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CRTC to re-examine new media
Decade-old free pass for new media will get a second look by regulator, noting continued rise of Internet and mobile content
NFB celebrates Champlain
Big-budget short made for Quebec museum may also tour country, says NFB chair Tom Perlmutter. Live action and animation shot with prototype 3D camera
C-10 ‘the will of the people,’ says Flaherty
Average Canadians support censor bill, says finance minister during sparring match with senators. Talks up sanctity of tax dollars and ‘divided industry’
More money for interactive media
The CRTC has given the interactive media sector a shot in the arm, earmarking for it $10.5 million of the benefits package associated with the buyout of BCE by a consortium including the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and U.S. partners.
Shaw attacks broadcaster protections
Making comments ahead of his scheduled appearance at the CRTC’s BDU hearings, cable boss Jim Shaw slams talk of the same or more regulation for Canadian broadcasting
Producers call for changes to C-10
Speaking before the Senate banking committee, representatives of the creative community attack the censorship potential of the Conservatives’ controversial bill. ‘If it’s not against the law, you get to say it,’ says Sarah Polley
Producers, pay-TV take aim at BDUs
CFTPA wants cable and satellite to put more money into programming, dismissing ‘false’ claims of tech and economic threats
Rogers opens CRTC hearings
Cable company wants genre protections reworked, not eliminated, and stands firm against fee-for-carriage. CBC seeks $1.50 per cable subscriber
Senate committee questions Bill C-10
Department of Finance defends plan for vague guidelines, while courts will be more lenient, says official
Union turns to courts over Canwest
The CRTC took a pass on complaints directed at the media giant’s redo of its news department, but CEP wants an appeal, warning that the future of local newscasts hangs in the balance
BDUs, casters gear up for CRTC hearings
Starting next week in Gatineau, the cable and satellite companies will ask for more flexibility to import foreign services, while conventional broadcasters will renew their push for fee-for-carriage
More money for interactive media
CRTC earmarks $10.5 million of the BCE benefits package to the digital media sector, with eyes on an eventual Canadian Television Fund new media stream. Good, but industry remains under-supported, say critics
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