Misc.

• Rogers Media Names Roth VP of Multiplatform Sales, Expands Dent's Role
  Gavin Roth will be vice-president of multiplatform sales, and the role of Mitch Dent, executive vice-president of sales for Rogers TV will be expanded. 
   

• Wanted: New CRTC Chairperson
  The process to find the new chariperson of the CRTC is officially underway, less than two weeks before the outgoing chair's term expires on January 24.
   

• Rogers Media Appoints VP Revenue Planning and Strategy
  Rogers Media announces the appointment of Christos Nikitopoulos as Vice-President, Revenue Planning and Strategy, Rogers Media Inc.
   

• Michael MacMillan Expands Growing TV Empire
  Blue Ant Media announced it will acquire Canadian broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV and its four premium high-definition channels - Oasis HD, eqhd, radX, and HIFI HD.
   

• Citytv Viewers Interact with New Year's Social Streaming App
  Citytv Social Stream App users will be able to chat live with fellow viewers, participate in Citytv New Year's polls, and have their comments mentioned live on television, using the app and a compatible iOS device.
   

• Pubcasters Around the World Challenged by Economy, Technology
  Public broadcasters around the world are in an equally financial precarious situation as government’s grapple with the requirement to tighten the fiscal belt as a result of tough economic times.
   

• Video-On-Demand Ads Accepted, Highly Effective
  Advertisements within a VOD context have statistically the same impact as television.
   

• ASC Releases Survey Results of CDN Perspectives on Advertising
  Most Canadians (79%) believe advertising offers them value.
   

• Canadian Documentary Viewers Eschew Online for TV
  The average viewership of a popular feature documentary on a broadcaster portal is 8,000 views over the course of a year, while on television it draws around 900,000 viewers.
   

• ABC Spark to Launch in Canada
  The station will be a national service with compelling programming directed at the fast-expanding millennial generation.
   

• CBC Lashes Out at Quebecor's $500-million in Public Subsidies
  Having been accused for months of being a 'money drain,' the national broadcaster is defending itself.
   

• CRTC Must Be Vigilant in Monitoring Online Broadcasting, says Industry
  Industry stakeholders encouraged the CRTC not to take its eye off the ball when it comes to the potential negative impact that over-the-top (OTT) services may have on the Canadian broadcast industry.
   

• Digital Convergence: Can social media revive appointment television viewing?
  The big learning in the last few years is that viewers don't substitute online viewing for traditional TV.
   

• CTV News Channel Revamps Format
  The 24-hour news channel has now moved to a two-anchor format for much of the day, which allows for a more informal and conversational approach.
   

• Rogers Media Launches 24-hour News Channel in TO
  The station will leverage all of the Rogers Media properties, with sports coming straight from the Sportsnet desk, entertainment from Hello! Canada and radio station 680 News being fully integrated into the format of each news day.
   

• Advertising Standard Canada Releases Report on Children's Food Advertising
  The report confirms the continuing high level of compliance by companies participating in the Children's Advertising Initiative and meeting their program commitments.
   

• "It's clear the CRTC believes large-scale companies are a bad thing," says Bell's Crull
  Bell Media President Kevin Crull unleashed a verbal smackdown directed at the CRTC for its heavy-handed regulation of the TV business.
   

• Potential List of von Finckenstein Successors
  Change at the very top of the CRTC may only be the tip of the iceberg.
   

• Bell Media and Lexus Team Up on New Social Media App
  The new app offers technology not offered by any other Canadian broadcaster and includes a curated chat environment and full-screen interstitial and video ads.
   

• Astral Says Netfilx Should Face Same Rules as Canadian Broadcasters
  Astral and other Canadian broadcasters have pressed the federal regulator for stiffer rules on Netflix operations in Canada so all movie providers face a level playing field - whether they broadcast over the airwaves, cable or the internet.
    

• Bell Media, CBC Team Up for Olympics Bid
  CBC and CTV are no longer competing against each other and will put together a sensible bid which is reflective of the fact that the Olympics is the premier sports event in the world.
   

• Robertson's Final Newscast is Most-Watched Ever
  The last edition of CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson was watched by 2.1 million viewers.
   

• Rogers Media Withdraws from Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium
  Scheduling conflicts, combined with financial priorities mean Rogers will not be involved this time around.
   

• CHCH's Very Early Morning Show
  Canada's earliest morning show will hit the airwaves at 4 am on September 12 and air every weekday morning through 5:30 am.
   

• Channel Zero Launches Metro14
  The name change better represents the bilingual nature of the channel and programming changes are designed to appeal better to local advertisers.
   

