TORONTO – Fairchild Television, Talentvision and the Canadian Red Cross are joining forces with local Chinese communities in a cross-Canada earthquake relief effort “Together for China” telethon that will feature Asian artists such as EricTsang, Jackie Cheung, Alan Tam, Aaron Kwok and Hacken Lee.
The initiative will take place on May 23 at 8 p.m.
A special fund-raising program will be aired 8:30 p.m. PST the same day on Talentvision that will highlight the rescue efforts.
Cable carriers such as Rogers, Shaw, Bell ExpressVu, Cogeco and Telus are assisting by unscrambling the signal and making Fairchild TV and Talentvision…
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TORONTO – Over 20 industry leaders will deliver keynotes at the 2008 Canadian Telecom Summit, running from June 16 to 18 at the Toronto Congress Centre, organizers announced Tuesday.
They will give their insights into the future of Canadian telecommunications industry, while examining technology, services, consumer and business trends and policy. More than 50 experts will be participating in panel discussions.
One of the highlights of Monday’s sessions, according to organizers, is the panel on examining entertainment and content over broadband. It will feature a discussion by Gary Anderson (VP Consumer Internet Services, Sympatico MSN), Steve Billinger (Executive Director, Digital Programming and…
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TORONTO – The two Canadian sports network titans are finally apart.
For over seven years, Rogers Sportsnet and TSN, the top two sports channels in Canada, were cheek to cheek at 9 Channel Nine Court in Agincourt in North Toronto. The situation was a legacy of Sportsnet’s launch in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet. At that time, it was a state-of-the-art studio within the CTV complex.
But when CTV bought TSN, moving it into the same CTV campus and sold its majority interest in Sportsnet to Rogers in 2001, the regional sports network stayed put. It was a little unusual,…
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TORONTO – The Ontario Superior Court of Justice this month dismissed a claim requiring the Inukshuk Wireless Partnership (Rogers and Bell) to return MCS spectrum to a subsidiary of Rogers.
UBS Wireless Services Inc. subsidiary Unique Broadband Systems Inc. started litigation against Allstream and Rogers subsidiary Microcell and two of its subsidiaries, including Inukshuk Internet Inc., in April 2004. UBS alleges that there were breaches of contract, confidence and fiduciary duties regarding a signed agreement involving the MCS spectrum.
After Rogers and Bell asked Industry Canada to transfer the MCS spectrum out of the companies being litigated against and…
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TORONTO – Women in Film and Television-Toronto (WIFT-T) on Wednesday announced four new members were added to its 2008 Board of Directors: Gaye McDonald (Vice-President of Brand Partnerships at Canwest), Kara Russell (Associate, Hall Webber LLP Entertainment and New Media Law), Akhaji Zakiya (Senior Consultant at Nordicity Group Ltd.) and Madeline Ziniak (National Vice-President at Rogers OMNI Television).
Re-elected returning board members are Gabriella Martinelli (President and CEO of Capri Films) and Susan Ross (Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Specialty Television at Corus Entertainment).
Continuing their terms on the board are Wanda Bradley (Director of Sales/Operations at NBC…
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“IN A DIGITAL CONTENT world, all stakeholders must accept greater risk,” is a single line from the final reply to the CRTC by Telus to the Commission’s policy review of broadcast distribution undertakings and specialty services.
Final replies from stakeholders were due into the Commission last Thursday.
It’s a key line, because it lies at the heart of what’s at stake for every media company in Canada – heck, in the western world, really, and certainly for Canadian specialty channels, OTA broadcasters and BDUs. With the digital media world comes new opportunities, but also more risk than the tried…
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GATINEAU – When rookie CRTC commissioner Michel Morin first unveiled his possible points plan for specialty channels during last month’s BDU and specialty policy hearing, many were left scratching their heads.
But, as he put more meat on the bones of his idea, as it were, as the hearing progressed, stakeholders began to mull it over and some were taking it pretty seriously. In fact, the Commission asked for comments from stakeholders to address it specifically.
However, upon further review, most have lauded Morin’s intentions – more Canadian content to more Canadians – but dismissed his idea.
Morin proposed…
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TORONTO – Rogers OMNI Television announced Monday two firsts in diversity TV in Canada – the start of its exclusive multilingual coverage of this summer’s UEFA European Football Championship and the launch of digital over-the-air transmissions for Toronto viewers of OMNI.1 and OMNI.2.
Coverage of the UEFA European Football Championship begins June 7 at noon Eastern Time with the live, tri-lingual coverage of the competition’s first match, between Switzerland and the Czech Republic on OMNI.1 (in Italian) and on OMNI.2 (in Cantonese and Mandarin).
“Rogers OMNI Television once again leads the way, now building on our reputation for covering…
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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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