OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC will hold a public hearing on several radio stations proposed for the Ottawa-Gatineau region along with several TV applications on Tuesday.
Among the applicants seeking a radio licence are Corus Radio Company for an English-language news talk station on frequency 101.9 MHz and Astral Media for an English-language soft adult music format on 99.7 MHz.
Other proposed formats are tourist radio, religious radio, adult album alternative, blues music and pop alternative.
The CRTC said it would consider the radio licence proposals, for either the 99.7 MHz, 101.9 MHz or 101.7 MHz frequencies, as competitive radio…
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CALGARY – Global News dominated the best newscast section of the TV awards given out by the Association of Electronic Journalists for the best in electronic journalism in the Prairie region in 2007, it was announced Monday. Local Global News stations were awarded the Bert Cannings Award for best newscast in all three categories of small, medium and large market.
The winners are:
2007 TV awards
Bert Cannings Award (for best newscast) – Global News Lethbridge for News Hour – (Small Market) – Global News Regina for March 14, Evening News – (Medium Market) – Global News Calgary for Superstorm Impact…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) is charging that Bell Canada has contravened the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) by using deep-packet inspection technology (DPI) to control traffic over its Internet lines.
DPI reveals what subscribers are using their connections for, to find and limit peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent. Bell has said it needs to ensure traffic over its infrastructure doesn’t slow down, and DPI is aimed at optimizing its network.
CIPPIC, a University of Ottawa-based legal clinic specializing in Internet law, though noted in a May 9 letter to the Privacy…
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CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. – At their regular monthly meeting held on Monday, the board of directors of cable co-operative Campbell River Television met with representatives of Shaw Cable concerning the big MSO’s continuing interest in the potential acquisition of CRTV.
Shaw Cable announced just last week that it had received the go-ahead by the CRTC to overbuild in CRTV’s cable territory, if it wishes. Such a move would certainly devalue CRTV’s sale prospects.
In a press release to its 13,000 customers/members the board wrote that in “light of the fact of increased competition in Campbell River plus the reality that…
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TORONTO – Under its Fido brand, Rogers this week launched a Canadian first for the wireless industry with its new service, Fido UNO.
It works by connecting calls from a specially-enabled handset to a high-speed WiFi Internet connection when at home and through the Fido network when on the go – “offering simple, seamless mobility and the ultimate in converged communications convenience,” touts the press release.
Customers can now to talk as much as they want on their Fido phone while at home without using up their wireless plan minutes, as long as they have a broadband connection and…
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TORONTO – Today is the deadline for final written submissions to the CRTC’s policy review on broadcast distribution undertakings and specialty services.
(Ed Note: Cartt.ca will publish a recap of these submissions from several stakeholders tomorrow, Friday, May 9.)
Rogers’ final filing recapped the company’s position presented on the first day of the hearings. The company of course, remains opposed to fee-for-carriage “as the broadcasters have failed to justify the need for, or fairness of it,” says an RCI press release this afternoon. “The over-the-air broadcasting sector is profitable, revenues continue to grow and local programming is not in jeopardy”…
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TORONTO – For two channels that compete pretty hard against one another, they sure do team up a lot.
Rogers Sportsnet and TSN today announced today the channels will jointly televise all 31 games live from EURO 2008, which takes place in Austria and Switzerland from June 7 to 29. All games, as well as pre- and post-game shows, will be available in high definition.
TSN acquired the English-language broadcast rights to EURO 2008 last year and this sub-licensing deal with Sportsnet ensures that Canadians will be able to watch every game live, and follows the previous successful agreements between…
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MONTREAL – It’s hoped that today’s quarterly financial report is the final one Bell Canada Enterprises has to make public, as the giant telco has almost finished the work to become a private company.
But since that’s not done yet, the company released decent results for the first quarter of 2008, ended March 31st.
"During the quarter, we made good progress on the completion of the privatization transaction and delivered solid financial results, consistent with our plan for the year," said Michael Sabia, CEO. "With respect to the privatization transaction, the Québec Superior Court approved the plan of arrangement…
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IN A WIRELESS MARKET crowded with canines (Fido), assorted other creatures (the bugs, birds and lizards of Telus; Bell’s beavers) and the big red machine (Rogers), Koodo’s multicolored leg warmers and goofy re-creation of “The 20-Minute Workout” stand out.
Deliberately positioned as a low-cost, no-frills wireless brand, Koodo invites customers to trim fat like excess applications, features and contracts, from their wireless service plans – and therefore their monthly bills.
Launched just over a month ago, Koodo has been hard to ignore with its kooky name and weirdly funny ad campaign (seriously, where’s Olivia Newton-John and ‘Let’s get Physical’?)…
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TORONTO – Limited in our questions as we were (no talking about iPhone, no talking about the advanced wireless spectrum auction), here’s a pretty good taste of what we media types who cover Rogers Communications asked about during Tuesday’s press conference just prior to the RCI AGM (we omitted the questions about the Blue Jays and their dismal start to the season, however). ************* About the AWS auction, and the fact they wouldn’t talk about it, said CEO Ted Rogers: “If you’re going to bid on a Rembrandt, you don’t want to talk about it ahead of time.” *************…
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