NIAGARA FALLS – For the first time in memory, the CRTC is coming to Niagara.
And, will they get an earful on Monday when three days of hearings begin because up first is broadcast veteran Wendell Wilks, who is looking to recreate ITV all over again, this time in the Niagara region.
The founder of Edmonton’s ITV (which is now Global Edmonton) says that the Niagara region (pop. 500,000 or so) is so poorly served by the existing Canadian TV broadcasters that it needs its own station and he’s willing to bet $20 million to prove it.
What’s interesting…
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THIS WEEK I THINK I finally saw a web-TV application that will actually work.
It wasn’t on a television set, though, but on a mobile phone.
Mark Henderson, the president of Ericsson Canada, showed conference delegates at this week’s excellent Canadian Telecom Summit what’s going on in the mobile space in other parts of the world and how he’s sure it will be here, too, and soon.
While we North American holster-geeks might think we’re all pretty connected with our buzzing Blackberrys and assorted other PDAs and phones playing digital-quality rock or rap when a call comes in, only 55%…
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KELOWNA – The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada presented its British Columbia regional awards at its confab in Kelowna last weekend.
The 2004 TELEVISION winners are: Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast CFJC-TV – Kamloops, BC – "TV 7 Evening News" (Small Market) CIVI-TV – Victoria, BC – "VI NEWS" (Medium Market) BCTV News on Global – Burnaby, BC – "News Hour, April 15, 2004" (Large Market)
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News Citytv Vancouver – Vancouver, BC – "Port Moody Shooting"
Dan McArthur Award – In-depth/Investigative BCTV News on Global – Burnaby, BC – "Eurohealth" CIVI-TV -…
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TORONTO – VOIP, wireless, video, SMS, IMS, GSM – we are on the cusp of major telecom changes – not to mention a riot of acronyms you can’t identify without a program.
It was clear through several sessions at the first day of the three-day Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto that wireless and voice over Internet protocol telephony are leading a revolution in communications, world wide. Here’s a bit of what we saw and heard.
Ericsson Canada’s president Mark Henderson told delegates that video looks to be the next big thing in wireless. Good video too, with interactive television…
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SHE’S NOT THE FIRST ONE to draw a parallel between the TSN newsroom and a locker room.
But Jennifer Hedger is one of a select number of women who thrive in that atmosphere. In fact, the locker room environment is one of the big reasons she loves her job. No “girly girls” there, she says, adding she’s happy to be treated as one of the guys.
For ages, guys were all viewers ever saw on sports TV, and men still make up the vast majority of sports on-air talent, producers and directors. But women like Hedger are changing the…
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TORONTO – It was one of the plum contracts up for grabs among Toronto ad agencies and today Rogers Communications Inc. announced that, after a thorough review, it has selected Publicis to provide all marketing communications support for the Rogers Group of Companies.
Publicis and Rogers have reached an agreement in principle pending final approvals.
"We launched our review process earlier this year and we were thoroughly impressed with the calibre of agencies that made it to our final round", said Ted Rogers, president and CEO, Rogers Communications Inc. "Publicis impressed our entire team and we’re excited to begin…
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TORONTO – Don’t expect Bell Canada Enterprises to let up on the CRTC any time soon.
Still stinging from the Commission’s May 12th VOIP decision, which maintains traditional regs on telcos’ voice over IP offerings while cablecos and others get a head start, BCE CEO Michael Sabia made plain today in his keynote address at the Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto that the company will keep pressuring government for wholesale change.
The situation is dire, he said, as Canada loses ground in the information communications technology (ICT) space to forward-thinking countries like Ireland and Korea. “By making a conscious…
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TORONTO – While he didn’t name names, one of the newest players in the telecom space in Canada appear to be having problems dealing with a certain western MSO.
At a Monday session during the Canadian Telecom Summit entitled VOIP Pioneers – Early Results, Matt Stein, vice-president of new technology and services with VOIP provider Primus Canada, expressed his frustration with customer issues that are peculiar to the west.
“The vast majority of our quality issues are from Alberta and British Columbia,” he said. “An overwhelming amount comes from those provinces and while I won’t name the company, it…
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TORONTO – It was a record-setting Sunday for Rogers Sportsnet as 825,000 viewers tuned in to watch the London Knights defeat the Rimouski Oceanic 4-0 in the championship of the 2005 Mastercard Memorial Cup.
The audience was the highest to ever watch a Canadian Hockey League game, says the channel, and peaked at 1,020,000 (2+) viewers. The 825,000 championship audience is the fifth-largest in Sportsnet’s history. The average for the eight-game tournament was 554,000.
Twice during the 2005 Mastercard Memorial Cup, Sportsnet established new marks for audiences watching CHL, scoring 593,000 on opening night and 595,000 on Victoria Day….
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MONTREAL – Rogers Video is rolling out its new generation of Jolly Trolley entertainment units – including the first two it has delivered to the province of Quebec – for youngsters to enjoy during their stay in the hospital.
The company is delivering 34 new generation entertainment units to hospitals throughout Canada
Jean Rickli, Rogers Video vice-president of operations for Eastern Canada, will officially introduce the Jolly Trolleys at the Montreal Children’s and Sainte-Justine hospitals on June 1. The two Montreal institutions join the list of children’s care centres benefiting from this pan-Canadian program that has been in existence…
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