CTV mute, industry reaction mixed over CRTC decision on CTV-CHUM takeover
OTTAWA – CTVglobemedia may have declined all comment today on the CRTC’s decision to approve its takeover of Chum Limited – without CHUM’s key TV assets, the Citytv stations in […]
Disappointment reigns in production community
OTTAWA – "It’s a missed opportunity," says Guy Mayson, summing up the Canadian Film and Television Production Association’s overall reaction to the CRTC’s new over-the-air TV policy. Speaking to Cartt.ca […]
CFTPA Prime Time: Digging deeper into positive top line results shows system’s cracks
OTTAWA – With two major crises reaching public climaxes just before Canadian film, TV and new media producers gathered here for their annual Prime Time conference last week, the event […]
COMMENTARY: Strike means there may not be productions to spend CTF funds anyway
IN THE DR SEUSS CLASSIC How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the Grinch is robbed of his revenge when the good burghers of Whoville preserve their Christmas spirit and retain their […]
TV REVIEW: Captioning, commercials, Cancon, close Commission conference
GATINEAU – As the seventh and final day of the 2006 CRTC TV Policy Review hearing wound down yesterday, a frustrated group got very wound up, and a broadcasting legend […]
TV REVIEW: Cultural groups in stark contrast to broadcast positions
GATINEAU – Organizations representing many persistent voices opposed to Canada’s 1999 over-the-air television policy – along with a rare cameo by the Ontario Culture Minister – took the stage Monday […]
TV REVIEW: Ted doesn’t hold back on new fees for broadcasters
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The idea that Canada’s signal distributors should pay conventional broadcasters fees to carry their signals is “trash” according to Rogers Communications CEO Ted Rogers. Speaking to reporters Wednesday […]
Cartt.ca at the Ottawa Animation Fest: Programmers smell of fear in move to multi-platform
OTTAWA – In the animation business, where technological revolution has been commonplace since Canada’s Norman McLaren began drawing directly onto film stock here 65 years ago, today’s multi-platform hype is […]
UPFRONT 2006: The multi-platform story
THE CREATORS OF ICRAVETV.COM (remember that?) predicted, just by launching their web streaming service in 1999, that the momentum pushing TV programming off the tube and onto the net – […]
UPFRONT 2006: Big Fish in BGM, CHUM boardrooms may swamp Global’s Shark tale
FOR SEVERAL YEARS, CANADA’S TV launch season has followed a logical path, with the odd new bit added here or there to spice up the mix. This year, the industry […]