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JumpTV is at the centre of a copyright battle that could change how broadcast signals are distributed in Canada, and which companies are allowed to retransmit them. In a recent letter to senior bureaucrats at Canadian Heritage’s Copyright Policy Branch and Industry Canada’s intellectual property branch, JumpTV’s lawyer, Sunny Handa, suggests it’s foolhardy to prohibit Internet companies from carrying local TV signals when, in the future, the Internet will become the main conduit for carrying all digital content. The following is an edited excerpt from his letter.

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Catherine Warren, the much-fèted COO of Vancouver-based Blue Zone Inc, has decided to leave the company. Warren joined Blue Zone in that capacity in 1999 and helped guide the company through its IPO, as well as securing contracts with CTV. She remained with the company until this month, and will continue to work with it as an executive advisor. Warren is a veteran of the media establishment, and was chosen as one of the top five pioneeers for the Canadian Women in New Media Awards. She is a board member of the Women’s Television Network Foundation and of the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund. She has also served as a director of the Canadian Coalition for Women in Engineering Science & Technology. Warren has not yet publicly stated her next move.

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Toronto IT professionals don’t expect hiring to slow in short-term, says CIPS
Hiring levels in Canada’s IT sector are expected to remain constant despite the recent economic turbulence, according to the Toronto chapter of the Canadian Information Processing Society. CIPS members who employ IT workers stated overwhelmingly in an email poll that their companies will likely increase in size or stay the same during the next 6-12 months. Several written comments indicate that companies have already downsized, or have frozen hiring until additional contracts are won. In other results, an overwhelming majority (88%) of respondents believe there will continue to be a shortage of good IT professionals, and 70% don’t see unemployment as a major issue facing IT professionals.

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