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Mar 19, 2010 — Toronto Star: Canadian broadcasters bleed advertising dollars
Data show Canada's television broadcasters continue to struggle under the weight of the economic recession, losing 10 per cent of their advertising revenue last year.
Mar 19, 2010 — Hollywood Reporter: Canuck broadcasters add episodes for ratings by Etan Vlessing
Canadian broadcasters have hit on a new local strategy to boost ratings by commissioning more episodes for new seasons of established properties.
Mar 19, 2010 — National Post: CRTC to rule next week in battle over television carriage fees by Jamie Sturgeon
FRIENDS says the cable companies are in a financial position where they should pay for the over-the-air signals they pull in.
Mar 19, 2010 — Ottawa Citizen: Declining ad sales hurting broadcasters
CRTC data show Canada's private broadcasters saw their profit margins fall 5.9 per cent in the last year as declining advertising sales took a bite out of revenues.
Mar 19, 2010 — Globe & Mail: Canucks-Oilers-Flames partnership crumbles by Bruce Dowbiggin
A disagreement between The Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames and Canucks as produced a breakdown in negotiations to form a broadcast partnership among the teams.
Mar 18, 2010 — Montreal Gazette: The changing faces of our cultural institutions by Henry Aubin
Columnist says it's possible for cultural institutions like the CBC to attract bigger and younger audiences without lowering standards.
Mar 18, 2010 — Globe & Mail: Google goes prime time by Omar El Akkad
The Web search giant is teaming up with Intel and Sony to design a product that would enable users to access the Web's most popular services through their television sets.
Mar 18, 2010 — CBC News: Canadian broadcasters lost money in 2009
Canada's broadcasters continued to increase the amount they spend on foreign programming — up 9.2 per cent to $846.3 million in 2009.
Mar 18, 2010 — Globe & Mail: TV-cable spat set to resume by Jennifer Ditchburn
The CRTC is soon expected to hand down major decision in the fee-for-carriage fight between broadcasters and cable companies.
Mar 18, 2010 — Canadian Press: CRTC says private conventional TV stations booked $116.4 million loss last year by David Friend
Canada's biggest private television broadcasters reported losses before interest and taxes of $116.4 million in 2009.
Mar 17, 2010 — Cartt.ca: Punish BDUs for anti-competitive behaviour, Allarco tells Heritage Committee
The owners of Super Channel say Canada’s current broadcast legislation fosters anti-competitive behaviour among the dominant cable companies.
Mar 17, 2010 — Cartt.ca: Is Wind blowing its first-mover advantage? by Perry Hoffman
Columnist says that recent missteps indicate that months spent on the foreign ownership file may have taken time away from Wind Mobile's launch preparation.
Mar 16, 2010 — Rabble.ca: The fight is on for Canadian communications and culture by Fred Wilson
Media union executive says the fate of Canada's broadcasting industry is linked to the decisions being made in telecom and book-selling by the Conservative government.
Mar 16, 2010 — Montreal Gazette: Wood firestorm is spreading by Henry Aubin
Columnist says the decision to remove a popular CBC Radio host in Montreal is only a symptom of a more fundamental problem with the public broadcaster.
Mar 16, 2010 — ScienceDaily: An Express-Lane for the Internet
A new way of transferring data may allow Internet service providers to accommodate large file transfer, like movies, at a reasonable price for customers.
Mar 15, 2010 — Vancouver Sun: Canwest sale moves forward by Doug Ward
Canwest has announced that an unspecified number of suitors have been invited to participate in Phase 2 of the sale process, which will involve management presentations, site visits and further due diligence.
Mar 15, 2010 — Globe & Mail: Foreign ownership rules: The plot thickens by Omar el Akkad and Marina Strauss
Columnists say Ottawa's review of Amazon.com bid to set up shop in Canada is one of several steps that the Harper government is taking to loosen its restrictions on foreign ownership in an array of cultural industries.
Mar 15, 2010 — Toronto Star: Book-sales rules about competition, not culture by Michael Geist
Columnist says greater retail competition for books will increase the availability of Canadian publications.
Mar 15, 2010 — The Hill Times: Failed auction for Globalive cost taxpayers millions by Brent Fullard
Industry analyst says Stephen Harper's decision to overrule the CRTC and allow Globalive to proceed with its wireless service in Canada, cost taxpayers many tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mar 15, 2010 — The Hill Times: CBC displays keen sense of self-preservation The Canadian by Tom Korski
Columnist notes that the CBC rated lesser mention in the 2010 budget than the tariff on duvet covers.
