Opinion / Editorial / Analysis

GATINEAU – The next hearing into whether or not we’re going to adopt a new revenue model for conventional television broadcasters begins Monday and judging from the very few of the nearly 200,000 submissions we’ve read, Canadians are, well, ticked off. Some are mad at their TV broadcasters, some at

By Christopher Maule, Professor Emeritus, Carleton University THE BATTLE BETWEEN CANADIAN BROADCASTERS and cable companies taking place before the CRTC is about the past and the disappearing present and not about the future of traditional television and other forms of video. If the protagonists and the Commission are to consider

OTTAWA-GATINEAU – A new on-line consultation process will allow consumers a different way to express their opinions on the future of television to the CRTC. The consultation tool, which launched Monday and will conclude on December 21 at midnight EST, is part of the Commission’s public hearing in to the matter that

By Michael Janigan, PIAC THE CURRENT SPECTACLE of Canada’s television networks engaged in a pie-throwing contest with the cable and satellite industry seems as confusing to the viewer as an episode of “Lost”. For one thing, the mantle of “consumer champion” sits uneasily on the shoulders of the distributors –

ON THE SURFACE, the 2008 Canadian Association of Broadcasters convention went off with nary a hitch. Speeches and panels were mostly interesting, attendance was stable compared to last year and the country’s broadcasters did their usual good job in celebrating their best and brightest while we were all entertained by

OTTAWA – The CBC has welcomed a report from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage that recognizes the role of the public broadcaster as an essential institution that requires long-term support and reinforcement. But there were mixed reviews from ACTRA and words of warning from the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.

WHILE SITTING IN TUESDAY morning’s IPTV session at NAB 2007 in Las Vegas I was reminded of the Sesame Street song: “One of these things is not like the other.” You know how the rest of it goes, asking kids to pick out the thing in a group of objects

TORONTO – Is there a "Blackberry backlash?" Maybe. As the idea of a "wireless nirvana" picks up renewed momentum at the 3GSM Congress in Barcelona where dozens of new products are being introduced this week, new research from Toronto’s Solutions Research Group says the jury is split on whether devices

PUBLICLY CALLING OUT SOMEONE as a bigot is generally considered a poor way to build a business relationship with them. However, the folks at English language Muslim channel Bridges TV, for whatever reason, believe this is their best chance at gaining carriage in Canada. And, not only have supporters of

AS AN UNABASHED OLYMPICS FAN and a Winter Olympic nut (two-man luge, anyone?) I knew what I wanted during Torino 2006: The Samsung a920. That was the little navy blue handset that Bell Canada’s beavers, Frank and Gordon talked soooo much about during their many, many, many appearances during the