VANCOUVER – RTDNA Canada, The Association of Electronic Journalists, has unveiled the 2015 nominees for its Network awards.
The winners will be announced at the annual RTDNA National Conference, set for June 2 – 4, 2016 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Toronto.
"The RTDNA’s network awards once again highlight the depth and scope of outstanding storytelling in Canada,” said RTDNA Canada president Ian Koenigsfest, in the news release. “….and despite another year of challenges in our industry, this year’s winners are world class."
The nominees are:
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature – Radio
– AMI Audio: Contact, The Flag at 50
– AMI Audio:…
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BOSTON – Even as the U.S. cable industry scrambles to eliminate the need for installing traditional set-top boxes in the home, it has stepped up its fierce fight against a regulatory proposal to open up the set top leasing business and stoke retail competition.
As we reported earlier, National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) president and CEO Michael Powell lambasted Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler for promoting the proposed 'Unlock the Set-top' rulemaking. If it gains Commission approval later this year, the controversial proposed rule would mandate that cable operators give third party manufacturers…
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BOSTON – It wasn’t long ago where cable leaders like Comcast CEO Brian Roberts felt constrained by – and complained about – the slow pace of technological development in the industry.
MSOs were once 100% tied to either the Motorola (formerly General Instrument) or Cisco (formerly Scientific-Atlanta) video platforms – and their development cycles – when it came to providing consumers with new in-home equipment like cable set top boxes. Development was slow and carriers bought gear optimized for the industry as a whole and not necessarily their own customers.
Over the past five years or so, pressured by the intense…
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TORONTO – CTV’s daily talk series The Social kicks off ‘Radio Week’ Monday by welcoming Bell Media radio hosts from the company's network of stations across the country during the week of May 16 – 20.
From stations in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, Marilyn Denis (CHUM FM Toronto), Nira Arora (Virgin Radio Vancouver), Meredith Shaw (CHUM FM Toronto), Andrea Collins (formerly of Virgin Radio Montreal and currently with Virgin Radio Toronto), and Nat Hunter (QMFM Vancouver) join The Social co-hosts Melissa Grelo, Cynthia Loyst, Lainey Lu and digital correspondent Jess Allen throughout the week.
"The Social is all about opinion and…
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TORONTO – Rogers is ditching the Mobilicity brand and will switch its approximately 150,000 customers to its Chatr flanker brand this summer.
Customers will be unable to add new Mobilicity lines to their account after August 15, but can change their current plans until joining Chatr, a Rogers spokesperson told Cartt.ca. Rogers will also convert "a large number" of Mobilicity’s dealers to Chatr branded stores and countertops.
The spokesperson added that Mobilicity customers will have broader coverage zones with Chatr, and that the company will offer “comparable plan options”. Currently, Mobilicity offers unlimited talk, text and data plans in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications will provide a one-month service credit to all customers in Fort McMurray and surrounding Northern Alberta communities affected by the recent wildfires that swept through the city, the company said Saturday.
The application of this credit is retroactive to May 3, the date of the mandatory evacuation, and will ensure all affected customers continue to have access to Shaw Go WiFi, FreeRange TV and their @shaw.ca email account while they are out of their homes without needing to worry about their account's status.
In addition, all residents and visitors in Northern Alberta and Edmonton have been given…
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OTTAWA – Can Canada maintain a rights market of its own for cultural content in the face of rampant and rapid technological change? If so, how? Should we? At what costs? What would any new rules say?
These very difficult, complex questions, along with Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly’s recent announcement that our aged legislation covering Canadian content rules will soon be getting an overhaul, were front and centre during the first morning of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Biennial conference into new developments in communications law and policy at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa.
For example,…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Telecommunications service providers cannot charge for a service that is not, and cannot be, provided following a cancellation, the CRTC stressed Thursday.
The Commission made the comments after issuing two decisions relating to its prohibition of 30-day cancellation policies, a move designed to make it easier for consumers to switch service providers. In the first decision, the Commission denied a request by Telus to direct Shaw Communications to cease requiring the payment of liquidated damages when small business customers cancel retail local voice or Internet services before service installation work has begun.
Noting that Telus’ focus on a single service…
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SASKATOON – Shaw Communications is now offering free WiFi service with guest access to visitors at Saskatoon’s City Hall, the downtown transit terminal, and several City leisure facilities.
An additional 27 City facilities are scheduled to receive WiFi service under the new Service Saskatoon service model.
Residents and visitors may access the Shaw Go WiFi network on their WiFi enabled devices by selecting 'ShawGuest' from the list of available WiFi settings and following the on-screen instructions to connect. Shaw customers will be able to automatically log onto the WiFi service through the Shaw Go WiFi network.
"The new WiFi services at…
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TORONTO – BCE’s proposed acquisition of MTS will not only contradict the previous government’s push for four wireless players in every market, it could open the door for further consolidation in the rest of the market.
Canaccord Genuity Corp. analyst Aravinda Galappatthige said approval of the $3.9 billion BCE/MTS deal would “set a significant precedent, as it would reduce Manitoba to a three-player wireless market from four.”
“As a result, we also believe that this would give Shaw a potential exit strategy in wireless should it decide to sell Wind”, he wrote in a client note Monday. “In addition, we…
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