Difference Capital Financial Inc., the Canadian merchant bank founded by former GMP Capital Inc. trader Michael Wekerle, named Jim Shaw and Ivan Fecan to its board.
Author says that while the PBS model of public broadcasting might look like a viable option, the fact is that Canada simply is not populous enough, nor well-enough endowed with foundations and philanthropists, to support a broadcast system that would provide anything like the level of service currently expected of the CBC.
Iristel is moving to provide local telephone service in Yellowknife, Whitehorse and Inuvik, challenging Northwestel for market share in Canada’s north.
NorthwesTel Inc. makes the case for its $233-million network modernization plan for communication services across the Far North at a hearing of the country’s telecom regulator.
Columnist says that despite a slight drop last year in dollars spent on U.S. TV shows, Canadian private broadcasters are still feeding their addiction to popular American series at the expense of local dramas and sitcoms.
Art critic Brian Sewell denounces most factual TV as disgracefully dumbed-down – particularly on the BBC – while television writer Michael Hogan begs to differ
Columnist says television stars like Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin arrived to the Senate already accustomed to fine wine and privilege, and having pay packets that make a newspaperman’s wage look more chump change in a tip jar.