TORONTO – Canadian Women in Communications (CWC) is accepting nominations until Friday, October 31, 2008, for its 2009 Annual Awards.
“By submitting a nomination, you demonstrate your appreciation and your leadership abilities,” said Stephanie MacKendrick, CWC president. “We can’t possibly keep track of all the tremendously talented women leaders in the communications industry and the companies that support their advancement. We need your help to identify them, so that they may receive the recognition they deserve.”
There are many ways to lead, which is why CWC has created a variety of awards to acknowledge and celebrate the diverse contributions…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC has re-opened – and gone to the Federal Court of Appeal for a ruling about – a decision it made back in November 2006 on levies paid to it by Canadian telecom companies.
Back in 2006, telcos Bell Canada and Aliant applied to the CRTC to have the fees they pay to the CRTC reduced or reconsidered, given changes in the overall telecom marketplace and rules they feel should apply to Commission levies.
In a public notice issued October 15th, the Commission said “that it appears that: (a) it failed to consider a basic principle…
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MONTREAL – Over a dozen more rural communities in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario can now access high speed wireless service through the Inukshuk Wireless network.
The company announced today that Balzac, Coalhurst, Sterling, Lundbreck and Peigan 147 in Alberta, plus BC’s Oyama, Duck Lake 7, Dewdney, Deroche, Harrison Mills, and the three Ontario communities of Mnjikaning First Nation 32, Sarnia 45 and Six Nations 40, have been added to their national broadband high-speed wireless network which reaches approximately 30 million Canadians.
"The commitment by the Learning Plan Fund and its Advisory Committee members to bring high speed broadband…
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OTTAWA – Bernard Lord has been named the new president and CEO of the Ottawa-based Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, effective Monday.
The former Premier of New Brunswick – who led the province with two successive majorities from 1999 to 2006, when his PC party lost to the provincial Liberals, was most recently senior counsel at the McCarthy Tétrault law firm and serves as a director for several corporate and non-profit organizations.
"On behalf of the CWTA board of directors, it is indeed a pleasure to welcome Bernard to one of Canada’s fastest growing industries," said Almis Ledas, CWTA chair….
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TORONTO – A mini new media hearing took place yesterday at the St. Andrew’s Club and Conference Centre as delegates at Insight Information’s Entertainment Industries Summit practiced advocating their positions in preparation for the real thing when the CRTC’s new media hearing begins in February 2009.
Stakeholders from the arts community predictably called for cultural protections and funding mechanisms in any new media broadcasting legislation, while broadcasters – equally predictably – advocated an industrial strategy for new media that is separate from any arts strategy discussion.
What all delegates seemed to agree on is that a review of new…
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TORONTO – Dave Nolan has been hired as national sales manager – CATV (Canada) for Alpha Technologies.
Nolan will be responsible for the sale and servicing of Alpha product into the Canadian cable sector, including managing Alpha’s relationship with its channel partners and “defining and pursuing business development opportunities,” says the press release.
Nolan has over 25 years of industry experience in the Canadian and international broadband market place. He has held key management positions with several manufacturers and distributors.
Alpha develops, manufactures and markets indoor and outdoor UPS and back-up power solutions for the telecom, datacom, broadband, traffic,…
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OTTAWA – Robert Charlebois and David Clayton-Thomas will be inducted into CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame next month in the music star category at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual convention.
“In a career spanning more than 30 years, writer/composer/musician/performer Robert Charlebois has become a central figure in song both in Québec and around the French-speaking world. Charlebois has received numerous prizes and distinctions testifying to the recognition of his peers and the quality of his thousands of shows and more than twenty albums: Prix de l’Académie Charles-Cros, Médaille d’or des Olympiades de la chanson, Prix de la Ville…
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AS LONG AS BROADCASTERS continue to get 98% of their revenue from the tried-and-true way of doing things – selling ads on TV in and around popular TV shows – it’s very hard for them to think about brand new trends and inserting them into the business model.
But getting them to think that way and move down that road will be Jeremy Gutsche’s job when he gives his keynote address during the Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual convention in Ottawa on November 4.
An “innovation expert” Gutsche launched Trendhunter Magazine in 2005 and it has rapidly emerged…
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EXTON, Pa. – Organization for the inaugural SCTE Canadian Summit is well under way and registration is now open for the event which will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 3-4, 2009, at the Toronto Congress Centre.
SCTE Canadian Summit 2009 is designed to facilitate an exchange of technical information for Canadian engineering professionals to help them maximize opportunities and overcome challenges specific to the cable telecommunications industry in Canada both now and in the near future.
The program committee organizing it are senior technical executives from the big five multiple system operators in Canada. SCTE board of directors…
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STRASBOURG, France – International data protection authorities (DPAs) concluded their annual meeting in Strasbourg, France this weekend by endorsing a resolution brought forward by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada that called for an international effort to protect the privacy of children online.
"Young people today are sophisticated users of the Internet, and they use this medium with ease and enthusiasm," said Jennifer Stoddart, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, in a press release. While the opportunities are tremendous, we must ensure that they understand the impact that these technologies can have on their privacy, and provide them with the…
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