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Tag Archives: digital divide
Roger and Out (Good Buddy)
Dear Minister Guilbeault, Congrats on your new appointment. As you may know, Shaw Direct commenced the shutdown of its wildly successful no fee Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) program starting ~ November 5. By Shaw Direct’s ledger this represented more … Continue reading
Shaw Direct planning to “terminate” its no-fee Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) August 31, 2019
Dear Minister Rodriguez, Congrats on your 2018 appointment as Minister of Canadian Heritage. Writing with regards to CRTC Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2019-107 that includes the licence renewal request by Shaw Direct (Star Choice Television Network). As part of … Continue reading
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Tagged #DTV2011, 700 MHz, Broadcasting Act, Canada, canadian heritage, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Canadian Television, CRTC, digital divide, digital television transition, DTH, Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) program, LTSS, ota, over-the-air, Satellite, shaw direct
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TVO OTA SOS
Dear Minister Joly, Today is the day that TVO, Ontario’s educational public television broadcaster, had originally scheduled to shut down eight of its nine over-the-air (OTA) digital television transmitters. At the time of the announcement in January 2017, TVO’s CEO Lisa … Continue reading
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Tagged #DTV2011, 600 MHz transition, Belleville, Camp Fortune, Canada, Chatham, Cloyne, CRTC, digital divide, Kitchener, Lisa de Wilde, london, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, TVO, TVO Board of Directors, Windsor
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THE END(S) OF ANALOGUE: ACCESS TO CBC/RADIO-CANADA TELEVISION PROGRAMMING IN AN ERA OF DIGITAL DELIVERY
Dear Minister Joly, If of interest, my dissertation is available here: THE END(S) OF ANALOGUE: ACCESS TO CBC/RADIO-CANADA TELEVISION PROGRAMMING IN AN ERA OF DIGITAL DELIVERY. Cheers, Steven James May, PhD
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Tagged analog shut-off, Broadcasting Act, Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, CBC Television, CBC/Radio-Canada, ComCult, Communication & Culture, CRTC, digital divide, digital television transition, Dissertation, public broadcasting, Public Service Media, Radio-Canada, Ryerson University, Steven James May, Télévision de Radio-Canada, The End(s) of Analogue: Access to CBC/Radio-Canada Television Programming in an Era of Digital Delivery, York University
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Godspeed You! TV User
Dear Minister Glover, More Let’s Talk TV regulatory decision M&M’s were doled out today by CRTC Chairman Blais. I’m a TV delivery/carriage guy, as you know, so while the day was more about TV content regs, Chairman Blais’ mention of … Continue reading
Dude, Where’s My CBC TV?: Can CBC Legally Stop OTA TV Broadcasting Outside Mandatory Digital Markets?
Dear Minister Moore, Writing with regards to yesterday’s response by CBC/Radio-Canada (CBC) to your DRAP funding cuts. Part of CBC’s plan is to cease all analogue television broadcasting on July 31, 2012. That means there will be no over-the-air (OTA) … Continue reading
