PARIS – Both Quebecor’s Pierre Karl Péladeau and Bell Canada’s Wade Oosterman will attend Mipcom this fall to deliver keynote addresses. The keynotes will be part of the Canada Country of Honour tribute presented by Mipcom, in partnership with the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada. Organised by Reed Midem, Mipcom will take place in Cannes from October 8-11, 2012.
On Monday, October 8, Péladeau, President & CEO, Québecor Inc., will share his views on how to ensure the success of TV programming in the global digital market context. The following day Oosterman, President, Bell Mobility, will expand on…
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TORONTO – An in-depth look at how IP technology is transforming every aspect of the cable business will be the feature presentation when CTAM Canada holds its second in a series of educational courses as part of the CTAM Canada University Program. Cable 3.0: The Big Transition to IP Everything! will be led by cable expert Craig Leddy and popular technology columnist Leslie Ellis.
The session will take place from 1 pm to 5 pm on Tuesday, November 13th at the Velma Rogers Theatre in Toronto. The course cost is $200 and registration closes on October 24.
Craig Leddy is a leading…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Canadians appetite for content continued to grow last year in all media including TV, radio and Internet. But increasingly that content is being purchased primarily through the five largest communications companies (Astral, Corus, BCE, Newcap, Rogers) who together captured 83% of revenues. In comparison the next five companies captured 10%.
This according to figures released in the CRTC’s Annual Monitoring Report that provides an overview of the Canadian communications industry. Given the level of industry consolidation, the commission says it has acted to ensure these companies “do not harm their competitors or restrict consumer choice.” For example,…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media is promising its viewers, readers and listeners an all-access pass to the “must-see moments of the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).”
TIFF fans can wake up to Breakfast Television (BT), for the day’s first news on all of TIFF’s late-night events. And on September 7th BT will broadcast from the Ritz-Carlton Toronto and co-host Dina Pugliese reports live from TIFF central.
Citytv’s dedicated TIFF team of Mary Kitchen, Dina Pugliese, and Melanie Ng will keep viewers up-to-date on all festival happenings. Their festival coverage can be seen throughout TIFF during Entertainment City segments on CityNews. Entertainment…
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TORONTO – Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) has announced that Tom Anselmi has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of MLSE, effective immediately.
“Tom’s proven strength in operations has made him a respected leader here at MLSE and across the sports and entertainment industry,” said Larry Tanenbaum, Chairman of MLSE now jointly owned by BCE and Rogers. “His passion for our teams and our fans makes Tom the perfect choice as President and COO of this great organization.”
In his new role, Anselmi oversees all MLSE operations, and reports in the interim to the MLSE Board through the Chair. He…
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WE DRILL DOWN into the analytics of our content quite a lot at Cartt.ca, studying what resonates with our valued readers and what doesn’t. We learn a lot and try adjust our coverage accordingly. So, to give you a peek at what the folks in the cable, radio, television and telecom business have been paying the most attention to for the past year, we publish the top 25 stories of the past 12 months on the day after Labour Day.
As those in the TV business will tell you, September is really the beginning of the year – and September…
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TORONTO – Sportsnet confirmed Thursday that it bought the Grand Slam of Curling from sports media and entertainment company Insight Sports, as Cartt.ca reported on Wednesday.
Part of the World Curling Tour, the elite series of men's and women's curling events will feature teams from across Canada and from around the world. Sportsnet will own and operate the series through a newly created in-house events division, and will share broadcasting duties of the tour with CBC via a sub-licensing agreement. The tour itself has been around in one form or another since 2001 and Rogers has…
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CALGARY – Intriga Mobility has finalized a new partnership with Rogers dealer Imagine Wireless that will allow it to offer Rogers products to its customers across Canada.
With offices in Calgary and Edmonton, Intriga Mobility is a corporate mobility provider that boasts 100 customers and 20,000 end users. It also has partnerships with authorized SaskTel, Telus and Bell dealers.
"This partnership ultimately allows us to improve hardware delivery to end users”, said president Jeff Hayter, in the announcement. “We are excited to be partnered with this impressive organization. Together we will be able to improve customer service and build a…
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TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet has invited journalists to the Real Sports Bar & Grill at Maple Leaf Square Thursday morning at 11 a.m. for a “major announcement.”
While company officials were tight-lipped on what that might be, a Twitter search revealed a couple of blogs which seem to have spilled the beans – that the sports channel will team up with the CBC to televise curling’s Grand Slam event series.
However, a well-placed source with direct knowledge of the negotiations has confirmed to Cartt.ca that Sportsnet has acquired the Grand Slam of Curling…
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TORONTO – There is a growing awareness among Canadians that they can use their smartphones to pay for products and services at the point of purchase, says a new report from Solutions Research Group.
In fact, among those who are already reaching for their phones to do their banking – current users of mobile banking apps, who represent 36% of all Canadian smartphone users, accounting for nearly 4 million people – awareness has reached critical mass.
Of those users, 56% of them are aware of an upcoming service that would allow them to swipe their phone to pay for goods and…
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