BANFF – Canadian industry execs filling the halls at the Banff World Television Festival told Cartt.ca they welcome CRTC review of conventional television and the request from the Heritage Minister Beverley Oda to study the technological changes facing the broadcast industry.
“We want a little freedom,” says Phil Lind, vice-chairman, Rogers Communications.
“We have been shackled to death with regulation over the years, and we want to break out of that somehow. We’ve got to realize that people just don’t really understand all of these arcane rules and regulations that have been developed in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s,…
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THE WORLD CUP IS THE most popular sporting event on the globe. Certain ethnic sections in towns and cities across Canada shut down during their games. Monday in Toronto’s Little Italy, everything ground to a standstill for the Italians’ World Cup opener against Ghana.
People there happily took to the streets after the 2-0 win by Italy. Against Ghana. In the opening round. Similar sights could be seen in the Portuguese section of town during its opener – and just wait until Brazil starts play.
As a TV rights holder, how could you not show every minute of every…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Telecom Summit’s "regulatory blockbuster" session is a must-view event every year.
This year was no different as regulatory chiefs from Bell Canada (Mirko Bibic), Rogers Communications (Ken Englehart), Telus (Janet Yale), Shaw Communications (Jean Brazeau), and MTS Allstream (Chris Peirce) traded barbs for over an hour about the competitive state of the industry, and just whom is benefiting most from the current state of regulation. It was funny and terse and interesting. ("Ken Englehart’s has such a learned and scholarly style, you automoatically think what he’s saying must be true, even though it isn’t," said…
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ST. JOHN’s – The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada handed out its coveted RTNDA National and Network Awards last week at the 2006 RTNDA National Conference in St. John’s.
The 2005 NATIONAL RADIO winners are:
Byron MacGregor Award – Best Newscast
* KG Country in Red Deer for KG Country Newscast – RCMP Funerals March 11/2005 – (Small Market) * Sun FM Vernon for 8 am News – (Small Market – Honourable Mention) * 980 CJME News Talk Radio in Regina for CJME 7:00 REPORT – (Medium Market) * AM 800 CKLW in Windsor for 7 am News…
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OTTAWA – As long as mobile TV services maintain their current unicast model, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters say they don’t need to be regulated, according to a submission made Friday to the CRTC.
But, that exemption should remain only if the mobile TV services currently offered by Rogers Wireless, Telus and Bell Mobility keep their one-to-one technological model, where a wireless subscriber has content streamed to them individually via their cell phone or other mobile device, says the broadcasters’ lobby group.
The submission was made in response to the CRTC’s call for comments on its decision to…
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BANFF and TORONTO – Watch for coverage of the Banff World Television Festival 2006 in Banff, Alberta and The Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto next week as Cartt.ca provides in-person coverage from both important events.
In Banff, Cartt.ca will plug into the television industry for a look at global content developments. We will attend the lauded after-sessions, follow key announcements and trends; and interview “the personalities” within the industry.
This year’s Banff World Television Festival, June 11-14, 2006 is being held at the Fairmount Banff Springs in Banff, Alberta. It opens with a day-long session led by Kit Readman…
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TORONTO-BORN BRAD SCHWARTZ’s task looks to be a programmers dream.
To establish a new, analog channel with 4.5 million pre-existing paying customers using one of the world’s best-known media brands among the highly coveted young set: MTV.
The man knows his television. His first job in the industry was as assistant to Saturday Night Live founder and executive producer Lorne Michaels. From there, Schwartz hung around the music and media industries, working his way onto MTV and up the ladder there to director of global marketing in New York, before returning to Toronto as senior vice-president and general manager…
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TORONTO – As reported in April by Cartt.ca, Rogers Cable today officially launched Howard TV – Howard Stern’s on demand channel for digital cable.
"At Rogers, we are always looking to bring the latest on demand content to our customers. We understand Howard’s fans desire to see the King of All Media on their own time and now that it’s available on demand with Personal TV, our customers can watch what they want when they want," said David Purdy, vice-president and general manager, Television for Rogers Cable.
Howard TV is – like the radio show – an eclectic mix…
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TORONTO – The 30-second ad just isn’t going to cut it for radio in the on-line world.
Canadian Broadcast Sales, a joint partnership with Corus Entertainment and Rogers Media, says that after an informal survey, it is sure that podcasting will be the next big thing for radio – but to be successful, the ad model must be re-created. Podcasting is, after all, an opt-in form of media.
“Some stations are already using podcasts, but because the concept is less than two years old we’re really just starting to understand its potential,” said Patrick Grierson, president of CBS.
“Thirty…
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TORONTO – Comcast-owned cable channel G4 has acquired CHUM Television’s strange and silly “Ed the Sock’s Night Party!”
The half-hour show will air on G4 (formerly G4techTV, formerly Tech TV), which is available in nearly 60 million U.S. households via cable and satellite. The program airs Wednesdays at 12:30 a.m. ET/PT as part of the channel’s “Midnight Spank” late night programming block.
G4 in Canada, of course, (a partnership between Rogers Media, Shaw Communications and Comcast), will not be airing the show here. The abrasively funny, cigar-chomping, green-haired, politically incorrect toe enclosure will remain on Citytv and other CHUM outlets in…
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