New five-year CBC plan coming, says CEO Lacroix. In the meantime? A conversation
MONTREAL – CBC President and CEO Hubert Lacroix isn’t sugar-coating the news. He isn’t going to pretend that the 657 full-time equivalent jobs being cut this month — and the […]
RADIO POLICY: Is HD Radio the future, the solution to the FM saturation problem in Canada?
BASED ON THE DOZENS of submissions from radio companies and other groups to the CRTC, the answer is a resounding… maybe. Whether to bring the proprietary digital broadcasting format which […]
Group wants to take over Videotron’s community channel
MONTREAL – Some would-be Montreal television producers have had it with Vidéotron's community television service in the city, so much so that they have filed a complaint with the CRTC […]
Quebecor claims Bell Fund production decisions biased thanks to corporate competition
OTTAWA – Quebecor doesn't mince words in its complaint against the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund: "The decisions made by the board of directors of the Bell Fund in […]
Should Sun News be added to dwindling analog cable lineups?
GATINEAU – We're about a month away from all Canadian television distributors being required to make all Canadian national news channels available to all of their subscribers, but one seemingly […]
Independent radio broadcaster files CRTC complaint over pubcaster’s behaviour
GATINEAU – A complaint before the CRTC accuses a big Canadian TV broadcaster of behaving poorly by giving itself an undue preference by outright refusing to air advertising from a […]
Pattison gets its approval on three Bell/Astral radio stations
GATINEAU – In contrast to high-profile hearings to discuss the proposed acquisition of Astral Media by BCE, or the shorter hearing for Corus's acquisition of assets BCE was required to […]
New Montreal TV station ICI is here
FOR A YEAR NOW, Sam Norouzi has been working tirelessly toward getting a new conventional television station on the air. It's not something you see much these days. Unlike specialty […]
NEWS REVIEW: No crisis in news, say BDUs (well, the ones without news channels…)
GATINEAU – Broadcasters, distributors and special interests all took predictable stances on the CRTC's proposed framework for the distribution of national news services in interventions published this week. The comment […]
Avis de recherche searches for hope
MONTREAL — Vincent Geracitano runs the gamut of emotions describing the future of his television channel: pride, enjoyment, worry, but mostly anger about how it's being taken away from him. […]