Globe and Mail piece suggests CRTC is becoming irrelevant as U.S. survey shows viewers seeking downloads and streaming emtertainment. That's hurting revenues of conventional TV forms, it says.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Punjabi Raptors broadcasts coming next month
After the success of Punjabi Hockey Night in Canada, announcers Parminder Singh and Harnarayan Singh will now call Raptors games in the language of north India Toronto Star
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Peter MacKay to marry CTV news executive
Bride to be is 35-year-old Jana Juginovic. Nice National Post story and picture by Scott Maniquet which notes that McKay and Juginovic kept their relationship secret. File material shows them together in February, however, which in Ottawa, would normally attract enough questions to out them quickly.
Media aren't the best friends of human rights
Max Yalden, former Languages Commissioner and former chief of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, concludes that what the media frequently dispense as being in the public interest is really just stuff that interests the public, that sells newspapers. He tells Haroon Siddiqui that he too would have dismissed hate-speech allegations against Maclean's. Senate, White House agree on reporter protections
The White House, key senators and media representatives have reached a compromise on legislation to protect reporters from being forced to disclose their confidential sources in federal court. Senate supporters of the so-called media shield bill said Friday that the deal gives the government authority to override those rights in certain national security cases. AP
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