TORONTO – As Canadian media companies feel besieged by their industry's digital whirlwind, Blue Ant Media, like its larger rivals, has had to think about how to get bigger and wider to navigate the gathering and growing streaming storm.
But what if bigger isn't always better?
Jamie Schouela, president, Canadian Media, at Blue Ant, told Cartt.ca after his company's Upfront presentation to advertisers at the Royal Ontario Museum Wednesday he recognizes Big Media has a need for scale via mega-deals to compete against Netflix.
Blue Ant, however, has an alternative growth strategy: premium scale, or innovating through new partnerships and key audience…
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OTTAWA – Corriere Canadese has formally appealed to federal Cabinet the CRTC decision to grant a multilingual national multi-ethnic discretionary service with mandatory 9(1)(h) distribution to Rogers, as Cartt.ca had previously reported.
“In the Decision’s relegation and monopoly granted to a single corporate entity, to purportedly speak for all other linguistic and ‘ethnic’ Canadians, who are non-Anglo and non-Franco, the Decision violates the very essence of sections 2,7,15 and 27 of the Charter, as well as the underlying constitutional imperative to Federalism and Respect for Minorities as enunciated by the SCC, in…
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TORONTO – Sports talk radio stalwart Bob McCown is signing off as the host of Prime Time Sports on Sportsnet 590 The Fan and Sportsnet 360.
The original host of Prime Time Sports when the show launched in 1989, McCown has hosted thousands of shows throughout his three decades and interviewed many of the biggest names in sports. He has been recognized for his contributions to Canadian sports journalism at the Sports Media Canada Awards Ceremony in 2013, and was named ‘North American Air Talent of the Year’ at the Rick Scott & Associates Sports Radio Conference in 2007.
Sportsnet said that McCown’s…
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THE LAUNCH LAST week of Rogers Communications’ new $75/month 10 GB Infinite unlimited wireless data plan has forced the entire Canadian wireless industry to respond.
While Bell and Telus quickly offered what more or less amounts to a matching offer the day after Rogers made its announcement, Telus has since offered additional, new $75 plans and regional carriers Videotron and Eastlink have now matched the pricing.
Only Rogers, however, has said this new pricing is long-term, while the others have set expiry dates on their offers, or have said they are for a limited time, but no…
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BRAMPTON – At a Rogers Communications, Ryerson and ISED cybersecurity announcement on Friday, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains took a moment during the event to thank Rogers for lowering its wireless pricing.
Rogers was announced as one of the founding partners of a new national cybersecurity centre in downtown Brampton that will be known as Ryerson University’s Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst.
A not-for-profit organization owned and operated by Toronto’s Ryerson University, the Catalyst will offer specialized training programs for Canada’s growing cybersecurity sector. Bains pledged $10 million to the venture through FedDev Ontario, a move…
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TORONTO – Organizers were expecting a crowd, but not quite THAT big of a crowd for the Toronto Raptors victory parade.
For most of mid-day Monday, the NBA Champions s l o w l y rolled through the streets of Toronto (it took more than five hours for the team and various dignitaries to cover the approximate six kilometres from the CNE grounds to Nathan Phillips Square), while the estimated two million-strong crowd texted, called, took selfies and videos, and posted those to various social media platforms.
This put serious stress on downtown Toronto’s wireless networks and while they strained under…
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OTTAWA – According to a front-page story of the Italian newspaper Corriere Canadese’s June 4th issue, Jean Brazeau, VP regulatory affairs of CorrCann “has written a letter to the PM and individual members of cabinet expressing disappointment and saying that Corrcan is going to launching a formal petition to Cabinet asking for a re-determination, a change in the decision.”
Of course, when the CRTC issued its decision on the licensing of a national, multilingual multi-ethnic discretionary service with mandatory 9(1)(h) distribution to Rogers Media to continue on with OMNI, it probably anticipated that the other applicants, which CorrCann was…
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TORONTO – Monday’s Toronto Raptors’ Championship Parade will get the full court press on television with Bell Media’s CTV, TSN, CP24, and CTV News Channel as well as Rogers’ Sportsnet, Citytv, and OMNI Television all announcing live coverage.
The parade begins at the CNE’s Princes’ Gates at 10:00 AM ET, and will wind its way through downtown Toronto and conclude with a rally at Nathan Phillips Square beginning at approximately 12 noon ET, where fans will hear from the newly crowned NBA champions.
TSN will start its coverage at 9:00 AM ET. A national live simulcast hosted by James Duthie and…
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BRAMPTON, ON – Rogers Communications is one of the founding partners of a new national cybersecurity centre in downtown Brampton that will be known as Ryerson University’s Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst.
A not-for-profit organization owned and operated by Toronto’s Ryerson University, the Catalyst will offer specialized training programs for Canada’s growing cybersecurity sector. It will also establish partnerships between researchers and the private sector, create a small business accelerator to grow Canadian cybersecurity firms, plus assist 60 companies to commercialize new products and enter new markets, according to Friday’s announcement.
ISED minister Navdeep Bains pledged to invest $10 million in the venture through…
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TORONTO – Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday reached 13.4 million Canadians and averaged 6.4 million viewers on Sportsnet and Citytv, setting new records for Rogers Media.
In addition to being the largest audience ever for an NBA game in Canada (up 1.9 million from the previous high), the nailbiter matchup was the most-watched program on TV in Canada this broadcast and calendar year, up 11% over the finale of The Big Bang Theory. Audience levels peaked at 8.5 million at 11:32 p.m. ET, as the game was coming down to the wire.
Quoting Numeris data, Sportsnet said that…
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