OTTAWA – Women in Communications and Technology (WCT) is now accepting applications for The Protégé Project, a pioneering new program designed to spur female leadership in Canada’s communications, media and technology sectors.
A partnership with Shaw Communications and global non-profit organization Catalyst Canada, The Protégé Project will see fast-tracking senior women executives matched with powerful sponsors who will give them a leg-up to the industry’s top decision-making positions and a direct line to influence innovation in the digital economy.
Communications, media and technology companies acknowledge that their boards and senior management ranks are falling far short when it comes to welcoming women,…
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TORONTO – Members of the Telecommunications Workers Union (TWU) voted 73.7% in favour of joining the United Steelworkers (USW) in a referendum vote counted Friday.
The TWU represents 12,000 members across Canada who work for telecommunications companies including Telus and Shaw Communications, as well as employers in related telecommunications sectors. The USW is a diverse private-sector union with 225,000 members working in every region and sector in Canada.
The merger agreement takes formal effect on January 1, 2015, but both unions said that they will kick off joint activities immediately. The agreement includes strong, mutual commitments around collective bargaining, education, organizing…
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TORONTO – Canada needs an autonomous Internet infrastructure that keeps local web traffic routed within the country’s borders as much as possible, said Jacques Latour, chief technology officer for the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), during a presentation at the Canadian ISP Summit in Toronto on Monday afternoon.
Latour said too much of Canadian Internet traffic flows south of the border through major U.S. cities, such as New York, Chicago and Seattle.
“If for some reason there’s an attack against the U.S., like a cyber-attack, and they decide to shut down the borders, in Canada we’re screwed,” Latour said….
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I FINALLY HAVE A RESPONSE to something CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais asked we reporters – in absentia, mind you – during day eight of September’s Talk TV hearing, the day set aside for accessibility issues.
“I asked others beforehand – now they may be listening elsewhere – but the media table, which was chock-a-block last week, seems to be completely empty now,” chairman Blais said on September 17th. “And I'm struck, because members of the community you serve presumably buy goods and services – goods and services that are made by people that advertise in newspapers and other electronic media.
“Why…
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TORONTO – Customers of Rogers and Shaw will get their first look at subscription streaming service shomi on Tuesday.
While negotiations continue with other Canadian BDUs, shomi, a subscriber-authenticated streaming video service, will only be available in beta first to Rogers and Shaw Internet or cable customers, as the two companies co-own the venture.
Eligible Rogers customers can sign up and begin a 30-day free trial, after which customers can enjoy shomi for only $8.99 per month. The same terms apply to Shaw customers.
As an added benefit to select Rogers customers, shomi will be automatically included for Rogers Hybrid Fibre 50…
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TORONTO – The radio industry, electronic media’s elder statesman, is not in trouble and the sky is not falling, but radio broadcasters need to do a better job at promoting their advertising success stories to keep marketers from becoming too distracted by the “shiny, new toy” (a.k.a. digital audio streaming services).
That was the rallying call delivered by Erica Farber, president and CEO of the U.S.-based Radio Advertising Bureau, during an industry executive town hall session at the Ontario Association of Broadcasters’ Connection 2014 conference, held Thursday in Toronto. “Success stories work,” she said. “We do not do a good…
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TORONTO – Univision Canada launched a high definition version of its signal Friday, becoming the first national all-Spanish language TV channel in the country to do so.
The channel is currently available in over 1.8 million Canadian homes through TV providers including Rogers 780, Bell TV 699, Bell Fibe 867, Shaw 508, Vidéotron 248 and MTS channel 517.
Owned and operated by TLN, Univision Canada’s programming lineup includes daily news, award-winning telenovelas, talk shows, live music specials, and soccer coverage, complemented by made-in-Canada community programming.
www.univisioncanada.ca
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TORONTO – New subscription video-on-demand service shomi could debut as early as November 3, according to an invitation to its launch event received by Cartt.ca on Tuesday.
Owned jointly by Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications, the service was scheduled to launch “in early November” first to the 4.5 million combined subscribers of Rogers’ and Shaw’s Internet and cable TV customers for $8.99 per month. After six to 12 months of beta testing, Rogers and Shaw said that they will then determine what the distribution model will be going forward.
shomi will work initially on select set-top boxes, the Xbox 360, online…
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TORONTO – CTAM Canada has announced the industry leaders who will take centre stage at next month’s Broadcaster’s Forum entitled ‘Engaging Canadians with TV Everywhere’.
Scheduled for November 19 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, the second annual event will feature exclusive, new, Canadian-specific market research, and two moderated panels that will discuss distribution and technology, debate current industry hot topics, and share insights.
Panel #1: Consumer Adoption of TV Everywhere
With subscriber adoption of authenticated TV Everywhere (TVE) products on the rise in the U.S., the value proposition appears to be…
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MARKHAM, ON – Retired Rogers radio executive John Hinnen will receive the 2014 Hall of Fame Award from the Ontario Association of Broadcasters at the organization’s fall conference this Thursday.
The OAB Hall of Fame Award honours private broadcasters who have devoted a substantial part of their career to the Canadian broadcasting industry and demonstrated a commitment to the highest standards of broadcast excellence and community service in their role.
Hinnen, pictured, began his career at CKLB (now CKDO) in Oshawa and moved to Rogers in 1974 as a sportscaster for CFTR. In 1993, he led the team that transformed CFTR from…
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