POLICY Articles
CRTC to order broadcasters to air digital switch PSAs
POLICYTVThe CRTC is enlisting broadcasters in its ground game to get Canadians into the digital TV age from August 31, 2011.
Integrate the net into media mix or lose CanCon: WGC
INTERACTIVEPOLICYUNIONS & GUILDSRegulation is not a dirty word. That was the message from the Writers Guild of Canada to a Heritage Committee formed to examine an issue which has flummoxed policy makers and industry leaders around the globe: media convergence.
Editorial: Why I hated the 5% target
POLICY…My problem with the 5% target is that all it served to do was quantify our defeat. It put a lackluster number to our aspirations and made us look amateur when we failed to live up to it…
Telefilm abandoning 5% solution to Canadian film
POLICYTelefilm chair Michel Roy on Wednesday said the financier will introduce a new yardstick to measure the performance of Canadian film beyond the local multiplex.
Moore says he won’t bend on copyright levy
POLICYClearly frustrated with ACTRA and other artists’ groups public denunciation of his copyright law, Bill C-32, Heritage Minister James Moore suggested energy would be far better spent coming up with a realistic legislative proposal to protect creators.
CRTC defends Super-Ecran’s monopoly against Quebecor Media bid
PEOPLE/COMPANIESPOLICYAstral Media’s Super Ecran pay television channel will not face competition in the French-language market from TVA Group’s proposed pay TV movie channel Cine-TVA service, the CRTC ruled Friday.
Artist groups begin lobbying over copyright
POLICYAs MPs debate the government’s proposed copyright bill, Bill C-32, a Quebec lobby group representing thirteen arts and culture groups has launched a public campaign to fight for changes to the controversial legislation.
Op Ed: Copyright Bill C-32 is flawed, says Yannick Bisson
PEOPLE/COMPANIESPOLICYACTRA member and star of Murdoch Mysteries, Yannick Bisson, weighs in on proposed new copyright legislation.
More broadband for rural locales
POLICYThis past weekend saw Minister of Industry Tony Clement roll out the third round of projects to receive conditional funding through the Broadband Canada: Connecting Rural Canadians program.
CRTC revises program category definitions
POLICYWhen is reality TV not a documentary, and when is a Canadian TV award show in the national interest?
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ACTRA Awards 2013 - Angelica Lisk and Joanna Bennett at the 2013 ACTRA Awards in Toronto (photo: Jag Gundu)