Articles Tagged ‘Let’s Talk TV’

Ease regulations or risk failure: Quebecor to CRTC

Quebecor CEO Pierre Dion argued for a less-regulated Canadian broadcast system that can more nimbly compete with new foreign players.

Terse exchange between CRTC, Google sets stage for TV hearing

The CRTC’s Let’s Talk TV hearing opened with Google voicing its opposition to online regulation.

Let’s Talk TV: Digital

Ahead of Monday’s hearings, broadcasters and digital players weigh in on whether OTT services like Netflix should be required to fund local content.

Food Network Canada focuses on its faces

The Shaw Media channel has put the final touches on a brand refresh with a new campaign coinciding with a free national preview for the channel.

CRTC proposes $30 basic cable, US Super Bowl ads

The regulator laid the table for upcoming Let’s Talk TV hearings in September with potential policy shifts that stand to gore Canadian TV’s fattest sacred cows.

Let’s Talk TV: The kids biz

Ahead of this fall’s CRTC hearings, a look at what a pick-and-pay world could mean for the broadcasters of kids content in Canada.

Let’s Talk TV: Simultaneous substitution

Ahead of this fall’s CRTC hearings, a look at the issues and arguments for and against the longstanding policy of substituting Canadian ads into US programming.

Let’s Talk TV: Set-top box measurement

Should Canada have a standard measurement system that includes set-top box numbers? How the broadcasters feel ahead of this fall’s CRTC series.

Who’s up when: Let’s Talk TV

What to expect from the big Canadian broadcasters and digital players this September, as well as when they’re presenting to the CRTC.

Choose your own adventure: Specialty TV edition

With the power to pick coming soon to viewers’ hands, which broadcaster will lead the pack?

Canadians want more from TV services, CRTC report finds

Consumers want more choice, flexibility and personalized programming, according to the first phase of the Let’s Talk TV report.