MONTREAL – Canadian Satellite Radio today announced the support of the band Les Trois Accords and singer-songwriter Stefie Shock with a $100,000 contribution.
The money is part of CSR’s initiative to help develop Canadian francophone artists on the international scene.
"We have chosen Les Trois Accords and Stefie Shock because they represent the vibrant and flourishing Québec music scene, which is already making waves in Europe," said Stephen Tapp, president and COO of CSR. "We expect that these exceptional talents will have huge careers internationally, and we’re proud to be able to be there to support them as they…
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TORONTO – Maria Hale has been appointed to the newly created position of vice-president, content business development, CHUM Ltd. announced today. In this new role, Hale (right) is responsible for identifying new business and revenue opportunities that are incremental to CHUM’s existing core business, exploiting new forms of commerce and distribution on emerging platforms, said the press release.
Reporting to the senior v-p, content, with a direct line of report to the executive vice president, radio for all radio-related issues, Hale also oversees CHUM’s successful Interactive department.
”Maria’s experience in both television…
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THE VOIP REVOLUTION could end with a single phone call.
No, not by a call from the CRTC deregulating the incumbent telcos, but by one dropped 9-1-1 call.
I’ve often wondered why, since the launch of VOIP, the newcomers came to market without 9-1-1 service. When Primus and Vonage and others began, buried in their marketing materials in teeny type, were notes mentioning their service can’t offer some of the basics people have come to expect, like, oh, 9-1-1.
While they’ve since moved to offer the emergency calling feature, I thought its absence was unconscionable at launch.
Personally, if I’m…
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TORONTO – Virgin Mobile today launched its Top Ten Ringtones chart featuring the ten most popular downloaded ringtones downloaded.
The Virgin Mobile Top Ten Ringtones list is the first of its kind available in Canada and debuts this week in 18 major urban dailies and weeklies across Canada.
The premier Virgin Mobile Top 10 Ringtones chart will list the top 10 ringtones and musictones sold each week, including song title, artist and position number. The launch chart features:
1. Don’t Phunk With My Heart – Black Eyed Peas 2. Candy Shop – 50 Cent 3. Hollaback Girl – Gwen…
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MONTREAL and TORONTO – Satellite radio provides great sound and many programming choices, but it’s still a line-of-sight technology.
That means if something is between the receiver and the satellite (like office towers and condos), reception will be zero. So, numerous terrestrial repeaters must be installed in high-traffic, low reception areas to make satellite radio work.
Today, Canadian Satellite Radio (the Bitove/XM group) announced the first phase in addressing that issue by hiring Yves R. Hamel et Associés Inc. (YRH) to conduct the drive testing required to implement its terrestrial repeater network in Canadian cities..
This is the start…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Maybe things are getting faster at the Commission after all.
The CRTC today released its sixth annual Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report. The report assesses the impact of its regulations, policies and decisions on the Canadian broadcasting industry, in light of the objectives of the Broadcasting Act.
Beginning this year, publication has been moved up several months so that data contained in the report will be available to the Canadian public and the regulated industries on a more timely basis.
The report deals with the radio, television, and broadcast distribution sectors, as well as social issues and the…
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TORONTO – The CRTC’s satellite radio decision is the thin edge of the wedge that could bring down the Canadian cultural industry, says a coalition of arts groups.
That coalition (ACTRA, the Canadian Independent Record Production Association, the Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada, the Directors Guild of Canada, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, the National Campus & Community Radio Association, SOCAN, the Songwriters Association of Canada, and the Writers’ Guild of Canada.) is demanding the federal government tell the Commission to overturn its June 16th decision on subscription radio.
Three new subscription radio licenses were handed out…
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TORONTO – Indie Pool, which says it represents more than 20,000 Canadian artists, today called the appeal began yesterday by others in the creative community “irresponsible”.
Click here to read the www.cartt.ca story on the topic.
“We are disappointed that this ground-breaking decision may be appealed," said Gregg Terrence, president of Indie Pool. "One week ago, the CRTC opened the door for 20,000 Canadian independent artists with the licensing of satellite radio in Canada. Today, we are flabbergasted to learn that this landmark decision that will offer so much to our Canadian artists, will likely be appealed by…
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TORONTO – John Cassaday, president and CEO of Corus Entertainment Inc., is the recipient of the ACA Gold Medal Award for 2004.
First presented in 1941, the award is the Canadian advertising industry’s most prestigious honour, and is presented by the Association of Canadian Advertisers to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of marketing communications in Canada.
Cassaday (right), who presides over one of Canada’s largest media companies with extensive holdings in radio, specialty TV and animated programming for children, has been recognized by the ACA for the exceptional leadership he…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian-content-advocate side of the creative industry issued a press release this morning saying they are appealing the CRTC’s satellite radio decision to federal cabinet.
“The coalition is seeking an early opportunity to brief the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the opposition critics. A similar initiative is being announced today in Montreal by a coalition of francophone cultural organizations,” said the release.
The organizations who make up the appealing coalition are: ACTRA, the Canadian Independent Record Production Association, the Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada, the Directors Guild of Canada, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, the National…
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