TORONTO – Chris Sisam has been named general manager for Corus Radio Toronto, replacing JJ Johnson, who was named GM of Corus’ Vancouver radio cluster in December.
Johnson replaces Lou Del Gobbo, who, as reported by cartt.ca, is retiring this month.
Most recently vice-president of sales, Sisam has overseen Corus Radio’s sales activities since 2004. Sisam spearheaded the Corus Radio sales guarantee/sales professional code of ethics initiative, which was lauded by the Association of Canadian Advertisers.
“Chris was the obvious choice to oversee our Toronto cluster,” said John Hayes, president, Corus Radio. “His strong management skills and…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame today announced the launch of www.telecomhall.ca, the new web site which celebrates Canada’s legacy of success and achievement in the telecommunications industry.
The site pays homage to the technological, scientific, policy, business and entrepreneurial genius of Canada’s telecommunications sector, and honors the inventors and innovators, the business pioneers and builders, the unsung heroes and the success stories of this remarkable and vibrant Canadian industry.
The web site features:
The Hall of Fame Virtual Tour: Explore and discover some of the greatest contributors to Canadian telecommunications. View photos, videos and biographies of…
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CALGARY – CanWest MediaWorks and Air Canada have joined forces on an exclusive promotion to launch a new daily non-stop flight from Calgary to New York.
The promotion, entitled ‘Broadway Getaway’, will use the various CanWest newspaper, television and interactive assets in Calgary and Edmonton to target consumers.
Air Canada’s new daily service will start March 1st, and is the only daily non-stop flight available from Calgary to New York. “With the second highest concentration of head offices in Canada, the route expansion is in direct response to the growing number of Calgarians looking for daily non-stop flights to…
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CANWEST’S INVESTORS’ DAY WAS supposed to be today, but the rumor is someone important recently had surgery and couldn’t make the Toronto meeting, which will now happen next week.
It’s too bad, because CanWest Global’s executives might want to get this bit of business over sooner rather than later. It will probably be an uncomfortable meeting.
It’s no secret that the Winnipeg-based media company launched by the late industry legend Israel Asper has fallen on difficult times of late. Its Australian radio and TV assets – after years of growth – are facing uncertain times with increased competition Down…
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TORONTO – Counting donated air time, private Canadian radio stations contributed more than $238 million in the 2005 broadcast year to charitable initiatives.
Efforts ranged from a single station’s campaign in North Bay, Ont., to help raise money for a boy’s life-saving heart transplant, to international disasters such as Southeast Asian tsunami relief, says the press release from Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS), a national sales firm owned by Rogers Communications and Corus Entertainment, representing approximately 60% of all national Canadian radio revenue.
In response to a request from CBS, 103 of its client stations responded with details of charitable…
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AFTER A DOZEN OR SO years of lobbying the Liberal Party power establishment, the Canadian cable, radio, television and telecom industries will have to start over beginning today.
No matter how long this new Conservative minority government lasts (we sorely hope it’s longer than Joe Clark’s eight months in 1979), those at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association, as well as Canada’s large telcos, have brand new friends to make – and influence.
Issues like foreign ownership of telecom and cable companies, or even broadcasters, might get a more friendly hearing under the Conservatives…
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CABLE OPERATORS STILL (privately, mostly) grouse about the 10-cent fee increase the CRTC granted the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network last summer.
As reported by www.cartt.ca, the Commission granted APTN its license renewal on August 31st, and along with that, boosted the fee pass-through from 15 cents to 25 cents per sub per month. That’s a lot of extra money (over $12 million more).
While the distributors soft-pedaled their opposition somewhat and didn’t raise much of a stink when the decision was made public because it’s a bit of a political hot potato, their message was clear: They didn’t think…
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THOSE WORKING IN RADIO, or those covering it as journalists, are always preoccupied with what’s next technologically or what’s threatening radio’s future and how this old medium must change in order to persevere through the next century.
In our digitally-driven, iPod and sat rad world, we can get jaded when talking about plain ol’ radio. We take it for granted and it’s not often we stop and reflect on what radio is absolutely nailing and offering recognition for a job very, very well done. So, here goes.
Before Christmas, cartt.ca contacted all the major commercial radio groups in Canada…
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TORONTO – WFN: World Fishing Network is available to Rogers Cable customers.
As reported last month by www.cartt.ca, Rogers is the first operator in Canada to launch WFN, which is owned and operated in Canada by Insight Sports Ltd. www.WFN.TV.
WFN is the first television network in North America dedicated to all aspects of angling. The WFN programming lineup features five distinct programming blocks. International Waters features the world’s top fishing destinations. Ultimate Fishing is the home of competitive fishing, led by coverage of the popular FLW Tour. School of Fish is an instructional and lifestyle block. All-Canadian…
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IT’S BEEN OVER THREE months now since 5,000-plus locked out CBC employees went back to work. For those who were locked out, is everything now back to normal? Not really, says union president Lise Lareau. Sure, the job’s the same and the money’s a little better for Canadian Media Guild members, but morale has cratered as the resentment festers while working under the managers and other company leaders who locked them out.
The Corp.’s leadership has lost their authority to lead, says Lareau (right). What follows is an edited transcript of her chat last week with…
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