Archived News and Articles - December 2006
Archive Date - December 29, 2006
SATELLITE RADIO'S GRINCHY HOLIDAY
Rick Aristotle Munarriz – The Motley Fool
'Twas the week before Christmas... When all through the store... Not a sat-rad receiver... Was sold off the floor...
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Archive Date - December 26, 2006
IS THIS THE IPOD KILLER?
Sony Ericsson's new W810i Walkman phone could give Apple's iPod a run for the money
David Rocks – Business Week
Something funny is happening in Europe. While Apple Computer is still selling iPods by the boatload, more and more young people are ditching Apple's offerings in favor of Sony Ericsson's new Walkman phones. "I always carry my phone with me, but the iPod is an extra," Rachel Slack, a 26-year-old Londoner, told one of my colleagues recently. Since buying a Sony Ericsson with enough memory for about 100 songs, she says, "it made sense to just use my phone for both."
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Archive Date - December 26, 2006
NEWCAP ANNOUNCES DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND
CNW
The Board of Directors of Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited is pleased to announce that it has declared a dividend of 15 cents per share on each of its Class A Subordinate Voting (NCC.A) and Class B Common (NCC.B) shares. The dividend is payable on January 31, 2007 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 29, 2006.
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Archive Date - December 26, 2006
BBM S4-06 TOPLINES
Archive Date - December 21, 2006
INCORRECT QUOTE VIOLATED BROADCAST STANDARDS
CBSC Release
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released its decision concerning the Lowell Green Show of March 31, 2006 on CFRA-AM (Ottawa). During that episode of the call-in program, the host discussed, among other things, the case of Abdul Rahman, the Afghan who had been condemned to death for converting from Islam to Christianity.
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Archive Date - December 20, 2006
CRTC COMMERCIAL RADIO POLICY REVIEW:
Increases funding for Canadian content development
CRTC Release
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued today three public notices flowing from its review of its Commercial Radio Policy 1998. The first notice, entitled Commercial Radio Policy 2006, deals with a number of issues, including Canadian content and French-language vocal music. The second focuses on the treatment of radio applications in small markets and the third sets out certain changes to the Commission’s digital radio policy.
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Archive Date - December 20, 2006
BROADCASTERS SCORE VICTORY OVER OTTAWA
Grant Robertson – Globe and Mail
Canada's broadcasting industry has won a major victory against the federal government that will save the sector more than $100-million a year — and may force Ottawa to provide a lump-sum refund worth seven times that amount.
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Archive Date - December 20, 2006
REGULATED BROADCASTERS SAFE FOR NOW, CRTC SAYS
Canadian Press
The impact on broadcasting by new technologies currently outside the regulatory realm has been marginal, says a report by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission — but it warns that quick action is needed to hold them at bay.
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Archive Date - December 19, 2006
AHMET ERTEGUN PASSES AWAY
Ed Christman – Billboard
Ahmet Ertegun, the legendary record man and founder of Atlantic Records, died today in New York City, from the head injury he suffered while attending a Rolling Stones concert in October at the Beacon Theatre. He was 83.
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Archive Date - December 19, 2006
SKYWORDS TEAMS WITH SNOWMOBILE CLUBS
Skywords Release
The Skywords Network is pleased to announce the launch of the Sledder’s Choice Go Snowmobiling Report across Central and Northeastern Ontario. This has been made possible through a new collaboration with the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC). The Sledder’s Choice Go Snowmobiling Report is sponsored by the Sledder’s Choice Group Insurance Program from Believer Plus Insurance Brokers Ltd., underwritten by the Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada.
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Archive Date - December 15, 2006
THE SIX ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
Joel Folger – AllAccess
It's a fact: When a gust blows through a company the size of Clear Channel, the rest of the radio industry bends in the wind. A sell-off of over 448 stations is coming. The effects on the radio industry will be dramatic. Spin-offs twisting out like tornados -- possible freezing layoff rain, and it could get cold. A really frigid wind could be slapping you in the face soon. Think you are isolated from the storm? Read on, because the only thing that's certain is that the radio weather always changes.
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Archive Date - December 15, 2006
CRTC: FUTURE OF CANADIAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM
CRTC Release
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today released a report entitled The Future Environment Facing the Canadian Broadcasting System.
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Archive Date - December 15, 2006
THE LAST DAYS OF THE CRTC
Andrew Coyne - National Post
What is the sound of one hand clapping? If you’re the CRTC, it is the cry that does not come, the protest no one makes, the silent death knell for the agency that once controlled just about everything that makes a noise in this country. If it was not clear before, it is now: the last days of the CRTC are upon it.
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Archive Date - December 15, 2006
MUSIC DOWNLOADS IN DOWNWARD TREND
Simon Avery - Globe and Mail
If the troubled music industry has been looking to Steve Jobs as its saviour, it might be time to look somewhere else.
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Archive Date - December 15, 2006
FMC RELEASES STUDY ON LOCAL RADIO AND DIVERSITY
FMQB
The Future of Music Coalition (FMC) has released its extensive report on radio station ownership consolidation. Entitled "False Premises, False Promises: A Quantitative History of Ownership Consolidation in the Radio Industry," the study claims that consolidation has led to fewer programming choices for listeners, as well as harming the listening public and music & radio industry employees.
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Archive Date - December 14, 2006
FCC UNDER FIRE AT NASHVILLE OWNERSHIP MEETING
FMQB
The second FCC public hearing on media ownership rule changes was held yesterday in Nashville, TN. Commissioners Kevin Martin, Michael Copps, Jonathan Adelstein and Deborah Tate were in attendance at the hearings, with Robert McDowell unable to attend.
