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Copyright Board dismisses consolidation motion after flurry of opposition

A controversial proposal to consolidate three different Copyright Board of Canada processes dealing with digital music was denied by the board on May 11.

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MUSE project tests corporate acceptance of community-rooted initiatives

The Mobile MUSE project is well underway testing various wireless technologies for possible use during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, including its most recently announced initiative, the Digital Dragon Boat Race. The project looks forward to the mid-term when visitors to the city will almost all be carrying mobile digital devices capable of handling and sharing rich media files, and the potential opportunities to bring Vancouver’s communities together with private sector sponsors to create entertaining and educational applications. The boat race web site was launched April 29 at http://www.ddbr.ca.

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Small market fund should be revised in wake of revenue report: Bell Fund

Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund executives hope higher-than-expected contributions to the Small Market Local Programming Fund will create an opportunity to reverse devastating cuts to new media funding in Canada. The Bell Fund and three other bodies that saw their budgets slashed when the CRTC created the small market fund have recently learned that the new fund had $5.98 million in revenues pumped into it from July 16, 2003 to August 31, 2004 – well over what the CRTC envisioned would be needed to accomplish its goals, says Bell Fund executive director Andra Sheffer. As a result, the Bell Fund and the three other funds affected by the diversion of some of their revenues have written to the commission to ask it to re-visit its formula for funding small market local TV programming.

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MTV terminates agreement with Craig, CHUM to rebrand MTV Canada and MTV2
Viacom International’s MTV Networks International has terminated the agreement it had with Craig Media for the Category 1 MTV Canada channel and the Category 2 music video channel MTV2, so new owner CHUM Ltd. says it will rebrand them effective June 30. The channels’ new names and program titles will be revealed shortly. CHUM acquired the two channels when it purchased Craig Media on December 1, 2004. Under the terms of the agreement between Craig and MTV Networks, the deal could be terminated upon a change in control of the channels. CHUM will be required to pay MTV Networks the licence fees remaining under the terms of the agreement, which amount to about $10 million. MTV Networks no longer has the option to acquire an equity interest in the two channels.

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

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Ottawa-based SIPquest has made two additions to its senior management team, appointing Brian Coulter as VP of worldwide sales and Mike Kelly as CFO. Coulter will be responsible for building strategic sales partnerships, while Kelly will handle the company’s strategic financial direction. Prior to joining SIPquest, Coulter was VP of the service provider business unit at Polycom where he was in charge of the go-to-market strategy for worldwide service providers. He has also held senior positions at BayPackets Inc., Northpoint Communications and Ascend Communications. Kelly has more than 20 years of financial and strategic business planning and operational management experience having held senior positions at a number of firms, including Spacebridge Semiconductor Corp., Newbridge Networks, SHL Systemhouse, Mitel Corp, and others.

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Call-Net to buy local, IXC assets in NB, NS
As part of its acquisition of the 360networks Corp. customer base in Eastern Canada from Bell Canada, Call-Net Enterprises Inc. has announced it will purchase various local and IXC assets in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (NL, Nov. 25/04). The deal foresees Call-Net buying virtually all of the former Group Telecom (GT) assets in those provinces including long-haul and access fibre, as well as switching and networking equipment. Call-Net will take ownership of the assets sometime in the third quarter of 2005, at a price of $12.6 million to be paid on closing. Call-Net’s services and maintenance contract with Bell will be amended to reflect the change in ownership.

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Indie VoIP players to have difficulty gaining market share: Decima study

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ILECs allowed to draw down from deferral account for TTY upgrade

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Commission allows incumbents to offer promotions, but imposes strict limits

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