EXTON, PA – The nomination deadline is fast approaching for the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) brand new award to recognize a young engineering professional in Canada who is already making his or her mark on the industry.
Called ‘The Young Canadian Engineering Professional of the Year’, the award will debut as part of the new SCTE Canadian Summit on February 3-4, 2009 in Toronto, with Cartt.ca as the publishing partner for the event.
Individuals can be nominated for the award based upon their outstanding contributions, achievements, and leadership in advancing the cable telecommunications industry. Nominees must be a Canadian…
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DID YOU HEAR THE ONE ABOUT…?
That’s how thousands of conversations in the Canadian cable, radio, television and telecom business have already begun and will continue over the next few days with the passing of Ted Rogers. The superlatives are flowing and believe me, I’ve worn out my thesaurus trying to come up some new ones. There aren’t any. All the really good ones have been used to describe Canada’s communications and media virtuoso who died yesterday of congestive heart failure at the age of 75.
Visionary. Leader. Genius. Passionate. Driven. Indefatigable. Unyielding. Fighter. Tributes from all across the…
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TORONTO – Political and business leaders across the continent are expressing their tributes to Rogers Communications founder Ted Rogers, who died early on Tuesday, December 2nd.
Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO, Comcast:
“My father and I had the honor of knowing and working with Ted for many years, and his passing is a sad day for all of us. Ted was a giant in the history of cable television and telecommunications in North America.
“Ted’s passion, especially for new technology, was contagious. I always looked forward to his frequent visits to Philadelphia when we would share ideas and test new technologies….
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LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. CTV wants to write its own rules and avoid providing free digital TV in nine Canadian cities, and it is blaming… Industry Canada? (See “Industry Canada delay means CTV wants to direct-feed its HD in nine market", December 2, 2008)
As far as I know, Industry Canada has had the list of frequencies assigned for the transition to digital TV posted on its website since 1999. Broadcasters, including CTV, have used those frequencies to apply for – and receive – transitional DTV licences.
In fact, I currently watch CTV’s HD signal for free in…
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It is with great sadness that Rogers Communications Inc. announces the death of company founder Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers, a visionary communications industry pioneer and a titan in Canadian business. He was 75.
(Ed Note: The following is the full press release detailing Ted Rogers’ life, issued by Rogers Communications.)
Mr. Rogers, known for his relentless drive, built Rogers Communications into a Canadian leader in wireless telecommunications, cable television, broadcasting, publishing and more. Mr. Rogers’ name is synonymous with innovative, high-quality communications products across Canada.
He leaves his wife, Loretta; four children: Lisa, Edward (Suzanne), Melinda (Eric) and Martha; and…
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TORONTO – With the privatization of Bell Canada looking like it’s dead, what with the release last week that KPMG can’t deliver a positive opinion on the solvency of the big telco post-deal, speculation has run rampant that Telus might still be interested in merging with Bell.
Scotia Capital analyst John Henderson issued an investor’s report saying that he believes there’s a 15% chance Of “Belus” happening. Telus did seriously want to kick Bell’s tires back in mid-2007 when the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and its partners put together its deal to buy Bell, but the western telco Continue Reading
TORONTO and GATINEAU – CTVglobemedia wants to be able to deliver the high definition signals of nine conventional TV stations to cable, satellite and telco TV distributors via a direct fibre feed, rather than over the air, the CRTC announced today.
The nine stations are: CJCH-TV Halifax; CFCF-TV Montreal; CJOH-TV Ottawa; CHRO-TV Pembroke; CHRO-TV-43 Ottawa; CKVR-TV Barrie; CKY-TV Winnipeg; CKCK-TV Regina; CFRN-TV Edmonton; CIVI-TV Victoria.
“The licensee also notes that Commission policy, to this point, has not required BDUs to provide simultaneous substitution with respect to HD television signals offered by direct feed only. CTVgm submits that the simultaneous…
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WINNIPEG – Industry Canada has approved Craig Wireless’ request to convert its multi-point distribution system (MDS) spectrum in the Vancouver area to Broadband Radio Service (BRS) spectrum.
This approval will allow Craig to provide WiMAX-enabled (4G) service in the Vancouver and lower mainland regions of British Columbia, while at the same time allowing it to continue to provide broadcasting distribution services, the company announced.
“This new license will be the first of its kind to be awarded by Industry Canada and is a milestone event in the history of our company that enhances our presence in the Canadian wireless…
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OTTAWA – While businesses can make mistakes by altering course too quickly, industry regulators make most of their mistakes by moving not quickly enough, Rogers Communications vice-chairman Phil Lind said Monday evening at a conference in Ottawa.
He was the keynote speaker – pinch-hitting for company founder Ted Rogers, who is still in a Toronto hospital – at opening dinner of the International Institute of Communications Canadian conference in Ottawa. (While Cartt.ca will be there tomorrow, we were sent a copy of Lind’s speech, which is represented in this story).
With CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein doing the intro…
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TORONTO – ACTRA has voted “yes” to a new three year agreement for the National Commercial Agreement (NCA), ratifying the decision by 96.6%.
The NCA, negotiated between ACTRA and the associations that represent Canada’s advertising industry (ICA/ACA), is the industry standard collective agreement that governs the production of English-language commercials in Canada.
"This result represents overwhelming membership support for the terms of our new National Commercial Agreement which is the result of the hard work and dedication of the members who participated on our NCA 2008 negotiating committee, our elected leadership and staff across Canada who daily guide our…
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