Archived News and Articles - August 2005
Archive Date - August 31, 2005
7 OUT OF 10 SUPPORT CRTC IN SATELLITE RADIO
Satisfied with Canadian content requirements
CNW
A recent study commissioned by Sirius Canada revealed 76% of Canadians support the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) decision to grant satellite radio licenses to Canadian providers.
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Archive Date - August 31, 2005
INDUSTRY BLASTS NEW REVIEW
Simon Tuck – Globe and Mail
If the federal broadcast regulator is forced to conduct another review of subscription radio, it will mean pink slips, millions of wasted dollars, and another year in which Canadian car buyers won't have access to the same digital services enjoyed by U.S. consumers.
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Archive Date - August 31, 2005
OTTAWA TO ASK CRTC TO RESCIND SAT LICENCES
Sylvain Larocque - Canadian Press
The federal government is ready to ask the CRTC to rescind its decision to licence satellite radio, government sources have told The Canadian Press.
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Archive Date - August 31, 2005
BYRNES LANDS SPOT ON RADIO DIAL
Tillsonburg station gets OK to flip to 24-hour FM station
Jon Willing – Woodstock Sentinel-Review
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted Byrnes Communications Inc. the right yesterday to broadcast over 104.7 FM, Woodstock’s only available radio frequency.
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Archive Date - August 30, 2005
COPYRIGHT BILL NEEDS FIXING
Glenn O’Farrell – CARTT
Anyone who has seen the straightforward process of transferring music onto a radio station’s hard drive is left to wonder: “Is that all there is?” But this simple, everyday process continues to needlessly cost Canada’s radio broadcasters millions of dollars in copyright fees annually because of the inability or the unwillingness on the part of the government to create fair copyright legislation.
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Archive Date - August 29, 2005
LOCKED-OUT EMPLOYEES GET CREATIVE
CBC workers using Internet to stay on air - But network calls podcasts `diversion from real problem'
James Keller – Canadian Press
Locked-out CBC Radio staff have started producing Internet-based audio broadcasts to fill the void left by the labour dispute at Canada's public broadcaster.
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Archive Date - August 28, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-431
English-language FM radio station in Woodstock
CRTC Release
In this decision, the Commission approves the application by Byrnes Communications Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate a new English-language FM commercial radio station in Woodstock at 104.7 MHz. The new radio station will offer a mainstream adult contemporary music format.
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Archive Date - August 28, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-432
CKOT Tillsonburg – Conversion to FM band
CRTC Release
In this decision, the Commission approves in part the application by Tillsonburg Broadcasting Company Limited (TBCL) to operate a new English-language commercial FM radio station at Tillsonburg, Ontario to replace its AM station CKOT. However, TBCL must, within six months of the date of this decision, submit for the Commission’s approval, an application proposing the use of another frequency and technical parameters that are acceptable to the Commission and the Department of Industry for use in the Tillsonburg market.
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Archive Date - August 28, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-433
Denial of various applications proposing radio services for Woodstock, Ontario
CRTC Release
At a public hearing commencing 6 June 2005 in Niagara Falls, the Commission considered six applications, all of which proposed the use of FM frequency 104.7 MHz. Five of the applicants proposed to serve Woodstock, Ontario, while one proposed to serve the nearby community of Tillsonburg, Ontario. In this decision, the Commission denies four of the applications that proposed to serve Woodstock. In other decisions issued today, the Commission approves, either in whole or in part, the two remaining applications.
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Archive Date - August 28, 2005
EVANOV RADIO'S VP PAUL EVANOV
CARTT
With two new stations nearing launch, a recent spate of new hires and an application in for a license in Calgary, Evanov Radio Group is taking aim at becoming something bigger.
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Archive Date - August 28, 2005
CSR ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH TELESAT
CNW
Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) announced today an agreement with Telesat Canada to install terrestrial repeaters that will enhance the satellite radio signal across Canada. Telesat is an internationally-respected Canadian corporation that manages XM Satellite Radio satellites over North America.
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Archive Date - August 26, 2005
BYRNES WINS WOODSTOCK LICENSE
Byrnes Communications Release
Today, the CRTC awarded an FM broadcasting license for the city of Woodstock, ON to Byrnes Communications Inc. The frequency is one of the last available in Southern Ontario. “We are truly humbled by the speed with which the CRTC released its decision” says Chris Byrnes the company President. “We are proud to be chosen to deliver local news and information as well as the best of today’s adult music to the people of Oxford County.”
