BANFF 2018: Diversity of Voices initiative signals festival's rebranding
BANFF - Last year the new owners of the Banff World Media Festival arrived only just in time to snag the last few hotel vacancies. Read More »
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BANFF 2018: Minister Joly does more show, less tell
BANFF - Federal Heritage Minister Melanie Joly, as she has done for each of the last three years, delivered the opening keynote address at this year's Banff World Media Festival and while in large… Read More »
BANFF 2017: Media in the Age of Trump
BANFF - The biggest, and perhaps most frustrating, story of 2017 remains the current - and exceedingly unpredictable - administration of President Donald Trump. Read More »
BANFF 2017: Forward from here - Bridging Canada 150 and Canada 1491
BANFF - The recent controversy about cultural appropriation is only the latest Canadian flashpoint regarding Indigenous peoples and their relationship with centuries of non-indigenous immigration. Read More »
BANFF 2017: Was that venom or vision from the departing CRTC chair?
WELL, GIVEN THAT WE'RE celebrating media in Alberta, let's just start by saying that CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais demurred from simply mumbling "adios" and riding quietly into a western sunset. Read More »
BANFF 2017: Minister Joly's un-keynote...
“I will be presenting my vision for the creative sector in September”
OKAY, FULL TRANSPARENCY, I wasn't going to scribble about this. Read More »
BANFF 2017: Why Canadian broadcasters "need more control over the rights game"
THE ANNUAL CANADIAN MEDIA LEADERS panel at the 2017 Banff World Media Festival pivoted from the future of production, development, and broadcast screen-based content to the onslaught of streaming… Read More »
BANFF 2017: Turning a hot date into a love story
FOR 38 YEARS NOW, various incarnations of the Banff World Media Festival have brought the most interesting media executives from across our quick-stepping media landscape to the postcard perfect… Read More »
Cartt.ca Podcast: Claude Joli-Coeur, government film commissioner and chair, National Film Board of Canada
Listen in as Bill Roberts interviews Claude Joli-Coeur, the government film commissioner and chair of the National Film Board. Read More »
BANFF 2016: Why shows must partner with existing fan bases on social media
LOOKING BACK ON THE recent Banff World Media Festival, there are any number of valuable signposts for the future of our moving image industry. Read More »
Banff Fest 2016: Quebecor as a case study of the French market's challenges
BANFF - Quebecor Media put on one of the best scripted and packaged panels I've ever attended at Banff - and they made a very convincing case for the power of partnerships. Read More »
Banff Fest 2016: Audience isn’t just everything, it’s the only thing
BANFF - Haven't we always been told that "content is King"?
Well, Jay Bennett, senior vice-president at Shaftesbury/Smokebomb, doesn't buy it. Read More »
Banff Fest 2016 commentary: Rigid, old, political rhetoric may mean playing field remains uneven
BANFF - Okay, how do you know you've got a great tax accountant? Well, it's obvious - she's got a loophole named after her!
Yup, the title "Digital Content Taxation: Levelling the Playing Field with… Read More »
Banff Fest 2016: “Within two years there will be 20% fewer TV channels and 20% fewer producers" (CORRECTED)
BANFF - An 8 a.m. gathering of various hungover and/or jet lagged TV types in the thin mountain air of Banff had lots of potential. Read More »
Banff Fest 2016: Why Canadian broadcasters ponder becoming studios; and why next year’s L.A. screenings may be tipping point
BANFF - Inside the picturesque Banff Springs Hotel much is being said about monetization strategies for content development and distribution. Read More »
Banff 2016: How the Heritage Minister missed the mark with her Banff Fest opener
BANFF - It is difficult to resist the evident charm and good intentions of the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage. Read More »
Bill Roberts interviews Michael MacMillan, the contrarian CEO of Blue Ant Media
LISTEN CLOSELY AS THE two discuss topics such as Michael's strategy for Blue Ant, international media opportunities for Canadian entrepreneurs (big), what makes leading Blue Ant different from… Read More »
Corus multiplatform campaign cooks up community for McCain
TORONTO - The best case studies, in my view, extract practical methods for dealing with wicked real world problems and at NextMedia, held last week in Toronto, Corus Entertainment showcased a… Read More »
NextMEDIA 2015: Raptors, cakes, comedy, consistency, smart-bombing and influencers. Whew!
TORONTO - According to speakers like Sean Buckley, Founder & Executive Producer, Buck Productions, print, radio and TV should not be first to mind anymore. Read More »
NextMEDIA 2015: It’s a new, Uberized, culture world
TORONTO - It was another first, as in my first communications or cultural industries conference that was trending in the top five on Twitter - along with the audience getting regular Twitter metrics… Read More »
