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.
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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.
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.
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CBC: Complaints about data usage and mobile contracts have doubled
From CBC News Complaints from Canadians about their wireless and home-phone services more than doubled in 2010-11, mostly involving wireless problems. The commissioner for complaints to telecomm...
Tim Harper: Less will be Moore’s way of dealing with the CBC
Columnist says that animosity toward the CBC from the government of the day is no longer whispered behind closed doors, but has bubbled up to the surface in strangely obsessive…
PrivilegeWatch: Ethics committee passes redacted version of the Del Mastro order to produce by Kady O’Malley
Columnist says Ethics Committe is no longer seeking the unredacted responses to Access to Information requests filed by FRIENDS.
Opposition boycotts Commons probe of CBC
The NDP and the Liberals boycotted a Commons committee that has been scrutinizing the CBC's approach towards access to information, opposing a Conservative bid to have the public broadcaster turn…
CBC to launch a next generation, local digital service in Hamilton Ontario
New local, digital service for Hamilton, Ontario will be accessible through smartphones, desktop/laptop computers and tablet devices.
CBC belongs to Rob Ford, too by Janice Kennedy
Columnist says we have a stake in ensuring that the CBC remains true to its mandate, something it can only do when it's supported, in spirit and in fiscal fact,…
Saving the CBC: The path forward is finding the way back by Michael Harris
Columnist says one of the main reasons that the CBC is vulnerable to Quebecor’s frontal assault is its craving for popularity as a mainstream network.
Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner on the online spying bills
Op-Ed by Ann Cavoukian for the National Post I must add my voice to the growing dismay regarding the impact of impending “lawful access” legislation in this country. In my…
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.
CBC’s plan backfired…big time
Columnist says the CBC sending Mary Walsh to Rob Ford's home was a political smear job on a CBC conservative enemy.
FRIENDS at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
FRIENDS tells a Parliamentary committee looking into CBC's access to information policies that the root cause of the public broadcaster's disclosure avoidance is patronage appointments of it's Board and President.
CBC News: Rogers Throttling BitTorrent May Be Violating Net Neutrality Rules
By Emily Chung for CBC News Rogers throttles file-sharing traffic from BitTorrent more than any other internet provider in North America and may be violating Canadian net neutrality guidelines, ...
PM’s appointees responsible for CBC’s disclosure woes
FRIENDS says the current debate about the CBC's access to information practices lays bare a broader accountability issue.
Make CBC president more accountable, advocacy group tells committee
FRIENDS wants CBC's board to be appointed through a non-political process and then be responsible for hiring the president.
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics House of Commons
FRIENDS tells a Parliamentary committee looking into CBC's access to information policies that the root cause of the public broadcaster's disclosure avoidance is patronage appointments of it's Board and President.
CBC pals gang up on state broadcaster by Mark Dunn
FRIENDS tells the House of Commons Ethics Committee that CBC President Hubert Lacroix is effectively accountable to no one.