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Leafs withhold vote for Rogers/NHL deal: Star

The Toronto Maple Leafs franchise was the one National Hockey League club not to vote in favour of the 12-year, $5.2-billion broadcast and digital-rights agreement between the league and Rogers Communications Inc., the Toronto Star reported.

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YouTube ads bring in $5.6 billion US: eMarketer

Google Inc.’s YouTube will bring in about $5.6 billion US in advertising revenue this year, according to an analysis from research firm eMarketer Inc.

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Telus says new entrant moratorium affected AWS bidding strategy

Telus Corp. would have bid more aggressively on wireless airwaves in a 2008 Industry Canada spectrum auction had it known its ability to acquire smaller mobile providers would be restricted beyond a five-year moratorium, the head of the company’s 2008 auction strategy team said in court documents filed this week.

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CRTC revokes international telecom licences of 31 firms

The CRTC said Wednesday in a notice that it has revoked the international telecommunications licences of 31 companies.

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My Broadcasting acquires CJMB-Peterborough

The CRTC has approved an application by My Broadcasting Corp. to acquire the Peterborough, Ont., English-language specialty radio station CJMB-FM from 4352416 Canada Inc.

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TV recommendation apps creating data-mining, retention opportunities

It’s a familiar refrain — a viewer flipping through hundreds of channels, complaining there’s nothing to watch.

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NFB Chair Tom Perlmutter to step down

The National Film Board of Canada said Tuesday that Tom Perlmutter is stepping down as its chair and as the government’s film commissioner as of Dec. 31.

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U.S. Senate committee mulls 600 MHz auction issues

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must do more to entice broadcasters to take part in an “incentive auction” of their broadcast airwaves if it wants to reallocate that spectrum for mobile use, the head of a U.S. broadcast coalition told American senators Tuesday.

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CRTC approves FM station in Barriere, B.C.

The CRTC has approved an application for a licence to operate a low-power, English-language commercial FM radio station in Barriere, B.C., the commission said Tuesday.

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Philips new president, COO at BBM Analytics

David Philips is the new president and chief operating officer at BBM Analytics Inc., the company said in a release Monday.

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