Columnist says Mavor Moore's life was dedicated to creating and strengthening Canadian cultural institutions.
The outgoing commissioner of the National Film Board of Canada thinks the federal government is close to choosing his successor.
Barring an eleventh-hour breakthrough, Canadian actors will be in a legal position to strike in much of the country Jan. 1, 2007.
Columnist says that cancellations, conniptions and controversy overshadowed what was otherwise a good year on TV.
A pioneer of Canadian cultural nationalism, Mavor Moore, passed away this week.
FRIENDS says that Bev Oda has done little of significance since becoming Heritage Minister because the Prime Minister's Office is calling the shots.
Douglas Barrett says Shaw's decision to withhold contributions to the Canadian Television Fund will have an immediate and dramatic impact on the Fund's ability to carry on operations.
Author, director, actor, producer, lyricist and composer Mavor Moore always believed a story told from a Canadian point of view automatically had something special going for it.
Although only a handful of Canadian shows were routinely watched by large numbers of Canadian viewers, homegrown fare reached millions internationally through sales to foreign countries and lucrative syndication deals.
Independent Canadian television producers worry the number of opportunities to showcase their work will shrink with continuing media industry concentration.
CBC is shut out of a new rights agreement that will make TSN the exclusive carrier of Canadian Football League content.
Jim Shaw, Jr.'s letter to the Canadian Television Fund announcing the withdrawal of Shaw Communications' financial contribution.
Box office data released by Telefilm Canada shows that 2006 was a disappointing year for Canadian film.
Cartt.ca interview in which MP Charlie Angus talks about the Heritage Committee, the CBC mandate review, carriage fees and copyright legislation.
In some U.S. markets, Canadian syndicated television shows such as Corner Gas and Da Vinci's Inquest are garnering larger audiences than popular American shows like CSI: Miami.
Editorial says the CRTC has acted appropriately by declining to regulate the Internet.
Columnist says that, in the short term, the Internet is not going to change model of Canadian television networks making money off U.S. shows while putting a questionable commitment behind Canadian product.
The CRTC has raised the minimum level for Canadian jazz and blues airplay from 10% to 25% of the broadcast week, while the quota for Canadian concert music will double from 10% to 20%.
FRIENDS says the CRTC must ensure a proposed high definition television network will follow Canadian content rules.
A CRTC decision on private radio states that CanCon quotas will stay the same for mainstream stations, but the industry must contribute more money to developing Canadian artists.
CRTC report says private radio stations won't have to increase the level of Canadian content they play, but the amount of money the industry pays to support domestic artists will increase.
The CRTC says it will establish a new approach to Canadian content development financed by the contributions of broadcasters, but will not increase Canadian content requirements.
CRTC report finds that any negative impact on the broadcasting system from shifting media consumption patterns has been minimal to date, but the regulator will continue to monitor developments to inform public policy decisions.
Former broadcast executive says an expert administrative tribunal is the most effective and sensible means by which government policy objectives, such as cultural sovereignty, can be advanced.
CTV's teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation has been sold into syndication in the United States, including in five of the top media markets.
CanWest Global Communications' $3-million corporate gift will enable the University of Winnipeg to establish the CanWest Centre for Theatre & Film.
CBC News editor-in-chief says the public broadcaster is now thinking of itself as a content provider with the objective to provide news and information to Canadians via their network or platform of choice.
Columnist says that recent comments made by CRTC Commissioner Richard French, who could be the next chair of the regulator, suggests he is a skeptic of Canadian-content regulation.
A recount and commentary on the final day of the CRTC public hearings on over-the-air television policy, including the presentation made by FRIENDS.
Alliance Atlantis Communications is testing a user-generated video website it hopes could be a YouTube for Canadian audiences.
FRIENDS encourages the CRTC to grant carriage fees to over-the-air broadcasters in return for commitments to local and drama programming and to reinstate a policy of requiring a percentage of revenue to be spent on the production of Canadian programming.
Article comments that there has been little news coverage from the CRTC over-the-air television hearings of opinions that differ from those of the large broadcasters.
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union tells the CRTC that local programming - the "foundation" of the broadcasting system - has all but disappeared from the airwaves.
Gemini Award winner says that by loosening the definition of priority programming in 1999, the CRTC ended the glory days of quality Canadian TV.
The Canadian Media Guild wants the CRTC to impose new fees on cable and satellite customers to help finance new domestic programming.
