Mobile TV is broadcasting, not telecom, says Bell
Bell argues at Federal Court the CRTC made a jurisdictional mistake TORONTO — Bell Mobility finally had its day in Federal Court on Tuesday, a year after the CRTC ruled […]
Rogers and Bell jockey for position in 4KTV race
TORONTO — The race to deliver live 4K sports events to TV customers in Canada heated up significantly in the last week, with Rogers slightly ahead of Bell at achieving […]
Do Shaw’s recent moves mean vertical integration benefits have vanished?
TORONTO — Although the proposed sale of Shaw Media to Corus Entertainment was top of mind for financial analysts Thursday afternoon, Wind Mobile and FreeRange TV was a big deal, […]
Why the digital economy’s biggest threat is lack of user participation
TORONTO — Despite the high level of Internet access among Canada’s population, a lack of citizen participation in the country’s digital economy is leaving huge opportunities for government and business […]
CTAM Broadcaster Forum: People make weird choices; companies which don’t expect that? Weirder
TORONTO – Consumers sometimes make terrible decisions that are not even in their own interests – and it’s always been very difficult for companies to cope with that. All companies […]
CTAM Broadcaster Forum: TV industry still deciding how to best to respond to skinny basic, pick-and-pay
TORONTO — Canadians still love their TV, love their cable packages, but they’re hungry for change, for flexibility, for a lower price, delegates of CTAM Canada’s packed Broadcaster Forum held […]
Former specialty channel execs going global and hyper-niche with new over-the-top services
TORONTO — Clearly seeing over-the-top as the biggest opportunity currently in the market, several former specialty channel executives have banded together to form a new digital media company that plans […]
Rogers-Spotify partnership about driving (and monetizing) data consumption
TORONTO — Encouraging its wireless customers to use ever more data is at the core of Rogers’s new strategic partnership with music streamer Spotify which provides its Share Everything customers […]
UPDATED: Why musicians and music video makers may be the first Talk TV unintended consequences
TORONTO — A growing number of voices in the music industry are raising concerns about proposed changes to the broadcast licences for Bell Media’s Much and M3 specialty channels as […]
RTDNA 2015: Why it’s hard to be head of news for a big broadcaster (and when news companies make the news)
TORONTO — Juggling the daily demands of directing one of Canada’s major national news organizations, while also overseeing a structural migration to digital and maintaining journalistic integrity in the face […]