Cable companies are planning a snitch line that will reward people for reporting dealers, and even neighbours, suspected of pirating U.S. satellite television services.
Paul Martin may find it difficult to balance both Western Canada's and Quebec's interests.
Friends' Spokesperson Ian Morrison responds to a letter from Lise Lareau, President of the Canadian Media Guild concerning Friends' position on the current vote by CBC's non-Quebec employees to choose between the Guild (Local 30219, Communications Workers of America) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, a Canadian union.
Proposed tax breaks and tax credits for domestic producers are expected to help offset the $25 million cut to the Canadian Television Fund in the last federal budget.
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters and the Canadian Newspaper Association have jointly released a Decima poll on Canadians' attitudes towards their communications media, showing that Canadians believe that government has a role to play in preserving Canadian content in the media.
Poll on Canadian media indicates that a significant majority of Canadians say maintaining a strong domestic media industry is an important agenda item for the new federal government.
Broadcasters deride Allan Rock for failing to ensure that new satellite signal theft legislation was passed before the end of the last session of Parliament.
Results of poll commissioned by Canadian Association of Broadcasters and Canadian Newspaper Association on Canadian views towards the media.
FRIENDS expects that Sheila Copps' response to the House of Commons Heritage Committee report will have limited impact given the pending change of government.
Response of the Government of Canada to the report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, "Our Cultural Sovereignty".
FRIENDS awaits Heritage Canada's response to the 97 recommendations contained in the two-year, all-party House of Commons Heritage Committee report on the Canadian broadcasting system.
New U.S. study suggests that excessive media exposure could impair children's reading skills.
Senators tell CBC Chair Carole Taylor that Canadians think CBC is biased and not relevant to their lives.
CBC Chair Carole Taylor says adequate, stable funding is necessary for CBC to fulfill its mandate.
Government introduces bill containing tough new measures to stem satellite signal piracy in Canada.
Tough new measures proposed to combat satellite TV piracy.
Minister of Heritage Sheila Copps seems likely to lose her Cabinet position when Paul Martin becomes Prime Minister.
Canada's Senate seeks to improve its time slots on CPAC to be on par with the House of Commons.
The Tax Act's arcane definition of 'charity' limits advocacy and freedom of expression for many non-profit organizations.
Federal government believes dropping foreign ownership restrictions on telecommunications companies would benefit the industry.
Government believes dropping foreign ownership restrictions on telecommunications companies would benefit the industry.
November leadership convention becomes formality as Paul Martin garners over 90 per cent of vote among Liberal Party delegates.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting launches "Let's Tell Our Own Stories" campaign.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting launches advertising campaign to underscore the need to tell Canadian stories on television.
Prorogation of Parliament in November would put many federal initiatives in limbo, including Heritage Committee’s landmark report on Canadian broadcasting.
Near unanimous recommendations of a two-year, all-party review of Canada's broadcasting system should not be ignored.
Near unanimous recommendations of a two-year, all-party review of Canada's broadcasting system should not be ignored.
Paul Martin's imminent appointment as Liberal Leader will result in a Prime Minister who is not a party leader, and a party leader who is not Prime Minister.
Paul Martin has reportedly tallied more than $9-million in Liberal leadership campaign contributions, more than twice the party's spending limit.
The federal government plans to introduce legislation toughening penalties and increasing border controls to combat piracy of satellite television signals.
The federal government plans to introduce legislation toughening penalties and increasing border controls to combat piracy of satellite television signals.
The Canadian Medical Association Journal is opposed to Health Canada allowing prescription drug makers to advertise, including on television.
The Canadian Medical Association Journal is opposed to Health Canada allowing prescription drug makers to advertise.
Black market satellite TV equipment vendors may be dropping a tenuous constitutional argument to have satellite television piracy declared legal.
FCC Chairman Michael Powell plans measures to ensure television stations serve local viewers.
FRIENDS calls on the Minister of Canadian Heritage to open the process of consultation on the future of the Canadian Television Fund to public input.
Paul Martin's leadership team is fashioning the next Liberal election platform with an unprecedented number of policy advisers.
Heritage Minister Sheila Copps intends to fund more Canadian periodicals with less money.
The federal government is cutting millions in subsidies paid to large magazine publishers.
The Federal Communications Commission has unveiled several previously unannounced measures hidden in its new rules that could permit additional television station consolidation.
David Taras explains that the future of Canadian television may depend on whether the federal government decides to implement the Heritage Committee's recommendations for a major overhaul of the system.