FRIENDS advertisement placed in the delegates' program for the Liberal Party leadership convention, November 30 - December 3, 2006.
Pierre Karl Péladeau, chief executive officer of Quebecor says the CRTC should deregulate key parts of the television business, lifting restrictions on everything from commercial time to how networks spend money.
Op-ed makes the case that cultural needs of future generations won't be well served if the CRTC sides with television broadcasters who want fewer regulations.
Columnist says Leonard Asper is looking for a quick fix to stock market troubles and dwindling TV profits by asking the CRTC for carriage fees.
CTV has announced that Corner Gas has secured a distribution deal for syndication in the United States and internationally.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission hearings on over-the-air television will discuss several contentious issues such as carriage fees for conventional broadcasters and funding for Canadian drama.
The CRTC is set to consider forcing domestic cable and satellite TV distributors to pay a first-time fee to conventional broadcasters for carrying their local channels.
Two University of Calgary professors say the cost required to switch to HDTV will be too much for smaller Canadian broadcasters leaving, almost exclusively, American programming using the technology.
Canadian hit Corner Gas to be broadcast to 70 million U.S. homes and in countries across 5 continents including Australia, Iraq, Finland and more.
CMRI reports that the percentage of total audience captured by Canadian drama series fell to 1.8% in March/May 2006, just half the level in March/May 2005. During March/May 2006, the audience for foreign drama series was 27.4% of total viewing.
Bev Oda speaks publicly about media convergence, the digital age, Canadian content, the future role of the CRTC and the fate of the CBC.
Article suggests that developing miniseries or the BBC model of limited-run series can be a way to attract viewership to Canadian productions.
U.S. simulcasts allow CTV to easily retain its number one ranking for viewership.
The Canadian Film & Television Production Association calls on the CRTC to reverse the trend towards foreign programming and to impose Cancon spending requirements for television broadcasters.
Book selected for Canada's biggest literary award will be made into a TV series for The Movie Network.
'The Rick Mercer Report' and 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' are receiving better ratings than the American TV shows they compete against on Tuesday nights.
Columnist explores the impact Daryl Duke, past member of FRIENDS' Steering Committee, had on Vancouver's and Canada's cultural history.
Torontonian Vincent Lam, in his debut work, beat out four other finalists for Canada's richest literary prize.
Columnist says that the dismissive attitude shown by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters toward investment in Canadian content exhibits smugness and greed.
Telefilm Canada will spend $2-million to support the creation of Canadian video games.
The Executive Vice-President, CBC Television says the broadcaster's central challenge is to make more Canadian programming that more Canadians want to watch.
Veteran actors Donnelly Rhodes and Jackson Davies say there is a need to support home-grown talent and telling our own stories.
Gemini Awards show criticized as being "a celebration of the U.S. and our copycat programs."
New schedules for the 2006 broadcast season (29 October 2005 to 25 March 2007) have been posted on the Radio Canada International website.
New project launched to help bring movies and miniseries based on prestigious novels by famous Canadian authors to the small screen.
Negotiations on a new Independent Production Agreement between ACTRA, which represents 21,000 domestic performers, and Canadian and U.S. producers have broken off.
Wages for lifestyle programs, reality-TV shows, and new-media productions stall negotiations between the Canadian film producers' association and the actors' union.
ThinkFilm acquisition by a U.S. conglomerate leaves Canadian films in doubt with no Telefilm Canada funding.
Mehta, Amarshi call for diversity 'The right story at the right time'
Conference explores diversity in the media and the need for more women and visible minorities in the telling of Canada's story.
The funding changes aim to put more Canadian films, including documentaries, on the country's screens and increase audiences for them.
Telefilm Canada says box office achievements for Canadian films are driven largely by the success of Quebec's francophone sector.
In 2005, Canadian films surpassed Telefilm Canada's 5% target of the domestic box office.
Networks believe on-line viewing will help television viewing in the long run; the downloads are not available outside of the United States.
Former prima ballerina Veronica Tennant suggests the CBC is selling out to get more viewers at the expense of its mandate to reflect Canadian culture and nationhood.
The International Olympic Committee has hired a U.S. broadcaster for the job of director of production for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Corner Gas, the Aspers and CBC's troubles mark the past 20 years in film and television in Canada.
Additional money will allow for the production of up to six new films in the province.
