Feb 6, 2012 — News Article: Cartt.ca IN-DEPTH: Blue Ant's Michael MacMillan says original content will lead ambitious plans by by Greg O’Brien
Michael MacMillan recently sat down with Cartt.ca editor and publisher Greg O’Brien to chat about Alliance Atlantis, what he’s learned and what he hopes for his new company, Blue Ant Media.
Jan 17, 2012 — News Article: Low-ball bid for Olympic TV rights could leave Canadians in dark
The International Olympic Committee has rejected a joint offer from Bell and CBC to televise the next Winter Games and the 2016 Summer Games, setting up a high-stakes showdown over how those Olympics will be broadcast in Canada.
Jan 14, 2012 — News Article: Who needs Cancon? by Misty Harris
Despite not being held to the same Cancon carriage rules as traditional broadcasters, YouTube reports that Canadian videos are being sought-out and viewed at a rate roughly on par with those originating in the U.S.
Jan 6, 2012 — News Article: You Watch a Lot of Web Video. You Watch Way More TV by Peter Kafta
Nielson reports people still spend far more hours watching traditional television signals than they do streamed web video.
Dec 15, 2011 — News Article: United at last by Jonathan Kay
Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer says that the Keystone XL Pipeline is not just about jobs versus the environment, but also about whether the United States grabs the opportunity to establish energy independence in North America through oil from Canada.
Dec 6, 2011 — News Article: Séries dramatiques - TVA veut réduire son contenu canadien
TVA asks the CRTC to reduce its Canadian content obligations.
Nov 29, 2011 — News Release: Le gouvernement conservateur perdrait sa nouvelle crédibilité en matière culturelle si Radio-Canada subissait des coupures
Le parti Conservateur a réussi à s'attirer la confiance des citoyens en ce qui a trait à la culture canadienne et à la Société Radio-Canada, mais cette confiance pourrait rapidement se volatiliser si la SRC devait faire face aux compressions à son allocation parlementaire dont les rumeurs abondent.
Nov 29, 2011 — News Release: Poll: New Conservative traction on culture and CBC could slip with budget cuts
New survey finds the Conservative Party is gaining the trust of voters when it comes to Canadian culture and the CBC, but that trust could quickly evaporate if forecast cuts to the national public broadcaster’s parliamentary allocation come to pass.
Oct 6, 2011 — News Article: One more time: Can we please have Canadian arts on Canadian TV, please? by John Doyle
Columnist says arts channel importing American content while cancelling Bravo!News and Arts & Minds borders on contempt for viewers and artists in Canada.
Sep 5, 2011 — News Article: We’re celebrating labour, but where are the shows about workers? by John Doyle
Columnist says Labour Day is a good day to think about work, and how work and labour are represented on television.
Jul 28, 2011 — News Article: How much Canadian content should there be on prime-time TV?
Canadians might soon be watching fewer Canadian-made shows during peak prime time hours under a new licensing policy by the CRTC.
Jul 27, 2011 — News Article: Canadian performers fear new CRTC rules will ghettoize homegrown shows
The CRTC says it's bringing in new rules to encourage bigger budget, higher quality Canadian programs, but homegrown performers fear the changes could ghettoize Canuck fare.
Jul 26, 2011 — News Article: Fast, affordable Internet about more than watching movies online by Roland Renner
Columnist says that for the CRTC and the Canadian film and video production industry, customers who use Internet video bypass the elaborate promotion of Canadian content.
Jun 12, 2011 — News Article: Media festival shines positive spotlight on future of Canadian television by Marsha Lederman
Columnist says The Banff World Media Festival kicked off with a look at the state of the Canadian television industry, which, according to the high-powered panelists, is exciting - with tremendous changes that will provide new opportunities for broadcasters, content providers and viewers.
Jun 3, 2011 — News Article: Grad student honoured with Camp award by Tara Chislett
Nancy Black's winning essay, "Dismantling the Scarecrow: An Exploration into Calgary's Cultural Coming of Age", explores the role of social, political and media institutions in defining culture in Calgary.
Jun 2, 2011 — News Article: Dismantling the Scarecrow by Nancy Black
Dalton Camp Award Winner Nancy Black probes Calgary’s social, political, and media institutions to understand the extent to which the stereotype of Calgary as a predominantly isolationist culture continues to hold true.
Jun 2, 2011 — News Article: WikiLeaks, Canadian media and democracy: Media with a face by Joshua Noble
Dalton Camp Award finalist Joshua Noble says there is no doubt that in daily journalism practice, Canadian democracy needs a media with a face.
Jun 2, 2011 — News Article: How Canadian newspaperwomen won the vote by Megan Cécile Radford
Dalton Camp Award finalist Megan Cécile Radford says what was considered a women’s issue was plunged into the general discourse by the women of the media, helping to usher in a new era of democracy when suffrage was won.
May 31, 2011 — News Release: Dalton Camp Award returns home
Nine years after its creation, the Dalton Camp Award returns to Fredericton this week with the presentation of the 2011 DCA Award at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
May 27, 2011 — News Article: Canadian TV deregulation urged by Jason Magder and Jamie Sturgeon
Head of Quebecor Media says rather than regulate Netflix, as television operators suggested in a letter to the CRTC, all existing regulations should be eliminated to make the playing field more fair.
