THOSE WORKING IN RADIO, or those covering it as journalists, are always preoccupied with what’s next technologically or what’s threatening radio’s future and how this old medium must change in order to persevere through the next century.
In our digitally-driven, iPod and sat rad world, we can get jaded when talking about plain ol’ radio. We take it for granted and it’s not often we stop and reflect on what radio is absolutely nailing and offering recognition for a job very, very well done. So, here goes.
Before Christmas, cartt.ca contacted all the major commercial radio groups in Canada…
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TORONTO – The theme of the first 2006 meeting of the Ontario chapter is a long one but a good one.
"Troubleshooting by Mapping Cable’s Advanced Services to the Open System Interconnect OSI Model,” is the theme and this session will present a new perspective in deciphering advanced cable services and applications based on the OSI model.
Attendees will gain a better understanding of what OSI layers cable technicians can readily access and those levels they will be directly responsible for. The benefit of this program will be improved troubleshooting skills and a reduction in the number of network…
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TORONTO – WFN: World Fishing Network is available to Rogers Cable customers.
As reported last month by www.cartt.ca, Rogers is the first operator in Canada to launch WFN, which is owned and operated in Canada by Insight Sports Ltd. www.WFN.TV.
WFN is the first television network in North America dedicated to all aspects of angling. The WFN programming lineup features five distinct programming blocks. International Waters features the world’s top fishing destinations. Ultimate Fishing is the home of competitive fishing, led by coverage of the popular FLW Tour. School of Fish is an instructional and lifestyle block. All-Canadian…
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TORONTO – Computers and software led the growth in demand for radio airtime in the first quarter of fiscal 2006 according to Canadian Broadcast Sales.
Demand increased an average of 2.4% in major markets during the first quarter of the 2006 broadcast year. Owned by Corus Entertainment and Rogers Communications, CBS is a national sales firm representing approximately 60% of all Canadian radio stations. Fiscal Q1 2006 ended November 30, 2005.
In the first quarter, the top five categories by growth on CBS-represented stations are: computers and software 238%; unions 126.9%; insurance 94.1%; food and food products 58.9%; and financial…
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TORONTO – Since an ever-increasing number of Canadians speak neither English nor French, Rogers Television will present the 2006 Federal Leaders Debate translated into Mandarin on Saturday, January 21 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Toronto, York Region and Mississauga and at 6 p.m. in Ajax and Pickering.
This exclusive show offers the Greater Toronto Area’s Chinese community the opportunity to hear from Paul Martin, Stephen Harper, Jack Layton and Gilles Duceppe. The debate, first broadcast on January 9th, will be re-broadcast in Mandarin on Rogers Television stations in Toronto, York Region and Mississauga.
“The Federal Leaders Debate…
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LONDON, U.K. – Corus Entertainment’s production division Nelvana today announced a new video on demand agreement with British Telecommunications.
Coming on the heels of recent North American partnerships with Comcast and Rogers (along with Corus’ preschool broadcaster Treehouse), this deal widens the scope of Nelvana’s on-demand initiatives to include Europe.
Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (eps 1-15), Little Bear (eps 1-15), Babar (eps 1-15), Max & Ruby (eps 1-15) and The Fairly OddParents (eps 1-15) will be among the initial family entertainment programs Nelvana will make available to BT’s next-generation broadband IPTV offering, slated to launch by late summer/fall…
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KITCHENER – With topics such as the “mapping of advanced cable services (digital video, voice and data) to the seven-layer OSI model in order to decipher the functionality associated with each layer,” the next meeting of the Ontario chapter of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers looks to be a good one.
To be held February 2, 2006 at Bingemans Centre in Kitchener, “attendees will gain a better understanding of what OSI layers cable technicians can readily access and those levels they will be directly responsible for. The benefit of this program will be a better understanding of network…
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THE PRINCIPAL THEMES FOR TODAY were around the migration to an all digital IP distribution (IPTV like) and enabling the convergence of wireless with fixed service delivery.
Morning sessions moderated by Ken Wright CTO C-COR presented different approaches for reclaiming the cable systems distribution bandwidth and preparing it for a more unicast (enabling the distribution of a unique service to a single customer on the customer’s request) configuration. The various speakers went through alternate scenarios the cable system operators might take to evolve the current HFC analog and MPEG2 QAM digital service distribution architecture to a fully IP centric…
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THE SEMINARS KICKED OFF with the very articulate futurist Jim Carroll, an international expert on trends and innovation and an "informed" Rogers customer.
His view is convergence was talked about during the 1990s but is now for real. He likened "convergence" to "teenage sex" — "not sure what it is but everyone says they are doing it". Today he says service providers are facing a completely different customer. Today’s younger user of communications and media is tomorrows savvy customer who will be less loyal, far more demanding and expects choice.
Rate of change of services and technology today and moving…
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TORONTO – The traffic dogfight begins Monday in the skies over Toronto.
AM 640 Toronto (Corus) will challenge 680News’ (Rogers) “traffic on the ones” for the title as the go-to place on the dial for constant traffic updates.
640’s will instead be “traffic on the nines” every ten minutes – either two minutes sooner, or eight minutes later, depending on your point of view. 640 is using a brand new Robinson R44 News Copter (pictured) during morning and afternoon drive (680 uses a plane). The new Corus whirlybird flies at speeds in excess of 120 mph, “enabling…
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