FTX West, a new four-day film and television industry trade show and conference launches in Vancouver.
Telefilm Canada is seeing results from its controversial Canada Feature Film Fund aimed at increasing the box office share of Canadian movies.
Canada's music publishers are disappointed about the postponement of a Canadian Heritage funding program that promised to pump $1-million into the sector.
Pricewaterhouse Coopers annual Entertainment and Media report says Canada's television network market in will expand at 4.3% per year to $4.5 billion in 2010.
Only one Canadian-made show in the top 30 most-watched in Canada for the week Sept 18-24.
The Writers Guild of Canada wants CTV, Global and CHUM to increase the percentage of advertising revenues they spend on Canadian drama from 3.2 to 7 per cent.
Senior CBC management answer questions from Parliamentarians on issues such as local newscasts, new technologies, the CBC mandate, controversial programming decisions, and public broadcasting's place in the world.
Friends makes recommendations on advertising regulations, subscriber fees, public broadcasting funding, out-of-market tuning, time shifting, Canadian programming, local programming, the benefits policy and HD issues.
Technology produces an exact "live performance" replica of Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of the Goldberg Variations.
Friends recommends that funding for Canadian public broadcasting should be increased to at least 0.14% of GDP, and in return for reducing, or eliminating its reliance on advertising revenues, the CBC's public funding should be increased.
Canadian, British, French and Italian networks have recovered their appetite for American programming and sharply increased the prices they're willing to pay for new, unproven shows.
Producer of the cancelled Da Vinci's City Hall back on CBC with a new series; says Canadians want an alternative to American TV.
CBC's fall season got off to a dismal start with only 158,000 viewers for the miniseries debut about the late Quebec separatist leader.
CBC chases the youth market; CTV has no new Canadian shows but 10 TV movies; Global continues with a mostly American lineup.
FRIENDS recommendation to the Finance Committee states that the CBC's public funding should be increased in return for reducing, or eliminating its reliance on advertising revenues.
FRIENDS reccomends that public policy should ensure that all entities which benefit from access to Canadian viewers and listeners make appropriate contributions to support Canadian content, especially drama on television.
Columnist speculates that the Conservative government may want to move CBC toward an american style, viewer-supported public broadcasting or it may abandon over-the-air transmission.
FRIENDS predicts funding for Canadian programming will erode without a level playing field that ensures all those who deliver programming play by the same rules.
CRTC allows CanCon to drop from 65% to 35% on Alliance Atlantis's Discovery Health channel.
CHUM and MobiTV have announced the addition of four new music and entertainment channels for cellular, WiFi and broadband enabled devices.
CBC to fill the hole left in their TV schedule by a cancelled 'The One' with more foreign programming.
Tapping into the vibrant Quebec entertainment industry, TV producer Moses Znaimer is taking French-Canadian material and bringing it to English-Canadian audiences.
FRIENDS says that CBC senior management made an indefensible decision to air 'The One', the U.S. reality TV program that has since been cancelled by ABC.
The ABC reality show The One: Making a Music Star – which made headlines in Canada for bumping CBC's The National from its berth – has been dropped by the U.S. network after only two weeks.
Despite only 150,000 Canadians tuning in to The One: Making a Music Star, CBC-TV still plans to continue broadcasting the US reality show.
A Calgary company is offering Canadian television content specifically tailored for viewing on a 2 1/2-inch screen.
Lacklustre ratings for the debut of the American reality show that bumped The National are not impressive.
CRTC approves application by Bell Globemedia to change its effective control, concludes that new obligations under Benefits Policy will not be triggered.
Ratings low for first CBC simulcast of American reality television show.
The announcement of Bell GlobeMedia's takeover of CHUM needed to be delayed due to the parties inexperience with press releases in French.
Rogers Sportsnet has applied to the CRTC for permission to fill up to 6 hours if its broadcast week with Homegrown movies and dramas.
CRTC reports that viewership of foreign programming jumped by almost 80 per cent on CBC-TV - FRIENDS says this underlines a deeper problem.
The national public broadcaster is airing approximately four times more foreign programming than in 2004 during prime time, according to FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting.
FRIENDS says CBC-TV's success at shedding foreign programs from its primetime schedule through the 1990s has been almost completely undone by senior management at CBC.
