TORONTO – The New Democratic weighed in on the CRTC’s TV Policy Review on Monday.
According to a press release from the party, Heritage Critic Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) and MP Peggy Nash (Parkdale High Park) held meetings with key players in Toronto’s film and television industry, although it did not say whom they met with.
"The message from industry is clear: the Federal Conservatives need to step forward with firm commitments and targets to stop the bleed off of jobs from English Canada’s television and film industry," says the press release.
Angus and Nash held meetings in Toronto…
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REGINA – SaskTel said it will make 27 high definition channels available over its Max TV service this month.
It held a press conference in Regina today to announce it is the first telco TV provider in North America to commercially deploy HD as part of an IPTV offering
"With crystal clear resolution and theatre quality sound, Max HD customers will experience the latest in home entertainment," said SaskTel president and CEO Robert Watson, in a release. "We are extremely proud of our world-class infrastructure and our Next Generation Access Infrastructure (NGAI) program that enables HDTV is SaskTel’s largest…
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HAMILTON – Bell Canada will invest a million dollars over the next five years in McMaster University’s Master of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEEI) program, the company announced today.
The new partnership will focus on systems and technology development initiatives and MEEI students will work collaboratively with Bell employees to research and evaluate business breakthroughs.
"This partnership will provide a competitive advantage to Bell Canada by offering insights and perspectives on information, communications and technology (ICT) developments," said Eugene Roman, group president, Bell Canada systems and technology, in the press release. "This will allow Bell Canada to access a…
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TORONTO – MTS Allstream chief information officer, Nick Curry, has been named this year’s top CIO by Canadian Business magazine.
Curry received the "Top in Technology Award", given to the country’s best CIO, at Canadian Business magazine’s annual Leadership Forum and is featured in the Rogers Media publication’s fifth annual All-Star Execs issue. The All-Star Execs list is a unique and prestigious program based on months of statistical research and interviews conducted by the writers and editors at Canadian Business magazine. As CIO, Curry is responsible for all aspects of internal IT service operations, system applications and business process…
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MONTREAL – It certainly doesn’t reflect well on our own home-grown film industry, or the habits of Canadian moviegoers (especially in English Canada), that it’s taken almost a quarter-century to knock Porky’s off its perch.
After having ousted Seraphin from first place in Quebec by becoming the biggest commercial movie success in that province, Canadian film Bon Cop Bad Cop broke another record by becoming the most successful Canadian-produced theatrical release of all time, it was announced today.
The bilingual cop-caper comedy claimed the title by knocking Porky’s (a seminal "Canadian" flick where teens from 1950s Florida try their…
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SAINT JEROME – Five men from the Laurentian region have been charged with fraud and theft of satellite signals.
These charges, laid in Saint Jerome, Quebec (just north of Montreal) follow an investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) "which carried out a major cyberundercover operation to put an end to the illegal activities of a criminal organization involved in the Internet sale of cards used to pirate satellite signals," says the police force.
This operation named Capricorne was a joint investigation by the RCMP Laurentides-Lanaudière-Outaouais Detachment officers, and Canada Post and Industry Canada investigators.
The project originated…
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THE PURCHASE TWO WEEKS ago of Anchor Bay Canada is just one small new piece of the strategic puzzle for Starz Media.
Best known for its U.S. pay services Starz and Encore, Starz Media has its fingers in many pies at the moment. And just like Canadian media companies, it too is struggling with the opportunities and challenges presented by the ever-shifting media landscape.
Being a pay TV service is a lucrative business of course, but with viewers wanting to pull in content off the web to their TVs or iPods – or the other way ’round, Starz –…
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OTTAWA – Next month in Vancouver, nine broadcasting veterans will be inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
A special luncheon ceremony on Monday, November 6, 2006 will honour:
* Doug Allen, Broadcast engineer, Winnipeg * Vicki Gabereau, Radio and Television talk show host, Vancouver * Alain Gourd, Broadcast executive, Gatineau * Frank Lewis, Broadcast executive, Charlottetown * Gary Miles, Broadcast executive, Toronto * Pierre Morrissette, Broadcast executive, Montreal * Bill Stephenson, Sportscaster, Toronto * Sophie Thibault, News Anchor, Montreal * Philip (Pip) Wedge, Broadcast executive, Toronto
“This year’s inductees are innovators and leaders in the…
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TORONTO – The television network market in Canada will expand at a relatively steady 4.3% compound annual rate to $4.5 billion in 2010 from $3.7 billion in 2005, says Pricewaterhouse Coopers annual Entertainment and Media report, which was published last week.
The global report, which covers TV, radio, Internet, out-of-home advertising, newspapers, book publishing, theme parks, casinos, sports, movies and so on also says, among other things (all figures in US dollars): * In the U.S., digital video recorders (DVRs), digital television, and high-definition television will enhance the appeal of television, leading to increased viewership and advertising.
* Venezuela…
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MONTREAL – Quebecers who want to see their own take on the popular sitcom "The Office" will have to turn to Bell ExpressVu if they want to be the first to have a look.
After originating in the United Kingdom and finding an audience in the U.S., The Office will finally be offered to Québecers in a brand new version, produced entirely in French in Québec, called La Job.
Beginning today, ExpressVu will broadcast the show to its customers months before conventional networks. The Québec adaptation, entitled La Job, stars Antoine Vézina, Sophie Cadieux, Sébastien Huberdeau and Paul Ahmarani….
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