Heritage Minister Sheila Copps' executive assistant leaving his post to become Canadian Association of Broadcasters' vice-president for external and government relations is the Liberals' latest ethical mistake.
Corporations in regulated industries donated large amounts of money to the Liberal party last year.
The federal government is considering allowing pharmaceutical companies to advertise prescription drugs, including on radio and television.
Opposition MPs are calling for Heritage Minister Sheila Copps's senior aide to decline a job offer from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, which directly lobbies the Heritage department.
Opposition MPs are calling for Heritage Minister Sheila Copps's senior aide to decline a job offer from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, which directly lobbies the Heritage department.
Government cultural policy is oblivious to young Canadians.
Opposition MPs are calling for Heritage Minister Sheila Copps's senior aide to decline a job offer from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, which directly lobbies the Heritage department.
The Senate Transport and Communications Committee's study of Canadian media is one of the most ambitious of its kind. FRIENDS sees a "potential virtuous link" between the Senate study and the Heritage Committee's recent report on the Canadian broadcasting system.
Clifford Lincoln, chair of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, says the plethora of studies released this year on the state of Canadian broadcasting demand the government's attention.
Clifford Lincoln, author of the 872-page committee report entitled Our Cultural Sovereignty, is confident his report will stand the test of time and hopes it serves as an incentive for the government to act.
Quebec cinema is booming, yet the provincial government is cutting funding for film and TV production.
A report on the Heritage Committee's 872-page study of the Canadian broadcasting system, including reactions from broadcasters and from Trina McQueen, author of a recent study on Canadian drama.
Fazil Mihlar argues that rather than supporting Canadian media with taxpayers' money, the federal government should force the country's media to become more responsive to the needs of their customers.
The Canadian Newspaper Association told a Senate committee studying the state of the Canadian news media to exempt reading material from GST and loosen restrictions on pharmaceutical advertising.
Media moguls are disappointed with heritage committee's recommendations for Canadian broadcasting.
Friends' response to the report on the Canadian broadcasting system tabled in Parliament today by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage tables the Lincoln Report on the Canadian broadcasting system - proposes viable and creative solutions and provides a road map for the future.
Who gets what from the $12.5-million that Finance Minister John Manley agreed to "restore" to the Canadian Television Fund has yet to be decided.
A coalition of both conservative and liberal organizations condemn a plan by the Federal Communications Commission to relax the rules that have restricted the nation's largest media conglomerates from growing bigger.
Incentives recommended by a new report on Canadian drama would reward the efforts of writers and writer-producers to build audiences for their programs.
Friends asks Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham to consider culture and its ambassadors, trade, democratic values in revitalizing Canadian foreign policy
The Senate committee on transport and communications will study how media concentration affects the "quality, diversity and usefulness of information, analysis and opinion" available to Canadians.
It's one thing for a parliamentary committee to recommend changes in ownership rules and another for "government" to implement them. Recommendations from the Canadian Heritage Committee on broadcasting and from the Senate on media concentration could get in the way.
The federal government's decision to cut $25-million from the Canadian Television Fund was deliberate but its rationale remains a mystery.
Those upset with cuts to Canadian shows like This Hour Has 22 Minutes should complain to the Minister of Finance, John Manley, not to Heritage Minister Sheila Copps.
Heritage Minister Sheila Copps says she didn't cut $25 million from the Canadian Television Fund, Finance Minister John Manley did. It's not quite what she said in February.
550 fewer hours of Canadian programming will be produced if the cuts to the Canadian Television Fund and the resulting funding decisions are allowed to stand.
The Canadian Television Fund decisions will have massive repercussions on the quantity and quality of Canadian programming produced and exhibited.
The producers/actors' press conference opposing the cuts to the Canadian Television Fund lacked "passion, rage and raw feeling" – just like Canadian television.
Some believe the government was unaware of the consequences of cutting $25 million in Canadian production funding from the Canadian Television Fund.
The production of distinctly Canadian programming may collapse if funding cut from the Canadian Television Funding is not restored, say Canadian producers, broadcasters and actors.
Numerous hallmark Canadian television shows have been denied production funding from the Canadian Television Fund due to cuts announced in February's federal budget.
Despite promise of $60 million in extra federal funds, CBC will have to make cuts
Friends asks John Manley to confirm Sheila Copps’ promised $60 million in extra CBC funding
Remarks by to Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology opposing relaxation of foreign ownership restrictions for cable companies.
