Dec 13, 2011 — News Article: Astral taking HBO ‘over the top’ to fend off Netflix threat by Susan Krashinsky
For Astral, the HBO Go product is another attempt to fend off “over-the-top” services such as Netflix, and to keep subscribers from switching off their cable or satellite subscriptions.
Nov 28, 2011 — News Article: Quebecor cutting 400 Sun Media jobs: union
Columnist says media conglomerate Quebecor Inc. is eliminating 400 jobs from its Sun Media division, Canada's biggest newspaper publisher with dailies and weeklies across the country.
Nov 22, 2011 — News Article: Quebecor, BCE settle spat over news channel by Susan Krashinsky
Sun News will be offered as part of Bell’s basic satellite and IPTV packages starting in mid-December, beaming the channel to all of Bell’s television subscribers outside of Quebec.
Nov 9, 2011 — News Article: Quebecor's profit dips, but wireless network has its strongest quarterly growth by Iain Marlow
Montreal-based telecom and media conglomerate Quebecor Inc. has suffered a 35 per cent drop in profit in the third quarter on weak broadcasting and newspaper revenues but saw strong subscriber growth with its various telecom services.
Nov 7, 2011 — News Article: Big Revenue Increase for TV, Pay Specialty Channels, Industry Report Shows
Canada's TV broadcasters, specialty and pay channel operators have achieved their largest annual revenue increase in almost a decade.
Nov 7, 2011 — News Article: What recession? Profits, greed and gifting thrive in TV land by John Doyle
Recently the CRTC released figures about commercial Canadian TV stations, showing their operating revenues in broadcasting came to $2.15-billion in 2010 - an increase of 9 per cent from 2009.
Nov 6, 2011 — News Article: Will Bell Media snap up NHL rights in 2014?
With the big pockets to outbid the CBC, columnist wonders how long it will be before Bell Media aquires the rights to Hockey Night in Canada.
Oct 31, 2011 — News Article: Cut funding to secretive CBC: Worthington by Peter Worthington
Columnist says it's wrong for the CBC to be bidding on programs that the private sector would run but can’t match because of government funding.
Oct 27, 2011 — News Article: Exclusive: CBC marketing exec Jamie Michaels off to Rogers Media
CBC director of marketing Jamie Michaels has joined Rogers Media to drive ad sales across its marquee sports properties.
Oct 26, 2011 — News Article: War of words heats up between CBC, Quebecor by Chantaie Allick
CBC is accusing Quebecor of “using its newspapers and more recently its Sun News Network TV licence to pursue a campaign against CBC/Radio-Canada” and distorting the truth in that reporting.
Oct 22, 2011 — News Article: Quebecor Media to CBC: take down website criticisms, or else by Etan Vlessing
Quebecor Media is using the threat of legal action to get CBC/Radio Canada to take down information about the Quebec media giant that it released on its website.
Oct 21, 2011 — News Article: Running Out of Bandwidth by Lowell C. McAdam
Columnist says that even with technological advances, a severe spectrum crunch looms over the next decade.
Oct 21, 2011 — News Article: Only Quebecor can confront CBC: Peladeau by Glen McGregor
Quebecor president Pierre Karl Peladeau says the CBC has effectively muzzled criticism by other news organizations by entering into business deals with them and paying their reporters to appear on the network.
Oct 20, 2011 — News Article: CBC lashes out at Quebecor’s $500-million in public subsidies by Daniel Leblanc
Columnist says the CBC is fighting back against Quebecor’s attacks on its $1-billion in annual federal funding, accusing the private broadcaster of receiving $500-million in public subsidies over the last three years without being accountable to taxpayers.
Oct 20, 2011 — News Article: Open CBC's records, Quebecor owner says by Leslie MacKinnon
Quebecor's Pierre Karl Péladeau said his company's Sun Media subsidiary is the only media company in Canada willing to investigate the CBC, as he appeared before MPs holding hearings into the CBC's dispute with the federal Information Commissioner over access to information requests.
Oct 19, 2011 — News Article: Postmedia accepts offer for newspapers in B.C.
Postmedia Network Canada Corp., has accepted an unsolicited offer for its community newspaper operations in British Columbia and one of its big-city dailies, the Victoria Times Colonist.
Oct 13, 2011 — News Article: Sun News: The comedy branch of the Conservative Party? by John Doyle
Columnist says that for both Sun News and the Conservative Party of Canada, attacking the CBC is a handy tool for gaining attention and raising funds.
Oct 6, 2011 — News Article: CBC boss says rivals have an interest in diminishing public broadcaster by Jennifer Ditchburn
The CBC's top boss says one of its major competitors is determined to damage the reputation of the public broadcaster in order to weaken it and he's determined to set the record straight on Parliament Hill.
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 22, 2011 — News Article: Vertical Integration: There's some love for the CRTC decision, but Bell calls for full system reboot by Greg O’Brien
Bell Canada’s regulatory chief says due to the CRTC’s new vertical integration policy, he wants to start over when it comes to our broadcasting laws and its regulation.
