08 December 2009 | By LocalTVMatters_Team in Media Releases
Ottawa, Ontario (December 8, 2009) – In a historic joint presentation before the CRTC today, CEOs from CTV, Global and CBC appeared together for the first time and delivered a consumer-first solution that provides affordable, accessible, and sustainable TV services for all Canadians.
“Canadian consumers and TV viewers deserve a choice, and a new affordable bundle of basic TV channels is a start,” said Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO for CBC/Radio-Canada. “With a regulated capped rate, Canadians will be protected from fee hikes with a skinny basic bundle of channels, including the local TV channels consumers demand and expect.”
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08 December 2009 | By LocalTVMatters_Team in Articles
Click below to read more from the Local TV Matters Opening Remarks.
Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to appear today as part of this historic proceeding.
We would also like to thank the Government, and particularly Minister Moore for providing this platform for Canadians to express themselves. They did. In record numbers. And the results were overwhelmingly clear.
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17 November 2009 | By LocalTVMatters_Team in Media Releases
OTTAWA, Nov. 17 /CNW Telbec/ – CBC/Radio-Canada appeared before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today to ask for an end to the free-riding by broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs) on conventional television services. The system has become so imbalanced that the CRTC acknowledges that it cannot afford to sit idly by, given the threat to the future of high-quality, local Canadian programming.
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16 November 2009 | By LocalTVMatters_Team in Media Releases
Ottawa, Ontario (November 16, 2009) – In its presentation today before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), CTV outlined in detail an easy-to-implement solution to sustain local Canadian television.
“Our plan is reasonable, practical and provides a future for local Canadian television,” said Ivan Fecan, President and Chief Executive Officer, CTVglobemedia, and Chief Executive Officer, CTV Inc. “Signals and programming from our local TV stations deliver value, and Canadian TV viewers and consumers overwhelmingly agree.”
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04 November 2009 | By LocalTVMatters_Team in Media Releases
Toronto, November 4, 2009 — More than 130,000 Canadians from across the country submitted comments confirming local television matters as part of the CRTC public consultation process that ended Monday, November 2.
“We are overwhelmed by the outpouring of clear and unequivocal support for our position,” said Paul Sparkes, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, CTVglobemedia. “Canadian consumers were not fooled, they understood the issues, and we can’t thank them enough.”
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29 October 2009 | By LocalTVMatters_Team in Media Releases
Toronto, ON (October 29, 2009) – A Nanos Research study of more than 1,000 Canadians confirms strong support for local television stations securing financial compensation from cable and satellite companies.
An overwhelming majority of Canadians (70% of respondents) support the statement that “local TV stations should receive a portion of the amount that customers pay on their monthly bill for cable or satellite TV.”
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23 October 2009 | By LocalTVMatters_Team in Media Releases
The “cable cash cow” is real and Local TV Matters is embarking on a cross-country tour to prove it. The Cable Cash Cow (as seen in Dave Carroll’s “The Cable Song”) makes its next stop in Ottawa and Kingston on Sunday, October 25 and Monday, October 26. In this unprecedented Canadian tour, the Cable Cash Cow is set to visit communities – small and large – who rely heavily on local television. To view the “The Cable Song” go to localtvmatters.ca.
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23 October 2009 | By LocalTVMatters_Team in Articles
We came across this interesting blog from 93.9 Bob FM’s Sandy Sharkey in Ottawa. Sandy wrote a song called “My Local TV,” which she hopes Alanis Morissette could soon sing on-air. An Ottawa native, Alanis got her start on CJOH’s (now CTV Ottawa) “You Can’t Do That on Television” (yep, the show with the green slime).
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22 October 2009 | By LocalTVMatters_Team in Media Releases
The “cable cash cow” is real and Local TV Matters is embarking on a cross-country tour to prove it. The Cable Cash Cow (as seen in Dave Carroll’s “The Cable Song”) makes its next stop in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on Friday, October 23. In this unprecedented Canadian tour, the Cable Cash Cow is set to visit communities – small and large – who rely heavily on local television. To view the “The Cable Song” go to localtvmatters.ca
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22 October 2009 | By LocalTVMatters_Team in Articles
My niece is blind. The feeling of community comes hard for her. She has had to fight to feel part of her school community since she started kindergarten. She has to struggle to feel part of the church community, her community of friends, as well as her community of figure skating. Basically, anything she decides to join is a struggle to fit in, to feel connected, to belong, and to be comfortable – in all things the word community mean to us.
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