TORONTO – Comcast-owned cable channel G4 has acquired CHUM Television’s strange and silly “Ed the Sock’s Night Party!”
The half-hour show will air on G4 (formerly G4techTV, formerly Tech TV), which is available in nearly 60 million U.S. households via cable and satellite. The program airs Wednesdays at 12:30 a.m. ET/PT as part of the channel’s “Midnight Spank” late night programming block.
G4 in Canada, of course, (a partnership between Rogers Media, Shaw Communications and Comcast), will not be airing the show here. The abrasively funny, cigar-chomping, green-haired, politically incorrect toe enclosure will remain on Citytv and other CHUM outlets in…
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OTTAWA – Cable and satellite companies can now advertise their Internet and voice offerings on CNN, A&E, SpikeTV and other American cable channels, the CRTC has ruled.
The American channels make two minutes per hour available for local ad sales – which is a multi-billion-dollar business for U.S. MSOs. However, Canadian cable companies are not allowed, by regulation, to sell the time here.
Seventy-five percent of the time has to be given – at cost – to Canadian broadcasters, while 25% of the time could be used to promote cable’s video offerings – meaning the cablecos could not advertise…
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CALGARY – Digital signs, such as big food court screens in malls or smaller ones at the gas pumps, are popping up everywhere.
So this week, Corus Custom Networks, a division of Corus Entertainment, announced the launch of its new digital signage division.
“With strong TV listings and broadcast news brands and nearly 20 years of experience in non-traditional media, Corus Custom Networks is well positioned to expand into the rapidly growing digital signage arena,” said Tyler Alton, vice-president and general manager of Corus Custom Networks, in a press release. “Our unique ability to provide end-to-end service in sales…
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OTTAWA – As the so-called "account stacking" proceeding progresses, reply comments were due in last week and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters let it be known again that the practice runs contrary to existing regulations.
The complaint (originally made by Videotron and first reported here, and followed up here) centers on Star Choice’s decision to allow customers to buy more than one receiver but pay just one bill, on the assumption that any additional receivers are in cottages or other such locations.
The broadcasters insist that the regulations and individual contracts say that one address equals one subscriber…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has told Shaw Cable it has to change its community channel ad policies.
After coming across a rate card and hearing about Shaw Cable selling ad time during Western Hockey League games shown on its community cable channels, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters complained to the CRTC. This month, the Commission sided with the broadcasters.
In the Broadcast Distribution Regulations , cable companies are not allowed to air traditional ad spots and there are limitations on the types of advertising community channels can air. Mainly, cable must stick to general branding or soft-sell…
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KELOWNA – It’s hot here in the Southern Interior of British Columbia. And we don’t just mean the weather.
While it was sunny and 32-degrees Celsius Wednesday in this town of 105,000, inside the Coast Capri Hotel was a hot new technical trade show. More than 170 attendees enjoyed the air conditioning – not to mention the 38 vendor tables and six hours of training at the CommTech Trade Show and Training Seminars.
Six more hours of training and vendor tables are on tap for Thursday, too. (Tune in to cartt.ca for seminar coverage later this week.)
This was…
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CALGARY – Richmond and White Rock, B.C. residents can now choose Shaw Digital Phone.
The service features unlimited anytime calling in Canada and the U.S., as well as 1,000 anytime international calling minutes per month to countries in Asia Pacific, Europe and the U.K. for one flat monthly rate.
Shaw Digital Phone is being offered at an introductory rate of only $29.95 per month for the first 3 months, and just $55/month after that, when bundled with any other Shaw service.
www.shaw.ca
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SUDBURY – The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada presented its Central Canadian awards at the Regional Professional Development Seminar in Sudbury Saturday evening.
The 2005 TELEVISION winners are:
Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast
* A-Channel London for Lynda Shaw’s Killer – (Medium Market) * CTV Montreal for CTV NEWS AT 6 The December 16 Blizzard – (Large Market)
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News
* Global News – Ontario for Man on Fire * CTV Toronto for The Boxing Day Shootings – (Honourable Mention)
Dan McArthur Award – In-depth/Investigative
* City TV in Toronto for Fabry’s Drug…
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CALGARY – Star Choice announced today the addition of CHUM Television digi-nets Drive-in Classics and SexTV to its channel lineup.
As of June 1st, Star Choice will also be launching a new bundle of programming services called Intense TV. The new bundle will include the two channels above plus The Fight Network, Spike TV and Much Music for $4.99 per month. Star Choice customers are also able to customize by choosing from 19 bundles of channels. Following their free preview, Drive-In Classics and SexTV will each also be available as pick n’ pay channels for only $2.49 per month….
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TORONTO – Media investors will have to watch for new ticker symbols beginning next Monday.
The changes are being made as part of a broader symbol change initiative announced by the TSX under which it is modifying the ticker symbols previously assigned for approximately 150 of its listings.
For example, with Rogers Communications, RCI.B will replace the current ticker symbol RCI.NV.B for the Class B shares and RCI.A will replace the current ticker symbol RCI.MV.A for the Class A shares. It will be understood that the Class B shares are "Non-Voting" while the Class A shares are "Multiple Voting"….
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