MARKHAM, ON – Building upon the success of last year's inaugural session, the Ontario Association of Broadcasters’ fall conference will once again include an industry executive town hall.
This one hour session, moderated by well-known consultant and former CRTC Commissioner Rita Cugini, will include:
– Erica Farber; CEO Radio Advertising Bureau, USA;
– Jim MacLeod; president and CEO, Numeris;
– Geoff Poulton; president, Vista Radio;
– Raj Shoan; Ontario Commissioner, CRTC;
– Paul Ski, CEO, Radio, Rogers Broadcasting; and
– Vanessa Thomas, Head of Canada, Songza – Google.
Covering all aspects of the industry – from content creators, buyers, sellers, research, regulation and ultimately the consumer, this…
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OTTAWA – The Recycle My Cell Student Challenge is back for a fifth year, so c’mon kids and gather up those old mobile devices.
Canadian students from kindergarten to post-secondary are challenged to recycle as many old wireless devices and accessories as possible between October 20 and November 21, 2014. The school in each province and territory that collects the most cell phones (based on school population) will be awarded $500 to be used towards a school environmental project. As a participation prize, eligible schools will receive $1 for every phone they collect and recycle through Recycle My Cell (up to a…
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WE COULD WALK through the various undertakings and final replies filed by the many contributors to the CRTC’s TV Policy Review, but we’ve done more than 40 stories on the whole proceeding. The issues are well known and have been dismantled and well-explained repeatedly here – but it’s the final brief filed by American broadcaster Viacom which has set tongues wagging.
(Ed note: Yes, the filings and oral presentations of both Netflix and Google have been stricken from the record as threatened since neither company responded to the October 2 compliance deadline set by the Commission)
In its final reply…
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THE INITIAL CALL FOR THE REVIEW of the broadcasting system and the launch of the Let’s Talk TV consultation process was met with both skepticism and guarded optimism in the industry.
In many ways the industry had this coming. The price for cable television has increased dramatically over the past few decades, outpacing rises in price of most household commodities. The associated explosion in the number of channels, combined with the rise in price has created what behavioral economists call a “correlation effect”. This causes people to assume that the number of channels is the main cause of…
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TORONTO – Rogers customers can get up close and personal with their favourite NHL players and teams this season with new technology dubbed GamePlus.
GamePlus, available within Rogers NHL GameCentre Live, will offer hockey fans new cameras and angles, plus create an exclusive second-screen hockey experience, the company detailed Monday. The new cameras include:
– In Toronto’s Air Canada Centre, Sky Cam sits at the 200 level and follows the puck red line to red line at six metres per second;
– Ref Cam (pictured) is on the referee’s helmet and puts fans on the ice to get in on face…
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TORONTO – Soon to be launched Canadian SVOD service shomi has locked up more content after signing a multi-year deal with Starz Digital Media, the global digital and on-demand licensing and content syndication arm of Starz.
The deal includes exclusive second-window access to select Starz original series such as The White Queen, Da Vinci’s Demons, Black Sails, Magic City, Power and Spartacus.
“Our partnership with Starz brings a phenomenal mix of immersive dramas and loveable comedies to our members,” said Marni Shulman, shomi’s head of content and programming, in the news release. “Every program in this deal offers premium content for our viewers…
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TORONTO – Mystery TV will become Crime + Investigation on November 3, Shaw Media said Friday.
The re-branded channel, a partnership between Shaw Media and A+E Networks, will still offer series such Law & Order, NCIS, Rookie Blue and Haven, as well as exclusive docuseries like My Haunted House, I Killed My BFF and The Haunting of…
As part of the rebranding, Crime + Investigation will be available as a free preview to Rogers Digital customers from November 4 to December 11, 2014.
"With series that take viewers behind the crimes and into the investigations, Mystery TV has evolved into Crime +…
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OTTAWA – The phrase ‘you win some, you lose some’ rang true this week for Sun News Network after it won one application for final offer arbitration with Telus, but lost another such application with Rogers.
In final offer arbitration, the Commission examines the final offers submitted by the parties and selects one in its entirety. The Commission’s decision is binding on the parties, though in rare instances, where neither offer is in the public interest, the Commission may reject both offers.
In its decision between Sun News Network (SNN) and Telus, the Commission said that it considered rates paid by…
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TORONTO – With October named Small Business Month in Canada, Rogers is taking its Rogers Talks series on the road to help drive small business growth, the company said Tuesday.
Micro (companies with up to five employees) and small businesses will have the opportunity to hear from experts in social media, marketing and networking and learn how technology can create a competitive advantage in their business. Events will take place in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver from October 29 to November 13, and each one is open to any small business owner or employee.
According to new research conducted by…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable could add wireless service to its mix as the country’s newest Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), a move that it said will help foster wireless competition in a market dominated by incumbent providers.
In advance of its appearance Monday at the CRTC’s review of wholesale mobile wireless services, Cogeco said in a statement that it will seek “the implementation of appropriate regulatory measures to allow it to enter the wireless market as an MVNO to offer customers more choice, better value and differentiated wireless services”. MVNOs are mobile wireless service providers that lease capacity from facilities-based wireless…
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