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Job cuts reason enough for access to online platform contributions: CBC tells CRTC
Internet and Governance | 12/06/2023 9:18 am EST
Gatineau, Que. - CBC/Radio-Canada's decision to slash 600 jobs and leave 200 vacancies unfilled has ignited a heated discussion about the broadcaster's plea for access to base...
Barbara Williams joins CBC
Media | 02/06/2019 4:46 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s former chief operating officer, Barbara Williams, will be CBC/Radio-Canada’s new executive vice-president of CBC.
Williams, who retired from Corus last year, will start the Toronto-based job on May 1, CBC said in a press release Wednesday.
Michel Bissonnette, who has been in the role on an interim basis since Heather Conway left the public broadcaster in December, will continue as interim VP until May, CBC president Catherine Tait said in an internal message to staff Wednesday.
“A visionary leader, Barbara brings with her a wealth of experience with respect to developing future revenue streams and overall content strategies that have consistently resulted in audience growth,”...
Corus to sell cookie data to advertisers
Media | 03/06/2017 10:11 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. is now selling to advertisers users’ cookie data to better target audience members, the company announced Monday. In a press release, Corus said it’s the “first major Canadian...
Mandatory carriage for OMNI only option, Rogers tells CRTC panel
Media | 11/28/2016 10:54 pm EST
GATINEAU, Que. — Rogers Communications Inc. said it understands the irony of asking for mandatory carriage for its proposed new regional OMNI service, but that it’s the only way...
Corus closes Shaw Media deal, announces new exec slate
Media | 04/01/2016 5:14 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. has closed its $2.65-billion acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc.’s media division and appointed a team of executive vice-presidents for the combined company....
TV advertising needs better metrics, execs say
Media | 02/04/2016 10:21 pm EST
While advertising will remain a key part of the TV ecosystem, the television industry will have to provide better audience data in order to keep up with digital competition, said Barbara Williams, president of Shaw Communications...
Shaw promotes Barbara Williams
Media | 09/16/2014 2:40 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. on Tuesday announced it is promoting Barbara Williams and giving her two new titles. The company said in a press release that Williams is now president of Shaw Media and executive vice-president of broadcasting. She was previously Shaw Media's senior vice-president of content. Williams, whom Shaw said has 25 years of experience in the media industry, was the company's spokesperson in the recent announcement of its online-streaming venture with Rogers Communications Inc. called Shomi, and spoke on behalf of Shaw during the ongoing CRTC hearings into the future of television. Shaw credited Williams as being instrumental in bringing the Shomi project to fruition, and also in the creation of TV-everywhere applications like GlobalGo and HistoryGo. "Coupled with her extensive list of accomplishments and...
Rogers VP predicts end of TV broadcasting, as we know it
Media | 09/11/2014 11:09 pm EDT
GATINEAU, Que. — You can’t assume that young people who have never had subscription-TV service will eventually get it, Ken Engelhart, Rogers Communications Inc.’s vice-president of...
Rogers-Shaw OTT product’s effect on cord-cutting up for debate
Media | 08/26/2014 1:32 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. officials say they’re confident the launch of their Shomi over-the-top video service will not eat into their cable business, though industry experts are less convinced. The companies on Tuesday announced they would launch a streaming service containing TV shows...