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Lee takes on VP, head of affiliate sales, at Corus
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TORONTO – Shaw Media has added to its original content team after adding Andrew Johnson and Barbara Shearer as production executives.
Johnson (right) brings more than 25 years of broadcasting experience, most recently with the CBC News Network where he worked on the documentary series The Passionate Eye and was the commissioning editor of The Lens.
A Gemini award-winning writer, director and producer of factual and reality programming, Shearer has been a production executive at W Network, and recently worked on series…
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OTTAWA – Satellite services operator Telesat has reinstated service to its Anik F2 satellite after experiencing a “technical anomaly” last Thursday which caused service disruptions to its North American customers including Shaw Direct, Northwestel and Bell Aliant.
Telesat posted an update on its website saying that services were up and running by Friday, and called such satellite anomalies “highly unusual."
“This particular anomaly was the result of a software error encountered during a routine maneuver (sic) which triggered the satellite to place itself into a safe mode, shutting itself down and pointing itself at the sun to ensure it remained…
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TORONTO – Is the surging popularity of on-line video viewing a real threat to the old television broadcasting business model or is it actually fuelling a new ‘golden age’ of television?
That was the subject of a lively discussion staged at the first of three Digital Convergence Executive seminars presented by Canadian Women in Communications and management consulting firm Digital Theory. Cartt.ca is the media partner for the series.
Brent Bernie, the president of Media Metrix Canada, a division of measurement company comScore, called television “still the most powerful medium in the world”, but stressed that the influence of social networking…
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CALGARY – Shaw has taken its home entertainment technology, known as the Shaw Gateway, national after unveiling the service in Calgary earlier this year.
The centre of a connected home, the Gateway is a multi-room HD PVR that lets families access recorded content and Shaw’s video-on-demand library on multiple televisions. It also allows for the recording of six programs at once while playing back up to three previously recorded programs, all in high definition.
The program guide provides access to features such as content filters, enhanced search, and on-screen games, all while allowing TV viewing in another window. Shaw said that…
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OTTAWA – Satellite services operator Telesat experienced a “technical anomaly” early Thursday morning resulting in a loss of service to customers of its Anik F2 satellite.
Anik F2 supports a variety of services in Canada and the United States, all of which were affected by the glitch. Shaw Direct and Northwestel are included in the bird’s roster of some 35,000 Canadian customers.
Telesat posted an update on its website saying that it was “in control” of the satellite and all indications are that it is healthy and can be returned to service.
“Telesat is now undertaking to return the satellite to normal…
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OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada said today it will decide whether or not the CRTC has the jurisdiction to institute the fee-for-carriage (or value for signal) regime it okayed in 2010.
When the CRTC made its policy announcement in March of that year, it referred the jurisdictional question to the Federal Court (pre-empting the carriers, who would have done the same thing). Then in March 2011, the Federal Court issued a 2-1 decision saying the CRTC did, in fact, have the right to okay a new value-for-signal policy where off-air TV broadcasters would have the right…
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LONDON, ON – Former CTV News president Robert Hurst will be joining the faculty at Fanshawe College this fall as a visiting professor.
Hurst (pictured) retired earlier this year as the president of CTV News and current affairs after a 38 year career in broadcasting which also included stints as a reporter, news editor, author, and foreign correspondent at network bureaus in Ottawa, Washington, Moscow and Beijing. He will be a visiting professor to the Radio and Journalism Broadcast diploma programs, and the Broadcast Journalism – Television News graduate certificate program in the School of Contemporary Media.
Johnson, Shearer join original content department at Shaw Media
UPDATED: Telesat restores service to Anik F2 satellite
Digital Convergence: Can social media revive appointment television viewing?
Shaw throws open its Gateway service
“Technical anomaly” at Telesat disrupts services at Shaw Direct, Northwestel
And on it goes: Supreme Court will hear fee-for-carriage appeal
CTV veteran Hurst joins Fanshawe College
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WHILE SAYING HIS company has not yet decided on a course of action, Bell Canada’s regulatory chief says thanks to the CRTC’s new vertical integration policy, he wants to start over when it comes to our broadcasting laws and its regulation.
(Explained here, the new policy: prohibits exclusives on linear TV content when it comes to mobile and online platforms; bans tied selling of specialty services ensuring BDUs can buy them from programmers one at a time; calls for consumers to be able to buy more specialties one at a time in a pick-and-pay format; outlines a specific code…
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Vertical Integration: There’s some love for the CRTC decision, but Bell calls for full system reboot
