Broadcasters reveal gender parity action plans
OTTAWA — Canada’s broadcasters are committing themselves to achieving gender parity in TV and film production, where 50% of key creative roles will be held by women by 2025. On […]
Canadian Music Week: Radio promos, the good and the bad…
TORONTO — Create experiences for your listeners that matter. Get people talking about what you’re doing to be top of mind with your audience. Use the power of the team […]
Canadian Music Week: How artificial intelligence is set to revolutionize radio
TORONTO — As a medium known for its engaging on-air personalities who are able to connect with listeners and create an atmosphere of intimacy, the spectre of artificial intelligence being […]
Radio Execs Speak: How smart speakers will boost radio. But what about measurement? Privacy?
TORONTO — With a little more prep time, the radio executive superpanel at Canadian Music Week’s annual Radio Interactive Summit may have turned into a drinking game, if moderator Sharon […]
ISP SUMMIT: Facilities-based vs. open access; urban vs rural
TORONTO — It may come down to whether they operate in an urban or rural environment, but not all service providers and funders of broadband fibre networks agree that the […]
ISP Summit: How Netflix works (if you own and operate a network)
TORONTO — With the popularity of Netflix continuing to grow — at last count, the streaming service boasts more than 104 million users in 190 countries (not to mention all […]
CTAM Canada: More data means better advertising and increased revenue. So why aren’t we there yet?
TORONTO — While Canada may still lag a little behind other countries in rolling out more advanced advertising such as addressable ads, Canadian media companies are seeing some success with […]
Why fighting content piracy is so hard and so necessary
TORONTO — Canada’s major media companies are presenting a united front as they prepare to combat piracy of their TV content. A special panel discussion at last week's CTAM Canada Broadcaster […]
CTAM Canada: TV still preferred, but weekly viewing hours declining
TORONTO — While the good news for TV distributors and broadcasters is the vast majority of Canadians continue to pay for TV subscriptions, the average total number of hours of […]
Canadian media companies need scale to compete globally, fight piracy, says Bell’s Oosterman
TORONTO — The media industry is “filled with promise”, said Wade Oosterman, group president for Bell Canada, but competing in a global economy offers a wide variety of battles to […]