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Lee takes on VP, head of affiliate sales, at Corus
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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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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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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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OTTAWA – The greater Toronto area will receive its two new area codes starting March 25, 2013.
In order to meet continuously growing demand, the 437 area code will be added to the 416/647 area codes, and the 365 area code will be introduced in the area served by the 905/289 area codes. Currently, the 416/647 area codes are used in Toronto, while the 905/289 area codes cover southern Ontario, which includes the major communities of Ajax-Pickering, Brampton, Burlington, Hamilton, Markham, Milton, Mississauga, Oakville, Oshawa, Richmond Hill, St. Catharines and Whitby.
"The introduction of a new area code in a region enables…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC’s new policy on vertical integration, released late Wednesday, tries hard to balance the wants of Canadian television viewers with the commercial demands of the country’s largest vertically integrated broadcasters and television distributors, and the needs of the smaller and independent ones.
Following a five day long hearing in June, the new policy offers flexibility to the likes of Bell Media, Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications and Quebecor Media, but also includes a number of safeguards and a code of conduct.
Highlights of the new policy include:
– Companies are prohibited from offering television programs on an exclusive basis to…
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TORONTO – By the end of 2014, new wireless entrants will have captured 4 million or approximately 12% of the Canadian wireless market, up from 5% at year-end 2011, according to a new study from Toronto’s Convergence Consulting.
Part of that is because that the new entrants, not taking into account promotional pricing, can undercut incumbents and their discount brands by more than 58% on combined voice/data pricing, and by more than 83% on data alone, maintains the report Canadian Wireless 2009-2014: Assessing The Impact of New Entrants. But when it comes to voice pricing, incumbents and their discount brands can…
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MONTREAL – French-language sports channel RDS2 is gearing up to launch on October 7 at 6 pm ET.
Available in both standard definition and high definition, the new channel promises more than 1,500 hours of live sports action each year including Ottawa Senators games; games from the NFL and CFL, MLB playoffs and World Series; Major League Soccer; Skate Canada; Barclays Premier League; Rugby World Cup; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series; IIHF World Junior Hockey and NCAA events.
Bell TV and Shaw Direct have already signed on to offer the channel at launch.
www.rds.ca
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UPDATED: Telesat restores service to Anik F2 satellite
Digital Convergence: Can social media revive appointment television viewing?
And on it goes: Supreme Court will hear fee-for-carriage appeal
Vertical Integration: There’s some love for the CRTC decision, but Bell calls for full system reboot
Toronto area to dial up two new area codes starting 2013
Vertical Integration policy mandates safeguards, some exclusive content, programming flexibility
New wireless entrants to drive up wireless substitution on way to 12% market share, says report
RDS2 will launch October 7
