Battletoads Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Posted February 19, 2011 Except that the CRTC is in a rather odd position in that one of its powers is to set policy. The CRTC’s role was to foster competition in the Canadian marketplace and ensure that Canadian media didn't get overwhelmed by american media. That’s a good goal/mandate, unfortunately the CRTC is with people who have a huge monetary stake in the telecom companies their supposed to regulate, and unsurprisingly Canada has the most expensive (to the consumer) telecom system in the world. Quote "You can lead a Conservative to knowledge, but you can't make him think."
cybercoma Posted February 21, 2011 Report Posted February 21, 2011 The CRTC's role is to foster competition? http://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/foq3v/bellrogersshaw_whowhat_do_they_own_a_very_long/ RambleMan over at reddit Canada put together this list. I'm simply C&Ping it, so that different parts of it can be discussed easier: ----Rogers---- •Rogers Wireless - Rogers, Fido, Chatr •Rogers Cable •Rogers Media (all the below sports, radio, magazines and television) SPORTS •Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club •Rogers Centre (Toronto) •naming rights for Vancouver's Rogers Arena (a 10-year sponsorship deal that runs until July 2020 with the owners of the stadium, Canucks Sports & Entertainment which is owned by Aquilini Investors Group) RADIO •AB - 660News, Country 93.3, Jack FM (Calgary), Lite 96, Mountain FM, Radio Sonic, Rock 1053, Rock 106, Rock 97.7 (Grand Prairie), Rock 97.9 (Fort McMurray), The Fan 960, The River, World FM •BC - Country 107.1, FM 1049, Jack FM (Vancouver), Jack FM (Victoria), Mountain FM, News1130, Star FM, The Ocean •MB - 92 CITI FM, Clear FM •NB - News 88.9, News 91.9 •NS - Lite 92.9, News 95.7 •ON - 1310 News, 570 News, 600 CKAT, 680 News, 98.1 CHFI, CHEZ 106, CHYM FM, EZ Rock (North Bay), EZ Rock (Sault Ste. Marie), EZ Rock (Sudbury), EZ Rock (Timmins), Jack FM, K-Rock 105.7, KISS, KISS 92.5, KIX 93.5, KIX106, Q104, Q92 (Timmins), Q92 (Sudbury), The Fan 590, The Fox, Y-101 MAGAZINES •Canadian Business •Money Sense •Profit •L'actualité •Maclean's •baby & toddler •bout de chou •enfants •poupon •newborn •pregnancy •Today's Parent Toronto •Today's Parent •connected •Connected Business •Chatelaine (two publications - English & French) •Cosmetiques •Cosmetics •Flare •glow •Hello! Canada •Lou Lou (two publications - English & French) •Pure •Advisor's Edge •Advisor's Edge Report •Assurance •Autoplant •Advantages •Benefits Canada •Capital •Canadian Contractor •CCCA •Canadian Directory of Shopping Centres •Canadian Grocer •Canadian Healthcare Manager •Top Broker •Canadian Investment Review •Canadian Manufacturing.com •Canadian Metalworking •Canadian Packaging •CP - Canadian Printer •Card online •Coatings •Conseiller •Design Engineering •Directory of Restaurant and Fast Food Chains in Canada •Directory of Retails Chains in Canada •Drugstore Canada •Emballages •Food in Canada •Frasers.com •Gestion Santé •Hardware •HPAC •L'actualite medicale •le Bulletin des agriculteurs •l'actualite pharmaceutique •Marketing •Marketing QC •MM&D •Meetings •Monthly Report on Retailers •National •On-Site •pharmacy practice •Canadian Plant •Canadian Plant West •Pastics in Canada •Purchasing b2b •Quebec Pharmacie •The Medical Post •NLA TELEVISION •CityTV •OMNI •The Biography Channel •Sportsnet •G4 Tech TV •The Shopping Channel •Rogers TV •OLN •Dome Productions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----Bell/BCE (Bell Canada Enterprises)---- PHONE •Bell Home Phone (local & long distance services) •Bell Mobility •Solo Mobile •Virgin Mobile Canada •Bell Internet •Sympatico •Bell TV •Bell Xpress Vu •VDSL television (VDSL = Very high speed DSL) •NorthwesTel •Bell Aliant (Bell Aliant, NorthernTel, Telebec, KMTS, Cablevision) SATELLITE/IT SERVICES •Telesat Canada •CLEC Bell West •CGI (29% ownership) RETAIL •The Source stores ** Bell currently owns 15% of CTV GlobeMedia and is in the process (currently before the CRTC) of acquiring 100% of CTV GlobeMedia, which includes: TELEVISION •CTV News Channel •BNN •CP24 •A Channel (Atlantic, Barrie, London, Ottawa, Vancouver Island, Windsor) •MuchMusic •MTV Canada •Loud •Much