FRIENDS says that a mandate review is needed to put CBC back on track
CRTC chairman states Canadian television stations may be forced to produce more Canadian comedies and dramas by 2008.
FRIENDS responds to a letter by the executive vice-president, CBC English Television noting that Canadian content in primetime has averaged 68% since his arrival.
Executive vice-president of CBC English television comments on decision to pre-empt The National newscast with American reality television show.
After a three month period from March to May 2005, when CBC's English Television network Canadian content levels fell below minimum legal requirements, CBC-TV's CanCon levels have risen to 82% in the three months from December 2005 to February 2006.
ACTRA welcomes the CRTC review of television policy and calls for a guarantee that Canadian programming has a place on the public airwaves.
FRIENDS recommends that the CRTC not approve a satellite subscription radio application from Rogers Cable until sufficient Canadian audio programming is offered in accord with the Commission's policies.
CRTC review of TV sector may see broadcasters invest more in Canadian programming in return for flexibility on rules.
CBC executive says the broadcaster will put more emphasis on high-profile television series rather than specials and mini-series.
Canada's two satellite radio services are exposing Americans to Canadian music, but critics charge that dedicated Canadian music channels serve to ghettoize Canadian music and fail to protect Canadian musicians.
CHUM purchases rights to 17 new dramatic, comedic, reality and sci-fi series and miniseries at L.A. Screenings - Canadian programs picked up under Cancon requirements.
While the Canadian Association of Broadcasters wants CanCon requirements lowered, CBC Radio 3 finds success playing emerging Canadian artists almost exclusively.
CHUM Television went on a shopping spree at this year's L.A. screenings, and returned with 17 new shows to add to its programming schedule.
The CBC Radio 3 Podcast, featuring up-and-coming Canadian bands, has been downloaded more than two million times in the past year - more than 50 per cent of listeners are from outside Canada.
Mauril Bélanger, Liberal critic for Canadian Heritage, condemns the government's opposition of a motion to protect and promote Canadian cultural identity.
CBC's executive director of English programming plans to increase Canadian prime-time programming to 175 hours in the 2006-2007 season and 250 hours by 2008.
Having completed deals for about 40 new U.S. TV shows, Canadian networks finalize their schedules and prepare sales pitches to domestic advertisers and media buyers.
CTV is pitching Corner Gas to U.S. networks hoping to land a syndication deal for the top-ranked Canadian comedy.
Global, CTV and CHUM return from the Los Angeles screenings with U.S. programs to slot into their fall schedules.
ACTRA lashes out at private broadcasters for buying new U.S. series and turning their backs on homegrown production.
Canadian performers' union condemns Canadian private broadcasters for spending on U.S. programs, including strategic purchases for programs they have no intention to air, at the expense of investment in Canadian programming.
CTV is expected to purchase rights for new U.S. network series but not air them, solely to protect its schedule from competition by CanWest Global.
Editorial comments on challenges facing CRTC in setting regulatory policy for private radio.
Media companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to adapt television, movies, games and news and information to display on the tiny screens of mobile phones.
CanWest Global executives head to Los Angeles in an attempt to outbid CTV and other rivals for rights to the next breakout U.S. television hit.
FRIENDS welcomes decision to break up pay television duopoly and licence new pay television provider.
French-language radio stations argue for cut in Cancon quotas to compete with English broadcasters in bilingual markets.
Listen to radio interviews from CBC's The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti.
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters propose new rules for private radio that would allow stations to meet Cancon requirements without playing as many Canadian songs.
Despite record profits, private radio broadcasters appeal to the CRTC to cut Canadian-content limits, predicting a future decline in listeners attributed to Ipods, podcasting, Internet streaming and satellite radio.
Private radio broadcasters seek changes geared toward "slow de-regulation" of their industry.
Internet law professor says CRTC commercial radio proceeding is focusing on the wrong issues.
FRIENDS opposes plan by private broadcasters to reduce the overall quantity of Canadian content on radio.
Article says Canadian films are increasingly co-productions with foreign partners, featuring foreign actors in lead roles, and regarded as only nominally Canadian by cinemagoers.
Quebec film and television producers plan fall consultations on reallocation of revenues derived from distribution of film and television programming, in particular over new platforms; distributors said not to be contributing fair share of funds toward Canadian and Quebec production.
The Quebec bureau of cinema and television, officially created in 2005, has appointed senior officials drawn from Telefilm Canada and the Canadian Television Fund.
