David Purdy to leave Rogers

Media | 11/30/2015 6:42 pm EST

OTTAWA — David Purdy, senior vice-president of content at Rogers Communications Inc., said Monday that he will leave the company and that an official announcement will be issued later this week. Purdy told the Copyright Board of Canada, during a hearing to set the royalty rates that TV service providers pay for distant-TV signals, that he has accepted a new job with a "next-generation" media company that's based in New York and has some operations in Canada. The Wire Report has learned from a person with knowledge of the matter that Purdy will be working for Vice Media LLC. In response to a question about whether this would affect his ability to provide evidence in the hearing, he jokingly replied that "it might take the pressure off a bit." Purdy noted that he has been with Rogers since 2000. His LinkedIn...

CRTC to review local, community-TV regulations

Media | 09/14/2015 8:29 pm EDT

The CRTC is asking whether maintaining a physical presence in an area is necessary to produce local programming and whether community-access TV is still relevant as part a proceeding on local and community television it announced Monday. The regulator said it will review its policies on local and community-TV programming, and hold a public hearing on the matter early in the new year. It will look at “the availability of local programming throughout the broadcasting system, including the manner in which both the private and the community elements may contribute to its production.”...