More •Much More Retro •Vibe •PunchMuch •MTV2 Canada •TSN •TSN2 •RDS •NHL Network Canada •ESPN Classic •RIS Info Sports •Fashion Television •Bravo! •Book Television •Discovery Network •Discovery Science •Discovery World HD •ID (Investigation Discovery) •SC •Animal Planet •The Comedy Network •Comedy Gold •E! •Space •Access •CTV (Atlantic x 4, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Montreal, Northern Ontario x 4, Ottawa, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon, Southwestern Ontario, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Yorkton) RADIO •Brockville (JR FM, BOB FM) •Calgary (Kool) •Halifax (The Bounce, C100) •Kingston (The Drive, Fly FM) •Kitchener (KFUN, Kool FM) •Lindsay - BOB FM) •Montreal (The Team) •Ottawa (580 CFRA News Talk Radio, BOB FM, Team 1200, Majic) •Peterborough (Energy, Country 105) •Toronto (CP24 Radio, CHUM FM, FLOW) •Vancouver (TEAM 1410, QM FM Soft Rock Favorites, TEAM 1040, The Beat) •Victoria (CFAX, KOOL FM) •Windsor (Motor City Favorites, The Information Station, 89X, The River) •Winnipeg (Sports Radio 1290, FAB 94.3, BOB FM) CTV INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS •CTV China News Bureau •CTV London News Bureau •CTV Los Angeles Bureau •CTV Middle East Bureau •CTV New Delhi Bureau •CTV Parliamentary News Bureau •CTV Washington News Bureau NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINES •The Globe & Mail •Report on Business •Your Business •Canadian University Report •In Conference •Real Estate Collection PUBLISHING & PRODUCTION HOUSES •Agincourt Productions Inc. •Exploration Distribution Inc. •Exploration Production Inc. •Dome Productions •CTV Music -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----Shaw Communications---- •Shaw Direct (satellite TV) •Shaw Broadcast Services (broadcast distribution) •Shaw Business (fibre optic data network, video, voice, internet) •Shaw Tracking (wireless data tracking - transportation, mobile workforce, etc.) •Shaw Media •Big Pipe Inc. (national fiber backbone for broadband Internet services) SHAW MEDIA •Global Television (BC, Okanagan, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Maritimes) •BBC Canada •BBC Kids •Dejaview •DIY Network Canada •Food Network •Fox Sports World •Global Reality Channel •HGTV •Food Network Canada •History Television •Showcase •IFC •Movietime •Mystery •National Geographic •Action •Showcase Diva •Slice •TV Tropolis •Twist TV Corus is a Shaw FAMILY thing, not a Shaw corporate thing. I know that one is likely the other, but trusting (naively) the Corus website FAQ on the questions: Q. What is Corus Entertainment’s current relationship with Shaw? A. Corus Entertainment was created from the media assets of Shaw Communications Inc. Corus became a separate and distinct, publicly traded corporation in September 1999. There is no formal ownership or control relationship between Corus Entertainment and Shaw Communications. The Shaw family holds the majority of voting shares in both companies. Shaw Cable is one of Corus Entertainment’s largest customers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If Corus is included, then we add: TELEVISION •Channel 12 - Durham •CHEX Peterborough •CKWS •CMT (Canada) •Cosmopolitan TV •DUSK •Encore Avenue •HBO Canada •Movie Central •Nickelodeon (Canada) •OWN •Sundance Channel (Canada) •Teletoon •Teletoon Retro •Telelatino •Treehouse •VIVA •W Movies •W Network •YTV RADIO Alberta •QR77 •Country 105 •Q107 •Joe FM •630 CHED •CISN Country •iNews880 Manitoba •Groove FM •CJOB 68 •Power 97 BC •The Fox •AM730 All Traffic All The Time •CKNW AM 980 •Classic Rock 101 Ontario •The Peak FM •B101 •FM 93 •CJSS-FM •Variety 104.5 •CJOY •Magic 106.1 •AM900 CHML •Vinyl 95.3 •Y108 •FM96 •CKWS-FM •91.5 The Beat •Dave FM •Greatest Hits 103.9 FM •AM980 •FM96 •The New 103.1 Fresh FM •The WOLF •KRUZ FM •102.1 The Edge •Talk Radio AM640 •Q107 PRODUCTION •Nelvana (international producer and distributor of children's animated content). HUGE LIST OF SHOWS Quote
scouterjim Posted February 21, 2011 Report Posted February 21, 2011 This is all about the big suppliers making more money. Profit is all they care about. They don't care who they have to step on or hurt to make those dollars. Quote I have captured the rare duct taped platypus.