FRIENDS opposes industry arguments for lower Canadian content requirements at CRTC hearings on commercial radio policy; seeks increase in Cancon to 40%, with at least one quarter reserved for emerging genres and artists.
Agreement by Warner Brothers to sell digital rights to local affiliate TV stations is expected to open the door for Canadian networks to sell advertising for U.S. shows on platforms beyond TV.
Editorial says that communications sector foreign ownership limits should fall only after the sector has been deregulated.
Rogers Communications files CRTC application to change its cable licences to permit it to broadcast satellite radio services.
Columnist describes some of the ways the Internet is changing TV distribution, content, economics and viewing habits.
Review of book that profiles how large U.S. conventional networks have responded to technological changes and shifts in audience.
CTV, CBC, Global plan to make programming available for download on the Internet in 2006.
Toronto's Corus Entertainment believed to be first Canadian broadcaster to sell full television shows through Internet download.
Arts and culture receive total of seven lines in 302-page budget document; Canadian cultural organizations have mixed reactions.
New digital technology allows documentary filmmakers to reduce time lags separating theatrical, DVD and TV broadcast releases of their work.
FM radio listeners find National Public Radio, Christian station programming interrupted by satellite radio broadcasts of Howard Stern.
Columnist says Canadian television is often characterized by overacting and unrealistic situations, which mar good writing.
I Remember Canada is a script for a two-act musical revue by Roy LaBerge that presents highlights of Canadian history from 1920 to the year 2000 and portrays changing Canadian cultural values.
Global study ranks Canada the third most-desirable country to visit, but says its score on cultural heritage is "scandalously bad".
Columnist calls Internet television a "dumping ground for failed shows and repeats"; comments on CBC decision to eliminate design staff.
Despite high broadband penetration in Canada, U.S. television networks and other content providers have yet to make video downloads available here; resistance traced to exclusive broadcasting rights held by Canadian networks.
Columnist notes that although technology seems likely to revolutionize the Canadian broadcasting system, there has been little public debate about its future.
Observers say CRTC decision not to regulate television over cellphones opens door to unregulated subscription radio services with no Canadian content obligations.
CBC announces promotion of "Canada: A People's History" producer Mark Starowicz to senior management.
Media researcher argues that drama is the most important program category to audiences and that neither the CBC nor its private counterparts are investing enough in ongoing dramatic series.
Editorial says the CRTC made the correct decision by exempting television delivered over the Internet from Canadian content regulations.
SOCAN royalties for Canadian recording artists are increasing, but are not enough to allow musicians to earn a living through royalties alone.
Conservative election victory lamented, blamed on Liberal voter apathy; Canada called an "alternate universe" to the U.S., "too civilized and precious to be messed up".
Columnist praises CRTC decision on television delivered over mobile phones.
Telcos praise CRTC decision not to regulate television over mobile phones; ACTRA raises concerns about lack of requirements for Canadian content, production funding.
CRTC sites unknown future impact on broadcasters as reason for exempting services delivered over the Internet from regulation - including Canadian content requirements.
CRTC takes hands-off approach to the regulation of mobile TV services; ACTRA and other groups argue the lack of Canadian-content requirements puts Canada's cultural future at risk.
Charts prepared by Canadian Media Research Inc. showing audience share of Canadian vs. foreign drama series on English television from fall 2003 to fall 2005, and comparing audience for various types of Canadian vs. foreign programming on French and English television in the 2004/05 broadcast year.
Six Canadian independent record labels leave CRIA following difference of opinion over CRIA submission to CRTC on Canadian content rules for commercial radio.
Article says Conservative government will allow CRTC to conduct television industry review, but under federal Heritage Department direction; CBC licence renewal to be delayed until industry review complete.
Canadian Conference of the Arts assesses recommendations in Telecommunications Policy Review Panel report and their impact on Canadian cultural sovereignty.
Quebecor calls for adoption of more U.S.-style regulations where broadcasting conglomerates can more easily obtain rights to air content over multiple platforms.
Creative unions oppose Bell Globemedia's claims to CRTC that the Commission's Benefits Policy does not apply to the proposed application.
Canadian performers ask the government for a commitment to maintain Canadian control over public airwaves and to preserve the ability for Canadians to see Canadian stories on those airwaves.
Columnist laments that Canadian broadcasters no longer broadcast Canadian drama series long enough for them to build a loyal audience.