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Archive Date - August 26, 2005
RADIO HOSTS HOAX KARLA
Pose as the justice minister in prank phone call to Homolka
Brodie Fenlon, Alan Cairns And Brigitte McCann – Sun Media
Two popular Quebec radio hosts have interviewed Karla Homolka and her lawyer Sylvie Bordelais in a remarkable prank phone call to be aired today.
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Archive Date - August 26, 2005
CBC STAFF PLAN NATIONAL RADIO BROADCASTS
Guy Dixon – Globe and Mail
As CBC management tries to inject a few Canadian items into its backup news programming, locked-out CBC staff are organizing an alternate national news and current-events broadcast via the Internet from Toronto.
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Archive Date - August 25, 2005
THOUSANDS PRE-REGISTER FOR CSR
CNW
The anticipation for satellite radio is growing and more than 3,000 Canadians have signed up to be the first in the country to receive Canadian Satellite Radio's unique digital service, expected to be launched before the end of the year.
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Archive Date - August 25, 2005
BRIDGE RATINGS ANALYZES JACK
Bram Teitelman – Billboard
Bridge Ratings has released a study looking at the adult hits format, most commonly known as Jack, over a period of eight months. The study was done with 1500 listeners aged 25-54 who said that Jack stations were their favorite. They were listeners of six adult hits stations that have been in the format for longer than nine months: KAJC Denver; KPKX Phoenix; KJKK Dallas; KBPA Austin, Texas; KCJK Kansas City; and WWKJ, Jackson, Miss.
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Archive Date - August 25, 2005
SIRIUS MAY CHARGE PLENTY FOR STERN AD SPACE
Greg Levine – Forbes
Sirius Satellite Radio must have some set of receivers.
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Archive Date - August 25, 2005
RADIO 2005: CUME NOW 93.7%; AQH AT 14.5%
Tony Sanders – BillBoard
The percentage of the U.S. population that tunes into radio in the for at least five minutes during the week dipped slightly in the Spring 2005 survey, and now stands at 93.7%, down from 93.9% in Winter 2005. The figures are based on Arbitron’s survey of the continuously-measured radio markets, and covers persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6 a.m.-12 midnight.
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Archive Date - August 24, 2005
ARBITRON PRESENTS POLICY CHANGES
Radio and Records
As part of what Arbitron called a "very full agenda," the ratings firm last week presented to the Arbitron Radio Advisory Council updates on previous announced initiatives including small-market and language-usage weighting and new policies — including management of diary credits for satellite radio and Internet radio — that are being rolled out. Some of the new initiatives are set to commence with the fall 2005 survey.
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Archive Date - August 23, 2005
RADIO CAN'T WAIT FOR COPYRIGHT ACT AMENDMENTS
Broadcaster Magazine
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters is concerned that the government has once again turned a blind eye to the needs of Canada's private broadcasters by delaying the introduction of legislation that would provide a copyright exception for the simple act of transferring music provided by the music industry into a format that broadcasters can use.
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Archive Date - August 23, 2005
"BIT" DRIVEN VERSUS "VISIT" DRIVEN
Tommy Kramer – All Access
There are basically two categories of morning shows. (Keep in mind that I think the only difference between a morning show and a show in another daypart is the amount of time available to talk or the number of times you can talk. No show should lack Content.) There's the "bit"-driven show, and there's the "visit"- driven show. I've done and coached both types.
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Archive Date - August 22, 2005
BBM RESULTS - SURVEY 2 2005 - CLICK HERE
Archive Date - August 22, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-419
Complaint regarding the broadcast of an episode of Talk Radio on CFAX, Victoria
CRTC Release
In this decision, the Commission addresses a complaint regarding comments that were broadcast by CFAX, an AM radio station in Victoria. Based on its review of the segment of programming at issue, the Commission finds that, by broadcasting the segment, CHUM Limited, the licensee of CFAX, breached the provision of the Radio Regulations, 1986 that prohibits the broadcast of abusive comment. The Commission further finds that the licensee failed to meet a number of Canadian broadcasting policy objectives set out in the Broadcasting Act, including the provision that provides that programming should be of high standard. The Commission requires the licensee to develop guidelines for open-line programming and to submit those guidelines to the Commission within three months of the date of this decision for its approval.
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Archive Date - August 22, 2005
SATELLITE SUPPORTED BY INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
Broadcaster Magazine
More than 90 per cent of independent Canadian artists support satellite radio, according to a recent survey by Indie Pool, which provides music services such as CD manufacturing, distribution, merchandising and Internet services, to independent musicians in Canada.
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Archive Date - August 19, 2005
A SEISMIC SHIFT IN RATING RADIO
Peter Kafka – Forbes
The country's biggest radio conglomerate has a message to the company in charge of keeping tabs on the country's radio listeners: Hurry up and change. Or else.
