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Channel Zero eyes U.K. local broadcasting licences

Canadian independent broadcaster Channel Zero Inc. has applied for licences to operate a chain of over-the-air television stations in England and Scotland as U.K. lawmakers attempt to kick-start a local-TV industry.

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Bell-Astral would have ‘monstrous’ share of French specialty revenues: Quebecor

BCE Inc.’s proposed $3.38 billion acquisition of Astral Media Inc. would give the company a “monstrous” share of subscriber revenues for French-language specialty channels and could deplete Quebec’s conventional TV networks of vital advertising revenues, Quebecor Media Inc.’s Pierre Karl Péladeau and Robert Dépatie said Tuesday.

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ACTRA members ratify TV, radio deal with CBC

Members of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) have voted to ratify a series of television and radio agreements with CBC/Radio-Canada, ACTRA said Tuesday.

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Rogers reaches deal to power Sony’s mobile gaming connections

Rogers Communications Inc. has reached a deal with Sony Corp.’s Canadian video game division to become the exclusive carrier of wireless services for the portable PlayStation Vita gaming system in Canada, Rogers said Tuesday.

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Hastings joins Bell Media’s drama production team

BCE Inc. has appointed Tom Hastings to an executive position overseeing the production of independent dramas at its Bell Media subsidiary, the company said Tuesday.

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Rock 95 Broadcasting wins Toronto FM slot

The CRTC has awarded a coveted Toronto FM radio slot to independent broadcaster Rock 95 Broadcasting Ltd. to offer an “indie-rock” music station that will target the city’s young adults, the commission said Tuesday.

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Astral’s Parisien to head Bell media properties

Jacques Parisien, Astral Media Inc.’s executive vice-president, chief operating officer and the president of Astral Radio, will oversee BCE Inc.’s media properties in both official languages if regulators approve Bell’s bid to buy Astral, Kevin Crull, president of Bell Media, said Monday.

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Astral purchase will bolster Canadian programming and infrastructure, Bell says

BCE Inc.’s intended $3.38-billion acquisition of Astral Media Inc. will protect Canadian content producers from increasingly competitive online, foreign services that are not bound by Canadian content requirements, George Cope, Bell’s president and CEO, said during the first day of a CRTC hearing into the deal Monday.

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SaskTel and Huawei to trial fixed broadband on LTE

SaskTel is teaming up with Huawei Technologies Co. to trial a fourth-generation LTE fixed wireless network in Saskatchewan, the companies said Monday.

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Copyright submission provides fresh ‘distant viewing’ data

BBM data submitted to the Copyright Board earlier this summer provides the first comprehensive update of Canadian “distant viewing” statistics since 1994, Peter Grant, a broadcasting expert and partner with McCarthy Tétrault, said in a Copyright Board submission.

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