TORONTO – On Wednesday evening, Rogers Communications announced Tony Staffieri (above), the company’s chief financial officer, is leaving the company, effective immediately.
Paulina Molnar (below) has been appointed interim CFO. No explanation was given for Staffieri’s departure.
“On behalf of the Rogers team, I thank Tony for the many contributions he made to our company including ensuring the integrity of our financial reporting over the nearly ten years he served as our CFO,” said Joe Natale, president and CEO, in a press release. “We wish him well in his future endeavours and look forward to building on the strong foundation he…
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By Amanda OYE
THE PANDEMIC HAS worked its way into every nook and cranny of our lives, even changing what we want out of our jobs, how we find new employment opportunities, and how businesses look for and hire new employees.
“The pandemic shifted the entire employment markets in every way imaginable,” Michelle Nadon (above), author of Careers AF! New Rules, New Tools For the Post-Pandemic Gig Economy, told Cartt.ca in an interview.
Nadon has spent 18 years in recruiting in the media industry here in Canada.
“I’ve worked with all the big houses. I have been involved in professional development training…
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TORONTO — The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) announced today its board of directors for the 2021-2023 term, following its annual general meeting this afternoon.
The organization, which represents 550 independent production companies, also announced senior staffing updates within its human resources and finance departments.
“Through our continued efforts to increase diversity around the CMPA board table, the incoming board of directors has a depth of experience and range of perspectives that will serve our membership extremely well,” said CMPA chair Erin Haskett, in a press release.
“I look forward to working with this talented group to help ensure Canada’s independent…
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Stein talks of “betrayal” by the CRTC and incumbent “bullies”
By Amanda OYE
TORONTO – The game may not be fair, but that will not stop independent Internet service providers from competing, Matt Stein (above), chair of the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and a director of the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA) told audience members during his keynote speech Independents unite: How we are fighting for a fairer today and a stronger tomorrow, at the ISP Summit today.
“The challenges our industry has faced over the past 18 months are incredible,” he said.
“As independent internet service providers, we always seem…
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TORONTO — NLogic, which provides audience analysis software, technology and data integration services to the broadcast and advertising industry, announced today it is launching Catalyst, a real-time TV performance management platform, in Canada with its Australian partner Adgile.
“Broadcasters, agencies and advertisers will be able to access real-time TV impression-level exposure and consumer behaviour measurement to attribute business outcomes to advertising,” reads an NLogic press release.
In addition, Catalyst helps to “not only track real-time share of voice and latest competitive commercial activity, but also to understand the impact of TV ads over both the short and the long-term,” the…
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TORONTO – It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
This sums up the past year for members of the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA), who shared today some of the challenges and opportunities they have faced and continue to face in a talk on day one of the annual Canadian ISP Summit, hosted by the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and CCSA.
The talk, called Future forward in video and broadband delivery: Operator perspectives from across Canada, featured Ken Naylor, general manager of Mornington Communications Cooperative Limited, George Burger, co-founder of VMedia, Marie-Eve Rocheleau, executive…
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WINNIPEG — Broadcaster APTN today announced the winners of the first annual 2021 Indigenous Music Accelerator (IMA), presented by RBCxMusic.
The IMA program, announced in May, supports “Indigenous musicians actively working in the music industry who are looking to take their career to the next level,” reads a press release.
Chosen from hundreds of applicants across Canada, the seven successful candidates “represent a diverse collection of musical genres and styles,” the release says.
The recipients are Andrew Joseph Stevens III (aka Drives the Common Man), Blue Moon Marquee, Cody Coyote, Jacob Hoskins, Mimi O’Bonsawin, TheRa1 1n and Robin Cisek.
“The selected artists will participate in…
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PIAC asks CRTC to strike CPAC reply from the record
GATINEAU – Rogers Communications maintained in its reply to interventions received regarding its application to acquire Shaw Communications’ broadcast holdings, submitted to the CRTC yesterday, that approval of the application will provide a myriad of benefits to the Canadian broadcast sector and consumers.
“Clearly, the transaction will enhance competition, will benefit consumers, Canadian programming services and independent producers and will, therefore, further public interest and contribute in an appropriate manner to the achievements of the policy objectives outlined in subsection 3(1) of the Broadcasting Act,” Rogers’ reply reads.
According to the…
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TORONTO – Roku announced yesterday it has introduced the OneView advertising platform to its Canadian television advertising offering.
OneView gives advertisers “a self-serve platform, leveraging TV identity data from the Roku streaming platform, to manage advertising across TV streaming, desktop, and mobile campaigns,” a press release says.
The platform, “which was built for TV streaming, integrates the reach, inventory, and capabilities of Roku advertising with the identity and attribution tools of Roku’s demand-side platform.”
Some of the benefits OneView offers includes access to more accurate audience data, further campaign reach, proprietary audiences and instant over-the-top forecasting.
“The reality is the industry is at…
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TORONTO – Canadian wireless upstart Data on Tap Inc. (dotmobile) announced yesterday there has been wide support for the petition it submitted in May to the Governor in Council to review and vary the CRTC’s April Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) decision.
“As of today, the petition has been supported by 30 independent telecom providers (the Competitive Network Operators of Canada), TekSavvy, the Public Interest Advocacy Group, and more than 34,000 Canadians,” a press release says.
The Liberal government promised more affordable connectivity in 2019, and introduced a new policy, which “kicked off a formal two year review of…
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