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Archive Date - August 19, 2005
CANADA NEEDS INTEGRATED POLICY FRAMEWORK
Cable Industry advises the Telecommunications Policy Review Panel to consider the convergence of telecommunications and broadcasting
CNW
The Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association (CCTA) today called on the federal government to consider a new communications policy for Canada that would reflect the convergence of telecommunications and broadcasting over broadband internet.
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Archive Date - August 19, 2005
WHY I'M NOT SCARED OF SATELLITE
Mark my words: It's a fad
Bill Good – BC Business
Radio is about to go through yet another revolution. How many have there been so far? I've almost lost count. It began with television: TV was guaranteed to consign radio to the dustbin of history. The experts agreed that no one would sit around and listen to the radio when they could watch TV. Turns out they were wrong. Nevertheless, I'm still hearing the same argument. This time it's about satellite radio.
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Archive Date - August 18, 2005
JACK PROMPTS CLASSIC ROCK SURGE
Chuck Taylor – Billboard
Radio formats are changing. Country is roaring back, Oldies is bleeding audience share and Jack (the ‘we play anything’ format) is making Classic Rock sexy. That’s the radio landscape according to Interep’s format analysis based on Arbitron Spring survey data.
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Archive Date - August 18, 2005
RADIO STILL PRIMARY MUSIC SOURCE
Ken Tucker – Billboard
Radio is still the primary source for listening to music and learning about new music, according to a just-released study from Paragon Media Strategies. The study focused on new media usage and its effect on terrestrial radio.
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Archive Date - August 18, 2005
WORK STOPPAGE AT THE CBC
Contingency programming implemented for duration of disruption
CNW
At 12:01 am, August 15, 2005, CBC locked out all staff represented by the Canadian Media Guild. Although CBC has been in negotiations with CMG for 15 months in an effort to reach a new collective agreement, no progress has been made on the key issues.
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Archive Date - August 18, 2005
WEBBED CANADIANS SLASH LISTENING BY 30%
CARTT
As Internet-using Canadians spend more and more of their time online, it appears as though radio listenership is suffering the most because of that, according to a recent report from Ipsos Reid.
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Archive Date - August 16, 2005
RADIO DAZE
Peter Kafka – Forbes
Give Eliot Spitzer some credit. Though anyone remotely connected to the music business knew illegal payola was rampant in radio, New York State's attorney general took a rare step into the spotlight last month and pointed it out in withering, embarrassing detail. And now, with some prodding, the Federal Communications Commission will be taking a look as well.
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Archive Date - August 16, 2005
PAYOLA RULING FORCES RADIO TO RE-EXAMINE
Bram Teitelman – Billboard
It might be an overstatement to say the $10 million settlement between Sony BMG and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has caused shock waves to reverberate throughout the industry, but the settlement certainly has made radio and record labels re-examine how they do business.
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Archive Date - August 16, 2005
CAR WARS: HD RADIO VS. SATELLITE RADIO
FMQB
A study by Strategy Analytics, In-vehicle Entertainment Systems Market 2004-2011, states that "automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) should be cautious about introducing satellite digital radio options, despite the increasing adoption of satellite radio among U.S. consumers." The reason? Terrestrial radio's dedication to the growth and implementation of HD Radio.
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Archive Date - August 16, 2005
VISTA BUYS CARIBOO CENTRAL
Vista/CCIR Release
In a joint press release today it is confirmed that Cariboo Central Interior Radio Inc. has been sold to Vista Broadcast Group subject to CRTC approval expected early this fall. The announcement was made by Terry Shepherd – President and Managing Director of CCIR Inc. and Margot Micallef, Chair and CEO of Vista Broadcast Group.
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Archive Date - August 15, 2005
BYRNESMEDIA STATION HAS HIGHEST RATINGS EVER
Z103.5 Release
Exciting news for Toronto CMA radio station Z103.5 (CIDC FM)… with the release of the Spring 2005 # 2 BBM …the station has recorded its largest Share in the company’s history. Z103.5 went from a 3.7 Share (Fall ’04 BBM) to a 4.3 and the Toronto Central audience figures increased from 530,400 to 552,400 – the station’s highest Toronto Central Ratings ever. Full Coverage is almost 700,000 listeners (Spring 2005 BBM # 1).
