’s five year term ended Friday. The organization said that all business operations “will continue to be run smoothly and effectively” in the interim, and that all issues which would normally fall under the executive director’s authority will be submitted to the board of directors.
“As the industry is aware, our Management Committee is made up of experienced, competent managers who represent all sectors of the organization – ensuring that…
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