CBC hires American film producer as head of arts and entertainment programming.
FRIENDS says public funding of Canadian content on private broadcasters helps finance spending spree on Hollywood fare; notes that spending by Canada’s private broadcasters on Canadian drama programs has decreased over the last three years, while spending on American drama has never been higher.
FRIENDS, ACTRA discouraged by CRTC data on private broadcaster investment in Canadian drama; say CRTC must strengthen requirements.
CRTC publishes 2005 figures on Canadian television revenues and expenditures.
ACTRA condemns increase in Canadian private broadcasters' spending on U.S. programming.
NDP warns easing foreign ownership restrictions on telephone companies would lead to job losses, higher phone bills, less Canadian content.
Delivery of TV shows online raises questions about the survival of Canadian content.
CTV to sidestep programming restrictions under MTV Canada broadcasting licence by launching Web streaming and mobile "mobisodes" on cellphones.
Columnist suggests that MTV's entry into Canada would have been novel 25 years ago, but isn't now.
Columnist dissects private radio lobby's arguments for greater regulatory flexibility, contends private radio is the architect of its own decline.
Observers see room in Canadian market for both MuchMusic and CTV-controlled MTV Canada brands.
Alliance Atlantis specialty channel seeks reduction in Cancon requirements to address financial problems.
Private broadcasters seek to limit further radio licences to reduce competition.
FRIENDS says conventional radio is a healthy industry capable of making substantial contributions to broadcasting policy goals.
Private radio broadcasters paint doomsday scenario, appeal to CRTC for more lenient regulation.
Radio broadcasters use low Canadian content requirements approved for U.S. satellite radio services to justify demands for lower Cancon on conventional stations.
CBC's recent cancellation of three critically-acclaimed Canadian dramas called the beginning of the end for Canadian drama on English-language television.
Commercial radio broadcasters seek less regulation from CRTC.
Public broadcaster BBC told to focus on entertainment programming, but not chase ratings or copy successful programs from other broadcasters.
Commercial radio providers claim new technologies are a real threat to highly successful business model, argue local focus will not be enough to keep audiences.
Richard Stursberg lays out a vision where CBC Television can become the most important and popular video platform for Canadian news, current affairs, and entertainment programming.
Overview of February 17, 2006 presentation by CBC Executive Vice-President of English Television, Richard Stursberg, to the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association.
CBC President admits CBC needs more drama shows, after cancelling three series; praises CBC mandate review mulled by new Heritage Minister prior to election.
CBC President praises idea of CBC mandate review; says CBC drama should be risk-taking, innovative.
New York State Attorney General sues fifth-largest U.S. radio station chain for accepting "payola" payments in return for increasing certain artists' radio play.
MuchMusic owner CHUM says it will monitor whether MTV Canada operates within conditions of licence; real competition between MTV Canada and MuchMusic may occur over the Internet.
Charlie Angus, NDP Heritage Critic, outlines NDP policy approach to relations with new Conservative government on CBC and Canadian broadcasting policy issues, including CBC governance, local/regional programming, foreign ownership limits, and English-Canadian drama.
Canadian version of U.S. satellite radio service XM Radio has signed up 44,000 subscribers since November 2005 startup, expects one million by August 2010.
CTV says MTV Canada will focus on lifestyle and talk programming, rather than music and videos, and will not compete with CHUM's MuchMusic.
CHUM criticizes CTV move to launch MTV in Canada by rebranding a specialty channel known as talktv, whose licence did not contemplate MTV-style content.
Columnist admits being misled by numbers released by CBC in response to ACTRA/FRIENDS press release on CBC's drama performance.
Columnist criticizes computer-generated model viewer, "Alice", used by CBC management to determine whether to air programming or not.
Columnist says in an age of media convergence, the CRTC should implement policies that fund creators regardless of distribution platform.
Stursberg announces “audience-first” programming strategy at CBC, where new Canadian drama programs must attract a minimum of 1 million viewers; FRIENDS critical of fact that both private networks are within “Cancon-catching distance” of the federally-funded public broadcaster.
Satellite radio providers are developing video broadcasting technology they expect will account for a significant portion of future revenues.
Text of Toronto Star columnist's blog discussing the accuracy of data on the number of hours of prime time drama aired by CBC in comparison to CTV, updated to show that figures provided by CBC to counter data released by FRIENDS/ACTRA were misleading and do not allow an "apples to apples" comparison.