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Archive Date - August 14, 2005
NEW SONY BMG PROMOTION GUIDELINES
Lon Helton and Chuck Aly – Radio and Records
R&R has obtained a copy of what appears to be the Assurance and Stipulation agreement between the office of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Sony BMG regarding the company's recent $10 million settlement over improper radio-promotion practices. Business reforms detailed in the agreement establish concrete parameters for the label group's promotion efforts. Specifically, Sony BMG must notify airplay monitoring companies including Mediabase 24/7 (used by R&R) and Broadcast Data Systems in advance that purchased airplay — including spin programs, advertising and paid spins — is not intended for detection. For syndicated radio advertising, the company is further obligated to ensure front and back announcing of the airplay as paid for by Sony BMG.
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Archive Date - August 14, 2005
Q107 FANS CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT THEY WANT
Old 'live' Stones broadcast called bait and switch – Collectors peeved to hear tape of 2002 Toronto show
Ben Rayner – Toronto Star
Promises of a live Rolling Stones broadcast on Q107 timed to coincide with the band's gig at the Phoenix Concert Theatre on Wednesday night have earned the local classic rock station the ire of listeners worldwide who feel they were duped into tuning in to a three-year-old concert.
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Archive Date - August 14, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-390
CRTC Release
The Commission approves the applications by Newcap Inc., on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, for authority to effect a change in ownership and control of the radio programming undertakings CIZZ-FM and CKGY-FM Red Deer.
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Archive Date - August 12, 2005
KAYE JOINS FOX SPORTS NETWORK
Release
David Kaye, arguably Canada’s top voice-over talent, has joined the “all-American” team, Fox Sports Network (FSN).
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Archive Date - August 12, 2005
COPYING LEVY HASN'T WORKED
Michael Geist – Toronto Star
The private copying system, which establishes a levy on recording media such as blank CDs in return for the right to make personal, non-commercial copies of music, has long ranked as one of the most contentious aspects of Canadian copyright law. Consumers dislike paying what resembles a tax, retailers complain it drives business out of the country, and artists doubt its effectiveness in light of the inexcusably slow rate of royalty distributions.
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Archive Date - August 12, 2005
FCC CALLS FOR FEDERAL PAYOLA INVESTIGATION
Paul Heine – Billboard
Under pressure to act upon payola allegations uncovered in the wake of Sony BMG Music Entertainment’s settlement with New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin has directed the commission’s Enforcement Bureau to review the settlement and “investigate any incidents in which the agreement discloses evidence of payola rule violations.”
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Archive Date - August 12, 2005
LOOKING FOR CANADIAN RADIO PAYOLA
Laurel Hyatt – CARTT
Remember the 1980s Canadian new wave band called The Payola$? Their American record company felt they weren’t getting enough airplay stateside. Their name, the label felt, was scaring off radio programmers still chilled by the payola scandals decades earlier where jocks were caught taking kickbacks for playing certain artists.
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Archive Date - August 12, 2005
LET'S GET SMALL: XM UNVEILS NEW DEVICES
FMQB
XM Satellite Radio has unveiled two new products. The first is the RoadyXT radio made by Delphi, which is the smallest, thinnest satellite radio ever. It measures 3.7 inches wide by 2.2 inches high. The company has also unveiled the new Xpress radio, a new XM plug-and-play receiver from Audiovox.
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Archive Date - August 10, 2005
LATE TO THE DOWNLOAD DANCE
Hear the song, buy the song -- too bad radio didn't do this sooner
Jon Fine – BusinessWeek
Broadcast radio stations are turning their Web sites into music stores via paid download services that mimic Apple Computer's enormously popular iTunes. This is such a neat and intuitive idea that you have to wonder what took them so long.
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Archive Date - August 10, 2005
PETER JENNINGS DIES AT 67
Jacques Steinberg – New York Times
Peter Jennings, a high school dropout from Canada who transformed himself into one of the most urbane, well-traveled and recognizable journalists on American television, died yesterday at home. He was 67 and lived in Manhattan.
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Archive Date - August 10, 2005
CLEAR CHANNEL PROOF THAT 'LESS IS MORE'
Joe Mandese – MediaDailyNews
In an effort to prove that less ad clutter really does equal more engaged media consumers, radio giant Clear Channel this morning released findings of an Arbitron study indication "dramatic" increases in time spent listening to its radio stations in the top 50 markets following its so-called "less is more" programming strategy.
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Archive Date - August 10, 2005
NASCAR REVS UP RADIO
Phyllis Stark - Billboard
Radio programmers looking to rev up their stations are increasingly turning to NASCAR programming.
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Archive Date - August 10, 2005
COUNTRY MUSIC BROADCAST NOMINEES
CARTT
The Canadian Country Music Association announced its 2005 CCMA award nominees this year.
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Archive Date - August 9, 2005
REDSTONE TO TURN OVER CEO TITLE
Georg Szalai – Hollywood Reporter
Viacom Inc. chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone made it official Thursday, saying he will give up his CEO title once his company splits into two, leaving current co-presidents Tom Freston and Leslie Moonves in charge as CEOs of what will be known as Viacom and CBS Corp.
