TORONTO – The Canadian Communications Foundation (CCF) has added to its Board of Directors after issuing a call for new members last month.
Effective immediately, the five new members are:
– Isme Bennie: former executive with CTV Specialty Services, CHUM, TV Ontario and Televentures;
– Owen Brierley: executive director of Edmonton Digital Arts College, former executive director of Guru Digital Arts College, and a managing partner of Gystworks; experienced in developing multimedia and online learning resources;
– Paul Cross: program coordinator of the Radio Broadcasting Graduate Certificate program at Humber College;
– Shawn Praskey: vice-president, head of content sales for Disney/ABC Home Entertainment and Television Group,…
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However, it's likely just temporary
OTTAWA – While Canada’s publicly traded television service providers lost almost 20% fewer TV subscribers in 2017 versus 2016, this is likely a temporary positive turn in a long road of permanent TV subscriber declines in the future, according to new research released Wednesday.
Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services found that BCE, Rogers, Shaw, Vidéotron, Cogeco, and Telus combined lost approximately 166,000 in their respective 2017 fiscal years, down from an estimated 205,000 lost in the previous year.
Boon Dog partner Mario Mota credited the improved cord-cutting numbers for 2017 to the…
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MONTREAL – Despite an uptick in revenues, Quebecor saw fourth quarter profits fall by $57.7 million from a year ago when it recorded a number of favourable non-operating items, the company said Wednesday.
Revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 inched up 0.8% ($8.8 million) to $1.06 billion year-over-year. Revenues increased in Telecommunications ($36.2 million or 4.5% of segment revenues), though dropped in Media ($22.7 million or -10.2%) and in Sports and Entertainment ($3.8 million or -7.0%).
Net income attributable to shareholders fell to $65.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2017, compared with $123.3 million in the same period of 2016, due in part…
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SKIDEGATE, BC – Thirty-three rural and remote British Columbia communities, including13 Indigenous communities, will receive new or improved high-speed Internet thanks to a joint federal-provincial investment of $38 million.
The funding, announced Tuesday by Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains, and British Columbia’s Minister of Citizens’ Services Jinny Sims, comes in addition to the $45.4 million investment announced in January for 154 coastal BC communities.
According to the announcement, $19.7 million will come from the federal government’s Connect to Innovate program; $11.3 million will come from the Government of British Columbia, through the Connecting British Columbia…
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Part VIII in our series on rewriting the Telecom and Broadcasting Acts
IT’S BEEN PRETTY CLEAR throughout Cartt.ca’s investigation of the opportunities and challenges associated with modernizing Canada’s telecommunications and broadcasting legislative frameworks that the Broadcasting Act appears most in need of updating.
We won’t rehash it here (check the prior seven articles on our “Investigates” page), but think Netflix and their online TV provider brethren and the myriad challenges facing media. That said, the Telecommunications Act requires some tweaking, too, according to interviews and comments in industry fora.
It’s been nearly two years since broadband services were…
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8e partie dans notre série sur la révision des Lois sur la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications
IL APPARAÎT CLAIREMENT au fil de notre enquête sur les défis et opportunités associés à la modernisation du cadre législatif de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications que la Loi sur la radiodiffusion semble celle qui a le plus besoin d’une mise à jour.
Nous ne passerons pas en revue tous les arguments (consultez les sept articles précédents sous l’onglet «Investigate»), mais pensez à Netflix et leurs confrères fournisseurs de télévision en ligne et à la myriade de défis rencontrés par…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Chapter of the International Institute of Communications (IIC Canada) will host its two-day annual conference at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa on October 31 and November 1, 2018.
This year's confab will bring together leading communications sector players to discuss developments related to the major current issues in Canadian and international communications law and policy. In Canada, these developments include the federal government's planned review of the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Acts, the evolution of Internet-based audio and video distribution platforms, the impact of these platforms on traditional communications policies, tensions between net-neutrality and video program piracy,…
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GATINEAU – In a complaint filed with the CRTC last week, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance says Rogers Media is violating a number of CRTC policies in refusing to let its members launch or re-package channels as contract negotiations drag on.
The CCSA represents over 115 independent broadband and video carriers which collectively serve approximately 350,000 Canadians, in areas which compete with one or more of the bigger providers, or in more rural regions.
In the complaint, filed February 22nd and posted to the Commission’s website Wednesday, the CCSA says Rogers Media Inc. is now refusing to permit CCSA members to…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications is urging Canadian youth to think of ways that they can help to promote kindness and respect in their schools.
The Calgary-based company pledged to awards grant of up to $5,000 towards initiatives that inspires positivity and inclusivity in a student’s schools through a program known as Shaw Kindness Sticks.
“All entries should suggest an activity or initiative that can empower students to come together and support one another through inclusivity and friendship,” Shaw said in the news release. “Whether it’s a buddy bench that encourages classmates to sit together and get to know each other, a…
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OTTAWA – Despite pleas for lots more, the federal government has given a small boost to local journalism, providing one or more still to be determined independent non-governmental organizations with $50 million over five years to support such efforts in underserved communities.
Budget 2018 noted “As more and more people get their news online, and share their interests directly through social media, many communities have been left without local newspapers to tell their stories.”
The Liberals will also be exploring new local news business models that could see greater involvement of private and philanthropic support “for trusted, professional, non-profit and local…
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