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All Media Concentration Articles — 2001

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Dec 31, 2001 — Letter: Letter to the Editor of the Globe & Mail

The CRTC did not approve CanWest’s takeover of Southam, which falls outside the CRTC’s mandate

Dec 16, 2001 — Letter: Letter to the Editors of the Sault Star and the North Bay Nugget

North Bay Nugget has erred in description of Friends bus shelter ad placed near Parliament Hill

Jul 7, 2001 — News Article: Rogers agrees to purchase Sportsnet by Chris Zelkovich

Approval should not be difficult for Rogers’ proposed purchase of CTV’s share of Sportsnet

Jun 21, 2001 — News Article: Big cable gets bigger by Paul Weinberg

Friends worries allowing cable companies to own specialty channels will give them too much control over content

May 11, 2001 — News Article: MPs to probe media cross-ownership by Chris Cobb

Commons heritage committee will launch review of Broadcasting Act, CRTC, invites broadcasters and public to share their views

Apr 17, 2001 — News Release: Deny Six-Year Licence to CanWest Global and CTV

Six-year CRTC licences for Canada’s private broadcasters would give too much time to implement convergence, reduce media diversity without providing opportunity for CRTC review

Apr 14, 2001 — News Article: Ready or not, CRTC takes on media convergence by Antonia Zerbisias

Upcoming CRTC licence renewal hearings for CTV, Global will address cross-ownership

Apr 10, 2001 — Letter: Letter to the Editor of the National Post

Telefilm, Canadian Television Fund change their rules because largest distributor’s broadcasting arm is bigger than distribution arm; this benefits large broadcasters, hurts independent producers

Mar 26, 2001 — News Article: Ottawa and the Goliaths by Heather Scoffield

Policymakers and existing institutions are ill-equipped to deal with increasing media convergence

Feb 5, 2001 — Opinion Poll: CRTC Poll

Measures public confidence in the broadcasting system and the mandate of the CRTC