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Media Beat: May 14, 2018

Anticipated CRTC releases this week

Media Beat: May 14, 2018

By David Farrell

Anticipated CRTC releases this week

Applications by various licensees to renew the broadcasting licences for various radio stations


Decision relating to the following application considered by the Commission at the 27 March 2018 public hearing:

  • Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited Partnership
    Calgary, Alberta, and Winnipeg and Selkirk, Manitoba
    CKCE-FM Calgary, CHIQ-FM Winnipeg, and CFQX-FM Selkirk – Corporate reorganization
    Public record for this application: 2017-1002-0

Decisions relating to the following applications considered by the Commission at the 7 September 2017 public hearing:

  • CPAM Radio Union.com inc.
    CJWI Montréal – Licence renewal
    Public record for this application: 2016-0601-3
  • Groupe Médias Pam inc.
    CJMS Saint-Constant – Licence renewal and licence amendment

Balsillie calls for tough privacy regulation to fight ‘surveillance capitalism’

Canada should adopt tough European-style privacy regulation to fight huge U.S. -based social media companies whose business model is based on mass surveillance, a group of Canadian tech leaders has told a parliamentary committee – Howard Solomon, IT World Canada

La Presse throws in the towel. Who’s next?

The Quebec publisher pointed directly to the flight of advertising money to Google and Facebook as a key driver of the restructuring, a reality aggravated by Ottawa’s policy of subsidizing companies for buying ad space from Google and Facebook. The entire Canadian media sector is exposed to this problem – Daniel Bernard, The Star

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Changing Channels at Rogers

It was early 2015, and Colette Watson, new to her job as vice-president of broadcast television at Rogers Media Inc., had just been handed an ugly assignment.

For decades, Rogers had run multicultural television stations under the OMNI name. They were losing significant amounts of money – and there was little hope it would get better. OMNI had become a big financial drag on a media company that was still trying to digest its $5.2-billion contract with the National Hockey League for 12 years of broadcast rights.

Ms. Watson’s marching orders from then-president Keith Pelley: “Shut it down.”

Fix it she did – Susan Krashinsky Robertson, The Globe & Mail (subscription)

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Jade Eagleson, The Reklaws Lead CMAOntario Nominations in 2024

The Country Music Association of Ontario has announced the nominations for its 12th annual CMAOntario Awards, with Jade Eagleson racking up five nominations. The awards will be presented on June 2 at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga.

Jade Eagleson is poised to win big at the CMAOntario Awards, presented by the Country Music Association of Ontario.

The "Rodeo Queen" singer picked up five awards nominations today, including Single of the Year, Album/EP of the Year, and Male Artist of the Year — the most nominations of any artist. Eagleson is followed by sibling duo The Reklaws, rising artists Josh Ross and Karli June, and mainstay Meghan Patrick, who all have four nominations each.

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