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Another TV station viable in both Calgary and Edmonton markets, CHUM tells CRTC

Toronto-based CHUM Ltd. argues that not only can the Alberta market support new television stations, but that they would bring much needed diversity and regional programming to the province. The argument is in stark contrast to the company’s contention that the Toronto market couldn’t sustain more entrants during a licensing bid that ended in Craig Broadcast Systems Inc. getting the go-ahead for its toronto/one station (CCR, June 7/02, May 23/02). Now, CHUM is offering a slew of commitments in its bid to get licences for TV stations in Craig’s backyard – Edmonton (with a retransmitter in Red Deer) and Calgary.

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Copps wants CTF, government agencies to be more responsive to Canada’s ethnic communities

The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) may be spread even more thinly as multicultural film and TV producers push to win greater access to government financing. Canadian Heritage minister Sheila Copps recently noted that her goal was to make government institutions and funding, including the CTF, more accessible so that more culturally diverse stories would be told. The CTF is partly funded and administered by the government agency Telefilm Canada.

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CNM Update

Director general of CCOP shifts jobs
Réné Bouchard, formerly director general of Canadian Heritage’s Canadian Culture Online Program (CCOP), has been named director general of the broadcasting policy and innovation branch at Canadian Heritage. He replaces Marc O’Sullivan, who joined the CRTC as executive director of broadcasting, effective April 14 (CNM, March 21/03). A replacement for Bouchard has yet to be determined.

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RoW Update

Industry Canada changes rules for 3500 MHz spectrum, going ahead with auction
Industry Canada has opened up more spectrum for fixed wireless access (FWA) systems operating in the 3500 MHz range. In DGTP-006-003, the department added the sub-band 3475-3500 MHz to the existing core band of 3500-3650 MHz. 
The decision comes on the heels of a department decision to suspend new authorizations in the 3450-3500 MHz band so it could conduct an interference assessment of FWA and radiolocation systems (DGTP-002-03; RoW Update, Feb. 24/03). In that ruling, the department also realigned the FWA spectrum, moving the core band from the 3400-3550 MHz range to the 3500-3650 MHz range. Following the interference study, Industry Canada has decided that more spectrum could be opened up for commercial FWA systems and some previous safeguards have been removed.
"In releasing this additional spectrum across Canada, there will be more opportunity to develop local distribution facilities to accommodate new services and service providers," the department wrote in the decision released April 19.
In its decision, Industry Canada also noted that it will be moving ahead with the auction of this frequency range in the near future. Two years ago, the department consulted the public and the industry about auctioning licences in the 3500 MHz and 2300 MHz bands (RoW, Aug. 21/01). It is still unclear at this point whether the 2300 MHz band will be auctioned at the same time as the 3500 MHz band.
Look for more details of the Industry Canada decision and the future auction for spectrum in the 3500 MHz band in an upcoming issue of Report on Wireless.

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NL Editorial

The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Decima Reports.

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NL International Briefs

WorldCom name change causes web site rechristening
Because WorldCom has announced plans to rename itself MCI, the web site attacking the troubled telco has undergone a similar rebirth. In May 2002 former WorldCom account relations manager Mitch Marcus started www.boycottWorldcom.com, now rechristened www.boycottMCI.com. "This is clearly an attempt to shake off the taint associated with WorldCom’s sordid past," Marcus wrote in a news release, "and a disgrace to the legacy of MCI founder Bill McGowen."

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NL People

Paul Lamontagne will step down as president/CEO of Look Communications Inc. next month. He had been in the top job for nearly two years (NL, Sept. 11/01). Board chair Michael Cytrynbaum will act as interim CEO until a replacement can be found.

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NL Short Takes

Telecommunications Statistics
New figures released by Statistics Canada show that operating profits in the wireline telephone industry in 2002 fell 13.6% to nearly $3.9 billion, with revenues falling 3.1% to $24 billion. Numbers dropped from the fourth quarter of 2001 to the fourth quarter of 2002 and from 2001 to 2002. Capex continues to decrease, confirming industry trends (NL, Feb. 24/03).

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Reseller opening up market in both per-minute and flat-rate LD options

 

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Canada leads in online government, but challenges still in the future

 

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