Looks like there’s a staff shake up at CBC. I wonder whether there will not be as many “synergies” between the movies and the productions done by the director of the Telefilm CBC program. Something beside stuff that Fuchs actually works on like Heartland 2: Take it my Heart, and Little Mosque on the Prarie the musical: Imama Mia (I want credits for that name!).
It’s not going to be like BBC 4′s initiative in 2000 that created films like Trainspotting, I can tell you that much. Audience driven movies on the CBC mean family programming or basically what is already popular. It’s a recipe for success, but it continues to polarize audiences. Either you like the programming that’s there, or you don’ watch it. The film initiative can create great opportunities for Canadian filmmakers, but instead it’s just CBC recycling its television shows. I doubt anything will go theatrical. But hey, look at the success of the SNL movies (I mean popularity).
CBC TELEVISION | Fred Fuchs to leave CBC for “Camelot”.
This is an interesting take on the piracy of the Humble Bundle. A pack of indie games where buyers pay what they can. The investigation into why people would pirate something that is basically free happens.
1) Laziness: you don’t want to sign up for an account to access the games
2) Inaccesible: the payment methods are not available in your country
3) Payment method: Kids don’t have credit cards, so they can’t pay for them immediately.
In the on-demand world, if you can’t get it right away you seek it elsewhere. I think this pretty much sums up the market failure facing the entertainment industry: lack of responsiveness to a tide of excess demand.
You’d think that a market that is based on consumption would be happy that everyone wants its products. Unfortunately, when you create a consumer society and combine it with discount culture, you get an Akira-esque consuming machine.
Or if you’re not familiar with Akira:
Walter Lipman where are you?
Piracy: When Even a Penny Is Too Much | TorrentFreak.
It’s about time!
With the CMF looking to track audience success in the VOD and online market in order to calculate the audiences, this will be helpful information. Hopefully, we’ll see that VOD is actually a preferred window for people who work during television hours.
I wonder if the elusive 18-34 market are elusive because they don’t watch TV at night because they are working, in class, or going out and doing other things. On-demand culture is fueled by the move away from 9-5 as well. The television market didn’t take labour demographics and scheduling into account when planning unfortunately.
When I used to be a line cook, I didn’t watch TV. When I was a student I didn’t watch TV. This was because, I worked when everything was on. VOD and internet streaming are a choice of a generation because a large portion of us don’t work 9-5. I wonder how much has been lost because of the imposition of 9-5 scheduling on a 24-7 world.
A tip to the programmers and schedulers at the broadcasters: just because you work 9-5, doesn’t mean your market does!
Broadcaster – Canada’s Communications Magazine – CTV To Use New VOD Data Tracking Service.
As someone who works for a creative community organization, I would like to see this happen. There are indications that Shaw does not want any benefits to flow from the transaction. The state of television requires this shot in the arm, and for it to be planned sustainably. If the $200M do not flow into the communities and to Canadian content creators and programs, what is the good of the takeover besides aiding corporate expansion.
However, a public auction may reduce the value of the transaction in total and smaller less useful benefits would be the result.
The benefits system should not be a replacement for stable and longterm funding for Canadian programming. The possible benefits do not outweigh the ills of concentration of ownership.
Media giants meet privately in bid to kill $2B buyout of Canwest TV assets.
Categories: crtc, general, radio, Telecommunications, television
Tags: aspers, canwest, coalition of broadcasters, purchase, Quebecor, rogers, shaw, television
Unfortunately, the article fails to mention who is carrying out this government contract. It’s likely an incumbent. Why don’t we just try to use the CANARIE system for public use rather than just public research use?
Ottawa announces funding for broadband in rural areas.
Great another player that will overheat my poor poor laptop.
Kudos on making the content better than regular TV quality. I wonder what this does for people with SD tvs. We know that the ad revs on online views are less, so why move HD online? I suppose it’s to compete with the other streams carrying the content. All of this reaggregates viewers back to the Global site, where they see many ads which are not worth the expense on HD.
Exclusivity on the internet for streaming is not the way to bring up ad dollars though. CBS offers their streams across the US so that they can get multiple eyes on multiple windows. I suppose Global cannot do this because they pay ridiculous prices for the online rights to hollywood fare. Doomed from the start. When streams start to cost more than the ads that support them it’s time you rethink your business model.
Jimmy Shaw, what will you do with this?
Broadcaster – Canada’s Communications Magazine – Global Launches HD Video Player on Web Site.
A couple of things to consider:
1) do we actually have the network infrastructure to support mobile television in the way that Shaw wants?
2) will Shaw have access to that kind of mobile bandwidth?
3) will Shaw get the licensing deals with iPad and iPhone like Rogers?
It’s the end of the divide and conquer days of Shaw and Rogers. In the case of content, Rogers already has a deal with Canwest for RODO, but will that deal be nullified if Rogers plans to have a mobile version? Are we going to see domestic content walls erected by Jimmy Shaw?
Shaw deal for CanWest TV assets a content gamble – The Globe and Mail.
It finally happens. The benefits will flow; let’s hope they go to the right hands. Or will Shaw create the CMF that he wanted?
Shaw puts big bet on TV-wireless connection – The Globe and Mail.
Canada’s communications industry will need the government to lower fees and drop taxes if it is to be competitive and bring in new investment, the head of telecommunications giant Rogers Communications Inc. said Thursday.
Lower fees and taxes, urges Rogers CEO – thestar.com.