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Archive Date - December 14, 2006
NEWEST MEMBER OF THE WOLF PACK
ByrnesMedia client station adds new staff member
Wolf Release
I'm happy to announce that Amanda Sellers is the newest member of The Wolf Pack! Amanda started her radio career a few years back in Vancouver at Rock 101 as part of the summer cruiser team and has spent the last year in North Battleford at Q98. Prior to radio, Amanda was a representative of Maxim Magazine as well she was a finalist for the Miss Vancouver Pageant.
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Archive Date - December 14, 2006
BYRNESMEDIA STATION'S LISTENERS MEET IDLE SONS
CIFM Release
Kamloops Best Rock 98.3 CIFM was proud to welcome Idle Sons recently, and created a promotion that gave our listeners an experience to remember.
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Archive Date - December 14, 2006
CAB OPPOSES BILL ON REPLACEMENT WORKERS
Broadcaster
CAB President and CEO Glenn O'Farrell appeared before the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities on Thursday, December 7th to oppose both the substance of Bill C-257, the Private Members Bill which proposes to amend the Canada Labour Code, as well as the process that has hurried the Bill through the committee stage.
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Archive Date - December 13, 2006
ASTRAL MEDIA MARKS 10 YEARS OF GROWTH
Broadcaster
At its 2006 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Astral Media Inc. announced an increase of 33% to its annual dividend, from 30 to 40 cents per share. The Company also announced a renewal of its normal course issuer bid to repurchase up to 5% of its Class A and Class B Shares.
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Archive Date - December 13, 2006
2006 RUTH HANCOCK SCHOLARSHIP
CAB
Three outstanding young Canadians received the 2006 Ruth Hancock Foundation Scholarships, awarded to applicants who demonstrate strong character and leadership qualities, a willingness to assist others and a genuine interest in pursuing a broadcasting career. Their commitment is reflected through involvement in extra-curricular activities related to broadcasting or broadcast sales and marketing, or through self-initiated undertakings. Laranna Cameo Androsoff, Sarah Boothroyd, and Leanna Di Benedetto are this year's award recipients, and have each received a $1,500 scholarship.
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Archive Date - December 13, 2006
OBSTACLES TO AN XM, SIRIUS MERGER
Businessweek
To go beyond talk of joining forces, the rival satellite radio services must get in tune with regulators, shareholders, and their own executives
When they first launched at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in 2001, the two major satellite service companies XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio were bitter rivals.
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Archive Date - December 13, 2006
BYRNESMEDIA CLIENT WINS SILVERS IN SUN POLL
Z103.5 Release
Z103.5, Toronto's only Top 40 Radio station which services over 750,000 listeners has been awarded medals in the following categories in the Toronto Sun's Annual Readers Choice Awards:
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Archive Date - December 8, 2006
THE BATTLE FOR YOUR DASHBOARD
Grant Robertson - Globe and Mail
Canada's two satellite radio companies are racing to lock up deals with car manufacturers, hoping to attract new subscribers with factory-installed receivers — and the number of contracts still up for grabs is dwindling fast.
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Archive Date - December 4, 2006
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS
Private Broadcasters Launched Three Major Initiatives
CAB Release
On December 3rd, 2006, people around the world will celebrate people with disabilities under the theme “E-accessibility”. In 1992, the United Nations first declared December 3 rd as the International Day of Disabled Persons to draw attention to the many ways in which those with disabilities enrich our communities.
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Archive Date - December 4, 2006
COME BACK, MR. DJ
"I've been around the dial so many times, but you're not there. Somebody said that you'd been taken off the air. You were my favorite DJ, since I can't remember when..."
Tom Van Riper - Forbes
It was tough to know just how prophetic those words were when Ray Davies of the Kinks penned them in 1981 for a song called "Around the Dial," which pays tribute to an anonymous former disc jockey who seemed to have disappeared from the airwaves. Davies may have been about two decades early, but he was right on the money.
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Archive Date - December 4, 2006
WORKING MOTHERS
Center for Media Research
Working mothers, according to The Media Audit, are spending less and less time with television and newspapers but, radio, the Internet and direct mail still command their attention.
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Archive Date - December 3, 2006
XM CANADA EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER FOR AIR CANADA
A Landmark Partnership for XM Canada
CNW
XM Canada and Air Canada today announced a multi-year agreement to supply music content to all of Air Canada's customers.
Effective March 1, 2007, XM Canada will program all audio content currently provided by the existing "enRouteFM" channels. The new content, which will be branded as being supplied by XM, will be made available on both the existing legacy in-flight entertainment system and the new touch-screen, seatback in-flight entertainment systems being installed on all Air Canada aircraft.
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Archive Date - December 3, 2006
MUSICRYPT REPORTS 52% INCREASE IN Q3 REVENUES
CNW
Musicrypt Inc., the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, is pleased to announce that during its third quarter ended September 30, 2006 revenues increased 52%.
For the first nine months of 2006 revenues were 39% higher than the first nine months of 2005. New customers and increased utilization of Musicrypt's patented Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) by existing customers, led to the growth in revenues.
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Archive Date - December 1, 2006
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2006-650
Distribution of satellite subscription radio services
CRTC Release
The Commission approves an application by Rogers Cable Communications Inc. to amend the broadcasting licences for the cable broadcasting distribution undertakings serving various locations in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador, in order to add a condition to each licence authorizing the licensee to distribute, at its option, the audio programming service of one or more licensed satellite subscription radio (SSR) undertakings on a digital basis, subject to the following provisions:
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