WINNIPEG – CAB Convention delegates this (Sunday) afternoon heard BBM Canada president and CEO Jim MacLeod and Arbitron senior vice-president Bob Patchen present research showing that broadcast radio, when measured by portable people meters, transforms into a reach medium.
During their afternoon session at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual convention, MacLeod and Patchen pinpointed the differences, positive and negative, when comparing ratings data gathered by the traditional diaries versus the new PPMs. While the diaries are low-tech written reports, the PPMs, as most know, are little pager-like devices which record digital audio signatures when the wearer is watching TV or…
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DARTMOUTH, N.S. – A recently settled lawsuit led to a third quarter loss of $1.2 million at Newfoundland Capital Corporation.
While revenue grew at a good clip, thanks to organic ad sales growth and acquisitions, a lawsuit settled with Halterm Income Fund for $3.5 million led to the quarterly loss. Excluding the impact of the settlement, net income would have been on par with the third quarter of 2004. Year-to-date net income of $3.3 million is lower than the prior year due to the settlement and the gain on disposal of investment in 2004. Excluding these two one-time…
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WINNIPEG – Cable and satellite companies paying fees for the Global TV signal is just one of the major structural changes that must happen if conventional broadcast television is to endure, CanWest Global Communications CEO Leonard Asper said on Wednesday.
While the company’s fourth quarter press release made a vague, innocuous reference to “structural and regulatory” issues that need to be addressed, Asper was much more specific in his comments to financial analysts in a conference call late in the afternoon.
Referring to a “rigorous regulatory plan”, Asper said the company wants: * Cable and satellite companies to pay…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – "The telecommunications landscape has changed considerably since the release of the first report to the Governor in Council in 2001," said Charles Dalfen, chairman of the CRTC in releasing the Commission’s Telecom Monitoring Report to the Governor-in-Council.
(An earlier version of this story contained an mistake, which the Commission corrected today in an additional release. The fixed copy is in boldface below.)
"Our monitoring report indicates that Internet and wireless services continue to be the flagships of growth and innovation for the Canadian telecommunications industry and that technology continues to impact the industry, not only by lowering costs, but…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications became the first BDU in Canada to add Turner Classic Movies to its channel lineup, both on Shaw Cable and Star Choice.
TCM has actually been on the eligible satellite list for about eight years but because of movie copyright ownership issues, Canadian cable and satellite companies have been reluctant to carry a channel which would then need to be blacked out often.
However, executive vice-president Tom Karsch told www.cartt.ca in an interview on Tuesday that the channel has been working on new deals to gain the North American rights to its classic movies (primarily…
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OTTAWA – Research released Monday – a week before the Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual convention – by the Canadian Film and Television Production Association says that changes to the financing policy infrastructure have heavily tipped the scales in favour of Canada’s broadcasters.
"Between 2000 and 2002 Canadian film and television producers earnings before taxes dropped from 6.7% to 1.6%," said Ira Levy, CFTPA chair. "In comparison large broadcasters have maintained a consistent rate of profitability well in excess of overall Canadian industry averages."
The figures are part of an analysis the CFTPA commissioned from the Nordicity Group Ltd….
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OTTAWA – A press release yesterday touting how broadcasters are getting rich and TV producers are not, isn’t supported by the study it cites, says the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.
In releasing its Nordicity Group Ltd.’s Study on Broadcaster Profitability and Programming Expenditures, the Canadian Film and Television Produces Association (CFTPA), as reported by www.cartt.ca, claims that private broadcasters have increased their profitability and reduced their Canadian program expenditures, at the expense of the Canadian program production industry. Data taken from their own study demonstrates that this could not be further from the truth, says the CAB.
“Canada’s private…
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TORONTO – Canada’s radio industry has launched a national $2-million “return on investment” ad campaign with testimonials from national advertisers such asch Grolsch, Goodyear and Nestlé.
The campaign, entitled “AM + FM = ROI”, will use national print ads, advertising trade publications and has the support of the Radio Marketing Bureau’s 385 member radio stations.
“This is an unprecedented effort by our industry to reinforce the effectiveness of radio and the tangible return on dollars invested,” said John Harding, president, RMB. “Our intent is to drive interest and investment in radio by providing testimonials from prestigious national advertisers… supported…
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TORONTO – A fourth-quarter loss couldn’t detract from a solid 2004 for CHUM Ltd., but CEO Jay Switzer was cautious Friday when talking about 2006.
As for fiscal 2005, which ended August 31st, revenue was up 12% to $628 million, EBITDA climbed 26% to $116 million and cash flow from operations rose 41% to $87.4 million.
Q4 was a high-cost quarter for the broadcaster, too, especially on the TV side as it integrated the former Craig Media stations in Alberta and Manitoba and re-branded those, as well as the former Newnets, and purchased programming that, until now, had been…
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MONTREAL – Inukshuk Internet has announced the launch of its 2005 Calls for Proposals in Alberta, British Columbia, Eastern Ontario and Outaouais, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec and Yukon.
Inukshuk, which has had a number of owners in its lifespan, but is not a commercial service as yet, was granted licenses from Industry Canada for multipoint communications systems (MCS) spectrum in the 2500 MHz frequency range, to build a unique, "last mile" broadband wireless access network.
On November 8, 2004, Rogers acquired the control of Microcell, including Inukshuk. On September 16, 2005…
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