TORONTO — Organizers of the Canadian Telecom Summit (CTS) announced today Beanfield founder and CEO Dan Armstrong (above), will present a keynote at the upcoming conference on Nov. 21 at 1:30 p.m.
Armstrong started Beanfield “over 30 years ago at the age of 15, initially as an IT company,” reads a description of his keynote on the CTS website.
“Since then, Beanfield has grown into the telecom it is today: a fibre-optic service provider connecting to over 3000 commercial and residential buildings. Dan continues to cultivate new opportunities to grow and expand the Beanfield network across Canada with service in Toronto,…
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OTTAWA — Bell Media’s CTV News today announced award-winning journalist Vassy Kapelos (above) is joining the news organization as chief political correspondent and will host CTV News Channel’s daily political program Power Play and CTV’s weekly show Question Period, effective Dec. 1.
Kapelos’ hiring follows the departure of Evan Solomon, the former host of the two programs, in October.
Most recently, Kapelos was host of CBC News Network’s daily program Power and Politics, a role she took on in March 2018. Prior to that, she was Global News’ Ottawa bureau chief and host of The West Block. Before working in…
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By Connie Thiessen
TORONTO – Together, Warner Media and Netflix shot more television in Canada than all Canadian networks combined, according to the first-ever DGC Director Statistics Report, released by the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) this week.
The report is a comprehensive look at the engagement of Canadian directors by both Canadian and international producers, studios and networks during 2021, breaking down stats by region, gender, production type and those commissioning film & television production.
It found that 75% of all episodic work in Canada is from U.S.-based studios and networks, with Canadian broadcasters making up just 25% of TV shot across the country.
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By Howard Law
IF JOURNALISTS IN politics are the friends of news media, perhaps it needs new friends.
At the Commons Heritage Committee, former CTV reporter and Conservative MP Kevin Waugh continues to thunder that major TV networks Bell CTV, Rogers City-TV and CBC should be excluded from the “FaceGoogle” Bill C-18.
This Monday at the Senate committee studying the Online Streaming Act Bill C-11, former Edmonton Journal columnist Paula Simons and former CBC TV correspondent Julie Miville-Dechêne suggested Unifor’s recommendation for better cable and streamer funding of local news was unnecessary because TV companies are set to cash in under…
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TORONTO — Organizers of the 2022 Canadian Telecom Summit (CTS) announced today the details of an environmental sustainability panel, taking place during the conference on Nov. 21 at 11 a.m.
“Environmental, social and governance issues loom ever larger across the telecommunications sector,” a description of the panel on the conference website says. “The panel of industry experts will delve into the some of the most pressing, including the connections between connectivity and energy efficiency, ensuring sustainability throughout supply chains, accessing capital through green and sustainable financial instruments, navigating evolving rules for ESG disclosure and powering communications with renewable energy.”
The panel…
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MONTRÉAL — Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) announced today an investment of $15.9 million through its Strategic Innovation Fund to support a $77-million project with EXFO Inc. to create a 5G centre of excellence in Montréal.
EXFO is a Quebec City-based telecom testing, monitoring and analytics solution provider. Founded in 1985, it is the parent company of 31 global subsidiaries and employs 1,900 people globally including 732 in Canada, according to a press release.
“Through this project, EXFO intends to develop one of the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) based automated network solutions that will autonomously run 5G network testing and…
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TORONTO – The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy) announced today the eight participants who have been selected as the second cohort of Women in Post, a talent development program it introduced in 2021.
The program is “designed to address the barriers to entry and advancement for women and non-binary professionals who are working in the post production industry,” a press release says.
“Following the success of the inaugural edition, the second year of Women in Post expands from six participants to eight, including three multilingual professionals fluent in French. The multilingual component of the cohort will be…
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MONTREAL, TORONTO and CALGARY – A second mediation attempt between Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications and Quebecor and the Competition Bureau has failed, according to a press release issued by the three companies today.
Rogers and Shaw are currently seeking approvals for their proposed merger. In an attempt to quell concerns about the potential impact of the deal on wireless competition in Canada, the companies agreed to sell Shaw’s Freedom Mobile to Quebecor subsidiary Videotron.
The first attempt at mediation between Rogers, Shaw and the Competition Bureau happened in July.
The second mediation attempt took place earlier today.
“We are disappointed with…
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By Len St-Aubin
RICHARD STURSBERG’S OP-ED in Monday Oct. 24’s Globe and Mail put forward the British system of defining domestic content as a model for redefining TV CanCon when the CRTC starts regulating global streaming services as broadcasters under Bill C-11. He makes a good point, but vastly understates how contentious this will be in C-11’s brave new world.
Stursberg has previously recommended the British model. He’s right that adopting their approach would address two issues. First is the often unrecognizably ‘Canadian’ outcomes of current CanCon criteria. Second is foreign streamers’ reasonable expectation that they can own the rights…
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“I think they’d better listen,” minister says
OTTAWA – Industry minister François-Philippe Champagne today announced the terms he wants to see in place as he considers whether to approve a deal between Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications and Quebecor, which would see Shaw’s Freedom Mobile sold to Quebecor subsidiary Videotron in an attempt to alleviate concerns about the impact of the merger of Rogers and Shaw on wireless competition in Canada.
The minister, stating he is officially denying the request by Rogers to acquire Shaw’s spectrum licences, announced “the lens” through which he is considering the proposal for Videotron to…
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