Jordan Banks left the company today
TORONTO – While Jordan Banks was still named as president in a Rogers Sports and Media press release sent out yesterday, as of today he is no longer listed as such on the company’s leadership team webpage – instead, the page lists Colette Watson (above) in the role.
The Globe and Mail reported earlier today unnamed sources said Banks was leaving the company and would be replaced by Watson, and that Banks’ departure was announced in an internal email today.
Dave Fuller, who was president of Rogers Wireless, Dan Golberg, senior vice-president of…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) announced yesterday the details of three sessions for its upcoming Prime Time event ahead of the release of the full event schedule next week.
Prime Time is being held virtually from Feb. 2-11 this year.
Among the sessions announced is Leader to Leader: Global Solutions for Contributions From Streamers, which will feature Christa Dickenson, executive director and CEO of Telefilm Canada, in conversation with Mathilde Fiquet, secretary general of the European Coordination of Independent Producers.
They will talk about “comparing and contrasting the Canadian and European content industries,” an emailed announcement says. “Hear how…
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TORONTO – Rogers Sports and Media announced today the launch of its 2022 All In initiative.
The program amplifies “the impactful work of equity-deserving charities and small businesses,” a press release says.
Through All In, Rogers Sports and Media provides advertising and creative services to small businesses that are owned by BIPOC and equity-deserving communities and to charities supporting BIPOC and equity-deserving communities.
The program also seeks to “increase diversity of thought and ensure editorial content accurately reflects the unique composition of Canadian communities through an internal Content Advisory Council,” and to, in partnership with Rogers, grow programs as well as recruitment…
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FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS (FWA), connections will grow to around 88 million in 2022, increasing from about 60 million in 2020, Deloitte Global has predicted.
The economics as well as the data rate performance of FWA, “which uses radio waves to deliver internet service between two stationary locations such as a mobile tower and a customer’s home or office, are finally becoming competitive with that of wired internet services,” reads Deloitte’s 2022 Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions report.
Along with predicting the increase in FWA connections from 60 million to 88 million, Deloitte is…
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MONTREAL — Stingray Group Inc. announced today it has hired Zack Hamilton (above) as the new chief experience and strategy officer for Chatter Research, a Toronto-based company providing AI-driven customer insight tools that Stingray acquired in January 2020.
In his new role, Hamilton will work with Chatter’s executive team “to ensure the business strategy continuously delivers value to clients while articulating Chatter’s vision publicly in the customer and employee experience industry and market,” reads a Stingray press release.
Hamilton will upgrade Chatter’s customer experience and “will develop strong relationships with decision-makers at key enterprise brands, as well as articulate…
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TORONTO — Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) announced today its flagship series ATN’s Tribute to 100 Years of Indian Cinema (above) is now available to stream on Bell Media’s Crave.
Twenty episodes from the series are available in Crave’s Bollywood Bonanza Collection, which also includes 20 popular Hindi movies.
The original ATN’s Tribute to Indian Cinema series is comprised of 300 episodes featuring “celebrities from the world’s largest film industry with an international perspective along with exclusive interviews with stalwarts of the Indian Film Industry including movie stars, producers, directors, music composers, singers and choreographers,” reads an ATN press…
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TORONTO — Marketing and research association thinktv announced today its vice-president of media insights, Kathy Gardner (above), is retiring effective Feb. 4 after a 38-year career in the media industry.
“It has been a privilege to work alongside Kathy, and on behalf of the board, I would like to express our heartfelt appreciation for her numerous contributions,” said Alan Dark, chairperson of thinktv’s board of directors, in a press release announcing Gardner’s retirement.
Gardner “has been instrumental in thinktv’s success over the last six years. Kathy’s unique expertise and her compassionate leadership have benefited us all immensely,” reads the press release,…
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OTTAWA — Satellite operator Telesat and ENCQOR 5G, a Canada-Quebec-Ontario initiative focused on 5G technology research and innovation, announced today a new strategic partnership to accelerate the delivery of next-generation 5G networks across Canada.
“In cooperation with the ENCQOR 5G program, Telesat will conduct demonstrations, trials and pilots that will advance 5G connectivity, particularly to industries operating in rural areas,” reads a Telesat press release.
“This includes the utilization of the ENCQOR testbed, satellite assets, as well as national and international 5G infrastructures. The partnership will also allow both Telesat and ENCQOR 5G to collaborate with other industries, academia, and organizations…
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GATINEAU – Revenue from Canadian broadcasting services declined 6.6% to $15.8 billion in 2019-2020 compared to 2018-2019, the CRTC says.
This is highlighted in the broadcasting portion of the CRTC’s Communications Market Report (CMR; formally the Communications Monitoring Report), released last month, which covers the broadcast year spanning from Sept. 1, 2019, to Aug. 31, 2020, and as such includes around six months of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The $15.8 billion in revenue does not include revenues from Internet-based services, known as over-the-top services (OTT), operating under the CRTC’s digital media exemption order.
Over half of the revenues were generated by broadcasting distribution…
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OTTAWA – Fraudulent calls continue to be an issue for Canadians despite the recent implementation of measures to try to combat them.
In April of this year, the CRTC directed telecommunications service providers (TSPs) to implement STIR/SHAKEN (Secure Telephony Identity Revisited/Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs), which is intended to combat caller ID spoofing, by Nov. 30 as a condition of providing telecommunication services.
As of Nov. 30, TSPs are expected to “certify whether a caller’s identity can be trusted by verifying the caller ID information for Internet Protocol-based voice calls,” a CRTC press release explains. The…
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