• New TVA/Rogers French Sports Channel to Launch September 12
  The partnership between Rogers Sportsnet and TVA Sports will allow the broadcasters to work together on co-productions for both channels.
    

• Personal Video, Not Over-The-Top, is the Opportunity
  Providing more people to see more video can only be a good thing for those in the video business.
    

• CTV Two Launches August 29
  CTV Two, Bell Media's rebranded /A\ network, will be accessible to 90% of English viewers from coast-to-coast and will transmit in high definition.
   

• Rogers to Launch FX Canada in November
  FX Canada will launch November 1 as a new digital service and will bring acclaimed programming to Canadian audiences.
   

• Cutting CBC Funding not "Strategic", says CMG
  A cut in funding to the CBC could have a significant impact on its five-year plan and damage the economic spinoffs that the national broadcaster provides.
   

• Media and Entertainment Spending on the Rise in Canada
  Innovative approaches have supported an unexpectedly strong recovery in advertising led by online and TV - PwC.
   

• The Future of TV is TV
  Over-the-top video services have yet to make a significant impact, largely because there are too many standards, many are too hard to use, and, we are passive viewers and linear addicts that prefer to watch television live.
   

• Canadia Seeks New TV Future for the Digital Age at Banff Media Fest
  It is time for a re-think of the Canadian broadcast regulatory environment, according to CRTC Chairman.
    

• The Conservative Majority: What Next for Digital Policies?
  Conservative positions have focused consistently on improving Canadian competition and opening the market.
   

• Oprah's Channel Debuts in Canada
     

• Sleek New Canadian Association of Broadcasters Rises From the Ashes
  Four months after the CAB announced plans to close, it decided instead upon a major restructuring which resulted in a smaller board with a fresh mandate to focus solely on matters of collective importance for the entire broadcasting industry.
  
  

• Events Calendar 2011
  
  

• Rogers In Talks to Buy Control of Leafs Empire for $1.3 Billion
  Rogers Communications is poised to make an iconic addition to its sports and media properties, according to a report this morning in the Toronto Star.
   
  

• Bell to Acquire 100% of CTV
  Bell is buying 100% of CTV in a deal worth $3.2 billion, the telecom giant announced.
   
  

• Innerscope Research - Part Two
   
  

• New Groups Look to Spring Forth to Represent Radio, TV, in Ottawa
  As the clock ticks down on the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, some of its soon-to-be former members have begun to look ahead to the future while keeping lessons firmly in mind.
   

• CMF Says It's Trying to 'Level the Playing Field' Between CBC, Private Broadcasters
  In response to the CBC’s internal memo that it will lose $12.6-million in digital production and television program funding this year, the Canada Media Fund (CMF) says it is trying to “level the playing field” between the CBC and private broadcasters.
   

• Canadian Media Fund to Launch April 1st
  The new Canada Media Fund will officially launch on April 1, 2010. It will be the source of federal government funding for media projects, which are expected to be developed for multiple delivery platforms, such as TV and the Internet.
   

• Following CAB Closure, Conventional Broadcasters to Fend for Themselves
  Canada’s conventional television players are expected to fend for themselves after the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) closes this June, say experts and insiders.
   

• Events Calendar
   

• Small Specialty Channels Considering New Lobby Group
  Following the announcement that the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) will cease operations in June, a small group of independent specialty channels will be discussing over the next few weeks the possibility of creating a new lobby group.
   

• Not All Consumer Studies Are Created Equal
   

• Canadian Association of Broadcasters Shutting Down
  The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) is dissolving after failing to find a solution to an impasse with some of its members.
   

• Prove it to me.
   

• Just the FAQs
   

• Highlights From Scotia Capital's Media Report
  The following is a summary of Scotia Capital's “The Three R’s: Recession, Renewal, and Recovery” Report.
   

• Canadian Media Fund Announced
  The Canadian Television Fund and the Canadian New Media Fund have been combined to create the Canadian Media Fund.
   

• Success in the Recession
  Barclaycard was the second largest credit card brand in the UK when the recession hit in 1991. But just three years later, it overtook the powerful Access credit card to become and remain the brand leader.
   

• Advertising in a Recession
  Numerous studies through the years have shown that maintaining or increasing ad spending during a recession will increase sales, profits, and market share.
   

• Shaw Rocket Fund
  According to the Shaw Rocket Fund, if you start children on a early diet of high-quality Canadian programming, you can turn them into lifelong Cancon consumers.
   

• Measuring the Ethnic Market
  Audience measurements are skewed towards English- and French-language households, leaving multi-lingual broadcasters without the numbers they need to justify charging higher advertising rates.