CREATORS CAN NOW apply to take part in the first Northern Canada Producer Accelerator (NCPA), a joint program between the Yukon and Northwest Territories, which was announced today by Screen Production Yukon Association, Northwest Territories Professional Media Association, Yukon Media Development, and the Northwest Territories Film Commission.
“Produced by Access Canada, the NCPA will offer training, mentorship, networking, and market access for up to ten (10) content producers in the Yukon and Northwest Territories,” a press release says.
“In order to ensure it is best positioned to address the unique needs of Canada’s northern producers, the NCPA will work closely with…
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By Ken Kelley
WITH LAST WEEK’S news that Disney intends to roll-out a cheaper, ad-supported tier of Disney+, Corus Entertainment CEO Doug Murphy (above) sees the move as a full circle moment.
“The market is waking up to the fact the bloom is coming off the streaming rose,” Murphy told Scotiabank analyst Jeff Fan during the bank’s annual TMT (telecom, media and technology) Conference.
While subsequently qualifying his statement to say he considers Disney to be the smartest operator of all digital platforms thanks to how the company segments its offerings on Disney+ while also preserving its channels business, he…
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The Field of Dreams business philosophy
By Mark Goldberg
IF YOU BUILD IT he will come.
Often misquoted as “If you build it, they will come”, the mantra from “Field of Dreams” has become a metaphor driving many business plans.
Unfortunately, reality shows that if you build it, whatever “it” may be, you improve the chances for them, whoever “them” may be, to come.
The Field of Dreams business case philosophy has been a driving force behind many government broadband programs. Just get broadband built, people will sign up. Build broadband pipes into this community and knowledge-based workers will work from home. Build municipal…
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VANCOUVER – While Rogers Communications has been working on its acquisition of Shaw Communications, Telus has been accelerating its broadband build program in the hopes of grabbing market share ahead the proposed deal’s approval.
“We knew the timeline for… going through the process of approval was 18 months to two years, and then they’ve got a post-acquisition integration effort,” said Tony Geheran (above), executive vice-president and chief operations officer at Telus, in an interview with Cartt.ca.
Based on this, in May 2021, Telus announced it would invest an additional $1.5 billion in capital expenditures over 18 months. This pulled forward…
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Interventions suggest scope of CRTC hearing could be appropriately widened
OTTAWA – The CRTC’s decision on the future of the Russian state-funded English-language news service RT is unlikely to have a significant impact, Ethnic Channels Group Ltd. (ECGL) argues in an intervention submitted to the CRTC yesterday.
RT came to Canada in 2009 after ECGL applied to add it to the Commission’s list of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution in Canada.
The CRTC received an order from the Governor in Council last week, asking it to “hold a hearing to determine whether RT (formally known as Russia Today)…
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ROGERS PRESIDENT AND CEO Tony Staffieri (above, centre) is “unsurprised” François-Philippe Champagne, the minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, said he would not allow the company to acquire all of Shaw Communications’ wireless licences last week.
Speaking with Scotiabank telecom analyst Jeff Fan (right) at the bank’s telecom, media and technology conference this afternoon, along with Glenn Brandt (left), Rogers’ chief financial officer, Staffieri said the statement was actually “very helpful in terms of articulating their broad view, which is on the wireless side, what they’d like to see is a continued fourth player in the marketplace.”
Overall, Staffieri told…
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By Ahmad Hathout
COGECO CEO PHILIPPE JETTÉ (above) said today his company has been in “constant conversation” with Canada’s telecom regulator about when the industry can get the terms and conditions required for establishing a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), and is expecting something in ‘late spring, early summer.’
In April last year, the CRTC decided regional telecoms can force negotiations with the big three national telecoms for access to their mobile wireless networks, thereby allowing these smaller entities to establish services beyond their existing territory – so long as they have spectrum and infrastructure in the target area.
But the regulator has…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications announced today it has extended its 5G network to reach 10 more communities throughout Eastern Ontario as part of its partnership with the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN).
The 10 new communities where Rogers 5G is now available are Elizabethtown-Kitley, Greater Napanee, Hawkesbury, Mississippi Mills, Pembroke, Petawawa, Russell, Selwyn, South Glengarry and South Stormont.
“Rogers’ network expansion will give local residents access to better cell services that will help support economic growth and improve quality of life,” said J. Murray Jones, chair of EORN, in a press release. “We appreciate the support of our federal, provincial and…
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Recommends government ensure all conditions are enforceable if it does
OTTAWA – The merger between Rogers and Shaw should not proceed, the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology says in a report presented to the House today.
The committee recommends that if it does go through, however, the government should ensure “all conditions attached to the merger approval are fully enforceable and that resources are available to enforce them.”
According to the report, the committee, chaired by Liberal member of parliament Joël Lightbound, is unconvinced of the merger’s merits and has taken issue with the enforceability of the commitments Rogers has made…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC today released a call for comments on the distribution of the Russian state-financed English-language news channel RT in Canada after receiving an order from the Governor in Council requesting a hearing be held on the matter.
A motion to issue the order was passed in the House of Commons this past Monday, a day after major television service providers including Bell, Telus and Rogers announced they would be dropping RT from their channel lineups.
The order, which was sent March 2, specifically asked the Commission to “hold a hearing to determine whether RT (formerly known…
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