Episode 52 of This Is Toronto is now available! This latest edition is part two of a two-part series that revisits CKLN. The Ryerson-based station was forced to vacate 88.1FM, but will still broadcast online. www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com NEXT EPISODE: June 3, 2011
Revisiting CKLN
Episode 51 of This Is Toronto is now available! This latest edition is part one of a two-part series that revisits CKLN. The Ryerson-based station was forced to vacate 88.1 FM, but is still broadcasting online. www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com NEXT EPISODE: May 20, 2011
Saving CKLN
Episode 46 of This Is Toronto is now available. This latest edition features CKLN 88.1 FM. Since 1983, this Ryerson-based station has been an alternative voice on the Toronto airwaves. But a recent CRTC decision nearly took it off the air. www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com NEXT EPISODE: March 11, 2011
Asper: Recession Not to Blame for TV woes
In a Report on Television report CanWest CEO Leonard Asper is quoted as saying that neither the recession, nor debt is responsible for the current woes of broadcast television. ” Neither the bad economy nor debt taken on by broadcasters are to blame for profit declines at Canada’s major television networks, the head of CanWest…
Bad Media! No Cigar
I’m still working on the best way to create that forum on the future of media but a flurry of recent media news, from Canada and abroad, gives me the impression that the brains behind ‘media’ still don’t have a fragment of a clue in most cases. First ‘old media’ or ‘main stream media’ (whichever…
Truth: Sirius Doesn’t Think Much of You, or of Canadian Artists
Sirius Canada says that they want you to ‘discover music again’ in their ad. But the Truth is that Sirius doesn’t trust you to discover music on your own, or to choose your own radio stations. They, apparently, don’t think enough of Canadian music to think that it can survive if you have other options.…
Save Our Net Now
I’ve mentioned this several times before but the deadline is fast approaching for you to make your voice heard on Net Neutrality. Today I got the note below from Antonia Zerbisias and decided to pass it along just in case there is anyone left out there who doesn’t know yet. Below you’ll find a note…
Grasping at Straws or Not the CRTC Has Lit a Fuse
The CRTC and their hearings on the Internet, CanCon and New Media may turn out (whatever the outcome) to be less important than the conversation’s they started. For one thing, it’s now clear that nothing Rogers says should be taken seriously. They do not tell the ‘truth’ they say what is convenient and suits their…
Canada Doesn’t Need a National Firewall
I found this article via CanCult.ca, the CRTC is apparently considering, once again, whether to regulate Canadian Content online. The short answer is no (actually that’s the long answer too. From the Financial Post: “At issue, according to some, is the very future of Canadian content available on the Internet. Since 1999, the Canadian Radio-Television…
Can Con as Endangered Species
So the TV people are all a twitter about the CRTC’s proposals to revamp Canadian TV. “In a move that would reshape prime time television, the federal broadcast regulator is considering placing a cap on how much the country’s biggest TV networks can spend to acquire hit U.S. shows, such as Grey’s Anatomy, The Office…