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Archive Date - August 9, 2005
SATELLITE RADIO WILL BOOST FRENCH CULTURE
New survey reveals 9 out of 10 Quebecers said the proposed satellite radio service would have a positive or neutral affect and 55 per cent believe satellite radio will have a positive impact on French culture in Quebec - Quebecers want to listen to French stations when they travel throughout North America
CNW
From July 14 to July 19, 2005, the Omnitel Omnibus surveyed Quebec residents to gauge their interest of satellite radio services, assess interest levels in various types of station formats and to understand perceptions of how satellite radio will affect French culture in Quebec.
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Archive Date - August 8, 2005
CFL KICKS AROUND $1 MILLION RADIO BID
Canadian Satellite Radio seeks exclusive out-of-market rights
Rick Westhead – Toronto Star
The Canadian Football League is considering a five-year, $1 million contract offer tabled by a satellite-radio broadcaster that would allow fans of three-down football to listen to games anywhere from Canada's Far North to the Florida Keys.
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Archive Date - August 6, 2005
CIRPA, CULTURE/LABOUR GROUPS APPEAL SATELLITE
CNW
The Canadian Independent Record Production Association (CIRPA), in concert with the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), the American Federation of Musicians (Canada) (AFM), the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA), the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA), the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), the Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union (CEP), the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC), the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting (FCB), the National Campus & Community Radio Association (NCRA/ANREC), the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers (SOCAN), the Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC), the United Steel Workers (USW), and the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC), today filed a Notice to Appeal to the Governor in Council asking to have Decision CRTC 2005-246 and Decision CRTC 2005-247 set aside. These Decisions by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted licences to operate satellite subscription radio undertakings to Canadian Satellite Radio Inc. and SIRIUS Canada Inc.
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Archive Date - August 6, 2005
QUEBEC'S CULTURAL COMMUNITY APPEALS SATELLITE
CNW
Ten organizations comprised of comprised of authors, artists and cultural enterprises submitted a request to the Privy Council on Friday, July 29, demanding that the Governor in Council reverse decisions 2005-246 and 2005-247 made on June 16 by the CRTC in the subscription radio undertaking issue.
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Archive Date - August 5, 2005
SATELLITE BIGGEST THREAT TO RADIO
Ken Tucker - Billboard
A new study from Paragon Media Strategies says satellite radio poses the biggest threat among new media when it comes to diminished listening time for broadcast radio.
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Archive Date - August 5, 2005
TEENS ACCESS THE WORLD AT WILL
Center for Media Research
A new report, "Teens and Technology" by The Pew Internet & American Life Project, finds that the number of teenagers using the Internet has grown 24% in the past four years, and 87% of those between the ages of 12 and 17 are online. In short, says the report, "the Internet and cell phones have become a central force that fuels the rhythm of daily life. "Some of the highlights of the report show that:
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Archive Date - August 5, 2005
KARMAZIN "ANXIOUSLY ANTICIPATES" CANADA
CARTT
SIRIUS Satellite Radio says it should have three million subscribers by the end of 2005, while posting a large quarterly loss of US$177 million.
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Archive Date - August 5, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-366
English-language FM radio station in Pembroke
CRTC Release
The Commission approves the application by My Broadcasting Corporation for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language FM radio station in Pembroke, Ontario.
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Archive Date - August 5, 2005
BROADCASTING PUBLIC NOTICE CRTC 2005-76
CRTC Release
Call for comments – Proposed amendments to the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990, the Radio Regulations, 1986 and the Pay Television Regulations, 1990.
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Archive Date - August 5, 2005
CRTC TO HEAR FIVE APPS FOR CHARLOTTETOWN
CARTT
The CRTC will hold a hearing October 3rd in Charlottetown, to consider nine radio license applications, among other items.
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Archive Date - August 3, 2005
RULING WON'T SLOW FILE SWAPPING
Alorie Gilbert – CNET News
The Supreme Court may have dealt file-swapping companies a blow on Monday, but its decision is unlikely to put a damper on the illegal sharing of music and other media online anytime soon, industry experts say.
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Archive Date - August 3, 2005
DOES RADIO HAVE A FUTURE?
A new payola scandal. Disgruntled listeners. High-tech rivals. But don't count industry out.
Martin Miller – Los Angeles Times
Radio is testing anew the theory that there is no such thing as bad publicity. The industry had better hope so, because for the past couple years, media coverage of it has been filled with about as much good cheer as Asian bird flu.
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