Battletoads Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Posted February 23, 2011 (edited) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/technology/22iht-broadband22.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss South Korea provides internet access at hundreds of times the speed of an average Canadians access. Lets do a little joke comparison: The average access speed in South Korea is 100mb/s. If an avaerage Canadian were to have this access speed they would be able to utilize it for about 250 seconds before reaching a 25gb cap. That's at current speeds. If the South Koreas reach their goal of a gigabit network (1000mb/s) by 2012 it would take 25 seconds to reach the cap. With Canada so far behind even poorer nations like South Korea why is it that the Cons have yet to reveal any broadband plan for Canada? Even Australia, Harper's dream of a country, has unveild plans to build a national gigabit network (which would provide speeds about ~500 times faster than the average Canadian connection) Edited February 24, 2011 by Battletoads Quote "You can lead a Conservative to knowledge, but you can't make him think."
Moonbox Posted February 24, 2011 Report Posted February 24, 2011 South Korea is not a poor country. It's also a much smaller country and thus the infrastructure is a lot cheaper to put together. With that said, it's not 100x more expensive to put together here, particularly if you live in southern ontario. We're getting totally fleeced here in Canada. Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he is for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
William Ashley Posted February 24, 2011 Report Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) Here comes the Harper gang to save Canadians by overuling the CRTC again. It makes far more sense just to close the CRTC and have any media concerns sent to the PMO to save people the time and energy of a middle man. One must control the media and those who control the media to control the media - I bet Mr. Goebbles would have a job in the PMO today if he were available. Why is it these "independent" organizations like CSE, CSIS, RCMP and the CRTC exist as "arms length organizations anyway". Hmmm? I wonder. Crisis averted and a few other things the PMO didn't agree with the CRTC and the Courts on have been thrown into the muddy picture. Nothing like a dictator to overrule the law and do what he wants his people regardles of what the closest thing to democracy canada has in a the first past the post "minority populus in a riding within a minority" parliament. Its wonderful how the powers of office can be defined as "ongoing ocnvention" thereby making the powers of PM unlimited because no law defines the post -- one might think the person would be "subject" the the law, not above the law. Well if people wonder why I spit on the government this is a fine example of it. But in this case - I'm sure you all think it is good because it lowers your bills. I know how you think ---- give a little get a little eh. Burn because between you two you are ........ my ideals over. Boo hoo. Good for you two bad for me. I don't want the PMO overriding the CRTC I don't want partisan people doing this for political motives. The laws are there for a reason - the framework here is what is best for Canadians - in terms of the services --- is someone at the CRTC doing their job wrong -- can Harper point out who did it wrong to require them to be overruled.. or is this just another NOT.. why pay people to be overuled by illegal and generally unethical practice? This is utter BS. If you have "good reasons" you shouldn't have to just say NO. you should be able to say why not. What is wrong or innaccurate or a falsely formed premise. I can't wait till I'm dead and have my oppourtunity for me to have you all burn if given the chance for your otherwise evil and corrupt minds. Burn. The whole some people don't like it but we don't have any real reasons for doing this - bs. Change the rules or do it legal. Oh hold on would parliament maybe not agree? Or would that be too undemocratic for the Conservative Party to come to terms with. In their 1 for 4 passage in the house over the last 4 years of bills. Or does passing bills require partliament to be "open" maybe that is the problem - whenever an illegal or ciminal occurance starts coming to light you need to shut everyone up... how can you rule with making law if you shut down the legal process and have to buy people off to get anything.... oh sure we have "common ground" for the good of the people there. ... whyever for would parliament not agree to let the PMO directly run all the various agencies that are suppose to be independent --- and with a minority of perhaps 15% of the voting population or a mear 6% of Canadians supporting the party? Harpers Canadian democracy shows itself again. Go Harper democracy never again will a population be so stupid as to think legitimacy for a tyrants rule. Edited February 24, 2011 by William Ashley Quote I was here.
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