TORONTO – CBC Radio One this summer will have a new fall line-up that includes two new shows.
“Two new shows, a new timeslot for an audience favourite, and the return of many ratings winners make CBC Radio One the destination for insightful information this fall,” said Chris Boyce, CBC Radio’s programming director. “We’re excited to bring listeners programming that serves their range of passions and interests, from the book lover to the news junkie to the comedian in all of us.”
The show Q, which focuses on the arts, culture and entertainment, will air from 10 a.m. to…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding on June 27 – Multiculturalism Day – with a gala awards and entertainment program in Toronto.
The event begins at 7:15 p.m. at the Velma Rogers Graham Theatre, 333 Bloor St. E. Toronto.
It will be taped and broadcast at a later date on Rogers OMNI Television stations.
On hand will be the Honourable Jason Kenney, Secretary of State for Multiculturalism, and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.
The CEMA juried awards presentations will be in made in four categories, plus the Sierhey Khmara Ziniak…
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TORONTO – The Association of Electronic Journalists (RTNDA) announced its new board of directors on Tuesday, after elections were held over the weekend as part of the organization’s national conference in Ottawa.
The newly elected board consists of:
President Cal Johnstone, A-Channel
Vice-President, Radio Jason Moore, CKLW
Vice President, Television Renato Zane, OMNI Television
Treasurer Andy LeBlanc, CTV
International Representative Terry Scott, The Canadian Press
Past President Bob McLaughlin, CP24/CTV
RTNDF President Ken Kingston, CJFX-FM
Awards Chair Michael Fulmes, Global Television
Conference Chair Peter Angione, A-Channel
Atlantic Directors Radio Sheldon MacLeod, CKBW
Television Nancy Waugh, CBC Television
Central Directors…
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OTTAWA – RTNDA Canada (The Association of Electronic Journalists) presented awards to the national winners for the best in electronic journalism in Canada in numerous radio and TV categories at its national awards gala on Saturday night.
The winners are:
Radio
Byron MacGregor Award – Best Newscast Zed 99, Red Deer for Zed 99 6 am News, June 6, 2007 – (Small Market) AM800 CKLW Windsor for The 5am News With Rob Shervill – (Medium Market) Newstalk 1010 CFRB Toronto for The 8 O’Clock News with Dave Agar – (Large Market)
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News 680 News…
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OTTAWA – RTNDA Canada (The Association of Electronic Journalists) unveiled the winners of awards for the best in electronic journalism in its central region on Thursday evening. These winners will go on to compete for RTNDA national awards, which will be announced June 21 at the association’s national conference in Ottawa on June 21.
The 2007 central regional winners are:
Television
Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast A-Channel Barrie for A-Channel News At 6- (Medium Market) Global Television Quebec for Transit Strike Day! – (Large Market)
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News Citytv Toronto for Weekend CityNews at 6…
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TORONTO – Will we have smart Internet networks, or big fat dumb pipes? If net neutrality proponents win the debate, we’ll wind up with big fat dumb pipes that’ll be far more congested than they are now. That’s the message three of the four panelists drove home at Wednesday’s net neutrality panel at the 2008 Canadian Telecom Summit.
Net neutrality, although it has different meanings, is essentially about equal access to the Internet. Proponents fear that broadband carriers will use their market power to control activity online and determine what content gets to the consumer first and fastest.
The…
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TORONTO –Domenic Vannelli has been appointed as executive producer of French-language coverage as part of the CTV-Rogers Media Consortium covering the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Winter Games.
As well, Gerry Frappier has been named as French Chef de Mission of the CTV-Rogers Media Consortium, and he will oversee all French-language coverage of the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Games.
Vannelli will continue to serve in his current role as vice-president of production at RDS. He will report to Rick Chisholm, executive vice-president of broadcasting, effective immediately. Vannelli will be responsible for all aspects of French-language production, including live event…
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CTS 2008: A new way to do TV shows?
By Greg O’Brien
TORONTO – If he’d known then what he knows now, the mega-popular TV franchise Canadian Idol might have been brought to market with an entirely different business plan, said John Brunton, president and CEO of Insight Production, the company that makes the program for CTV.
Given the way the media market has grown and fragmented, perhaps the reality show could have first or also been sold to a telco or an ISP, he said, during a panel discussion on entertainment on broadband.
Noting that Rogers’ portal agreement…
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TORONTO – Industries have converged. Companies have converged. It’s about time the laws and regulations covering the telecom and broadcast worlds converged, too.
That’s the message CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein brought to delegates today at the 2008 Canadian Telecom Summit. (Ed note: This story is a compendium of von Finckenstein’s written text and his verbal comments during the speech.)
After outlining a number of changes implemented and challenges overcome in the past 12 months on the telecom file, the chairman noted that with all that is changing in the industries the CRTC oversees, the Commission is bound by two…
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TORONTO – We’re just at the very beginning of the mobile broadband revolution in Canada, but expect the market to explode over the next five years, said a number of speakers Monday morning at the 2008 Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto.
Carriers around the world are already facing “the commoditization of mobile bandwidth,” said Alcatel-Lucent’s CIO Jim Cacito in his speech to delegates, adding that commoditization comes in the form of all-you-can-eat bandwidth bundles.
It’s still early days Stateside, and such packages are due in Canada soon. (Ed note: Perhaps on or about July 11th, launch day of the…
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