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Yahoo Canada’s Munro joins Transgaming board

Transgaming Inc., a Toronto firm that develops tools for porting PC games to other platforms, has named Yahoo Canada Co. GM Kerry Munro to its board of directors. Munro will take the seat vacated by Jim Laird, VP of investments at Covington Capital, which was previously an investor in Transgaming. Laird had served on the board for five years.

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Bell Fund boosts financing for new media, HD-friendly productions

Normally when someone's celebrating an anniversary, you buy them presents. But the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund is doling out the goodies to Canadian producers by making television programs shot in HD eligible for double the normal amount of TV grant money, and raising the cap on funding for new media projects by 100%.

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TV and radio consumption down, but revenues stand firm

One hour: that's the average drop in the time Canadians spent enjoying television and broadcast radio combined in 2006 compared to 2005, according to the eighth edition of the CRTC's Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report.

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Xenophile wins Primetime Emmy nod

Toronto's Xenophile Media continues to go from strength to strength with its interactive TV tie-ins. The firm's latest work with The Walt Disney Co.'s ABC Family channel has earned it a nomination for yet another award – this time, in primetime.

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Savvy telemarketers change tactics to survive

Communications industry workers, take heart: Canada's slow-moving telemarketing do-not-call list (DNCL) probably won't destroy the telemarketing industry, which employs many telecom-technology professionals. But it will force telemarketers to change the way they operate.

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Pelmorex’s forecast gloomier after latest CRTC ruling

For the second time this year, the CRTC ruled against Pelmorex Communications Inc. last week, denying mandatory digital basic distribution of its The Weather Network and MétéoMédia channels.

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Timing of telecom complaints commission and forbearance questioned

It was a surprise to see forbearance approvals only two days after the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) began operating, according to one of the signatories on a proposal outlining the consumer protection agency's duties and processes.

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