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Claude Galipeau has been promoted from managing director of CBC.ca to executive director of CBC New Media – English.

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CNM Short Takes

Decima Reader Poll
Decima Publishing recently asked its readership to answer online the following qustion: The debate over cuts to Canadian television funding, lifting foreign ownership limits on telcos, cablecos and broadcasters, as well as rifts over Copyright Act changes has many ICT industry leaders and even MPs discussing a return to the days of the Department of Communications (DoC). Should the government combine the functions of Canadian Heritage and Industry Canada into a resurrected DoC?

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Groundbreaker support for Canadian Idol “disappointing,” says CFTPA chair

News that the hit TV series Canadian Idol has been funded in large part from the BCE Inc./CTV Inc. Groundbreaker Fund is "disappointing," says the new chair of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA).

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More announcements possible in September for TELUS learning fund

A list of 29 projects that have won $4.4 million in loans from the Canada-TELUS New Media Learning Fund may not be the final word, says the fund’s head. Ray Moschuk tells Canadian NEW MEDIA that several projects have been held in reserve for consideration to win $250,000-$500,000 in further funding when the TELUS Foundation’s board meets this September. The money is currently still in the pot as several projects were dropped from the winners list earlier this year when other sources of funding fell through.

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Consider high-end web sites carefully for value, warns new media report

Independent producers should be careful about building too-rich web sites for broadcasters, according to the author of a new report commissioned by the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund (Bell Fund). Industry veteran Catherine Warren tells Canadian NEW MEDIA that producers, broadcasters, advertisers and others have been convinced of the value of television-related web properties, but the industry as a whole is still struggling to understand how innovative sites need to be to add value.

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Industry advocate Khanna shifts gears with move to CHUM as VP interactive

Roma Khanna, a key advocate for interactivity in the Canadian television industry and on behalf of the independent new media production sector, has been named VP of interactive at CHUM Television, the latest in a series of appointments at the conventional and specialty TV/radio broadcaster in the wake of Jay Switzer’s promotion to president and CEO of CHUM Ltd.

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Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund faces 40% cut as a result of CRTC decision

Reaction has been swift and condemning to news that the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund (Bell Fund) faces a 40% cut to its budget for assisting new media production in Canada – the result of a recent CRTC decision (CNM Update, July 17/03). Just days after announcing it would begin putting more money into projects, the fund’s staff is now scrambling to find ways to maintain funding without cutting the number of projects it can help.

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CCR Update

July 23, 2003

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RoW 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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RoW International Short Takes

Commerce Department proposes agency combination
The secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Don Evans, has asked Congress to pass a bill that would allow for the combination of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration with the Technology Administration and the electronic commerce functions of the International Trade Administration. Evans says this would allow for the better coordination of spectrum and telecom policies in general. "This administration understands that our global marketplace has changed and that telecom and technology operate together, not separately. We need to adjust our thinking and adjust our structure to keep pace with the world, our economy and innovation," he said in a statement.

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