U.S. satellite radio providers reveal vast amounts of money being spent to attract subscribers.
In wake of data showing CTV has more Canadian drama programming in prime time than CBC, observers criticize CBC as too focused on ratings.
FRIENDS, ACTRA argue CBC management drops ball on drama after data show CTV presented more prime time drama hours than CBC between 2003 and 2005.
Columnist criticizes critics of CBC management, takes issue with statistics released by FRIENDS, ACTRA showing CTV presented more prime time drama than CBC between 2003 and 2005.
Former Alliance-Atlantis executive responsible for lifestyle programming becomes new head of network programming at CBC, denies that focus will be exclusively on ratings.
FRIENDS and ACTRA decry CBC's dismal performance in presenting Canadian drama series during prime time and call for CBC management to be held to account.
XM Satellite Radio reports larger-than-expected quarterly loss resulting from high marketing and programming expenses; director quits over fear of financial crisis.
FRIENDS says data on CBC drama performance during prime time threaten its reputation as the leader in representing Canadian content.
Data showing CTV aired more Canadian drama in prime time than CBC between 2003 and 2005 prompt FRIENDS to reiterate call for reform of the patronage system used to appoint the CBC president.
The Quebec government has ordered Tele-Quebec to cut a third of its workforce and move all of its Montreal production to the private sector.
Television columnist calls sacrifice of top Canadian dramas on the altar of ratings a "tactical error".
Former Alliance Atlantis executive now decides the Canadian and other international programs carried by the U.S. Sundance Channel, which broadcasts to more than 23 million U.S. homes.
Report says CBC expected to announce cancellation of two of its most critically acclaimed TV dramas ever.
Da Vinci's City Hall, The Tournament and This Is Wonderland, three of CBC's critically acclaimed drama series, will not be renewed, CBC announced.
ACTRA says cancelled CBC drama programs This is Wonderland, Da Vinci's City Hall and The Tournament are the victims of the 2005 CBC lockout.
CBC is reportedly negotiating with Google and Apple to allow downloads of its Canadian programming.
Howard Stern comments on satellite radio launch in Canada.
Global national news not trying to be the "CEO or the MP's favourite newscast".
Profile of battle among CBC, private broadcasters for top local news program ratings in Toronto.
CBC notes that Sirius Canada, in which it holds a 40% stake, is a "separate company" entitled to make decisions based on market demands.
Satellite radio provider argues subscribers' ability to block Howard Stern should be sufficient to allay any CRTC, Canadian Broadcast Standards Council concerns.
Sirius Canada adds Howard Stern to lineup to ensure its subscribers have the "best, most compelling radio"; CBC, which owns 40% of Sirius Canada, rumoured to have resisted decision.
CBC rationalizes decision by Sirius Canada, 40% owned by CBC, to carry Howard Stern.
ACTRA criticizes failure of CRTC to impose positive obligations on private broadcasters to increase production and exhibition of Canadian drama.
CRTC sets targets for viewing and expenditure components of its drama incentive program.
IBM predicts end of conventional television, obsolescence of CRTC Canadian content regulation; significant changes to television landscape expected by 2012.
FRIENDS comments on apparent Conservative election strategy concerning the CBC.
Columnist notes contrast between Bloc and Conservatives in emphasis on cultural policy.
Private broadcasters donate to, fete Conservative candidate likely to become next Minister of Canadian Heritage.
Responses by federal political parties to questions on Canadian cultural and communications policy posed by assistant professor of Communication Studies at the University of Windsor; lack of media attention to issues such as CBC funding, foreign ownership limits, Canadian content regulations and support for the arts called a "cultural blackout of incredible democratic significance."
Cultural issues receiving even shorter shrift than in the 2004 election; neither Liberals nor Conservatives respond to ACTRA questions concerning policy stance on culture.
Canadian actors call on federal parties to declare their stance on Canadian content, foreign ownership, production and public broadcasting funding.
Canadian actors complain that on the eve of an election, Canadians know very little about the parties' stand on cultural issues.
Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings unveils subscriber projections for 2006 and 2010.
Polling firm calls the protection of Canadian culture and copyright law a "vote getting" issue.
The fixed 2009 deadline for digital television conversion in the U.S. poses some serious problems for Canadian culture funding and regulation.
