Archived News and Articles - July 2005
Archive Date - July 31, 2005
CSR/LONDON DRUGS TO MARKET SATELLITE RADIOS
CNW
Canadian Satellite Radio, which will be utilizing XM Satellite Radio technology to distribute satellite radio programming in Canada, announced today it has signed a letter of intent for an agreement to market CSR's satellite radio service and sell satellite radio hardware through 63 London Drugs stores across Western Canada.
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Archive Date - July 31, 2005
CRIA SUPPORTS SUPREME COURT ON COPYING
Broadcaster Magazine
The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) is welcoming the Supreme Court of Canada's decision on private copying as a positive step in clarifying unauthorized file sharing as an illegal activity.
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Archive Date - July 31, 2005
STATSCAN REPORTS ON RADIO FOR 2004
Broadcaster Magazine
After a stellar performance in 2003, the air time sales of radio broadcasters increased at less than half the pace in 2004.
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Archive Date - July 30, 2005
REVOLUTION ON THE RADIO
Glenn Fleishman – New York Times
Plug a set of headphones into a radio tuned to an FM jazz station. Hear the hiss at the bottom of the range and the fuzz at the top. Remember why you like compact discs.
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Archive Date - July 30, 2005
XM, NAPSTER TEAM FOR NEW DIGITAL STORE
Antony Bruno – Billboard
XM Satellite Radio and Napster have unveiled a version of Napster's digital music store and subscription service customized for XM subscribers. The design will give XM subscribers the ability to manage both their XM music and digital music files via a single interface.
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Archive Date - July 30, 2005
NEWCAP FOCUSED ON ACQUISITIONS
CARTT
In announcing his company’s second quarter results Wednesday, Newfoundland Capital Corporation president and CEO Rob Steele said the company will continue to set its sights on more acquisitions going forward.
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Archive Date - July 28, 2005
SETTLEMENT REDEFINES LABEL-RADIO RELATIONSHIP
Tony Sanders – Billboard
New York state attorney general Eliot Spitzer's $10 million settlement with Sony BMG does more than affirm the illegality of the “traditional device of delivering bribes to radio programmers.” It also redefines what constitutes permissible “promotional support,” “prizes and ‘giveaways’ ” that the label group can provide to radio in the state of New York.
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Archive Date - July 28, 2005
SPITZER EVIDENCE TO BE HANDED OVER TO FCC
Paul Heine and Bill Holland – Billboard
In announcing a settlement (July 25) with Sony BMG regarding payola issues, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer made a clear plea to the Federal Communications Commission to step up regulatory efforts.
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Archive Date - July 28, 2005
RADIO'S BOOTY CALL: TRIPS, LAPTOPS, PLASMA TV'S
Chuck Taylor – Billboard
In black and white, New York state Attorney General office documents reveal numerous radio stations and programmers that are alleged to have accepted gifts, including electronics, vacations, airfare, hotel stays, sporting events tickets, concert tickets and laptops.
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Archive Date - July 28, 2005
RADIO PAYOFFS DESCRIBED AS SONY SETTLES
Jeff Leeds and Louise Story – New York Times
To disguise a payoff to a radio programmer at KHTS in San Diego, Epic Records called a flat-screen television a "contest giveaway." Epic, part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, used the same gambit in delivering a laptop computer to the program director of WRHT in Greenville, N.C. - who also received PlayStation 2 games and an out-of-town trip with his girlfriend.
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Archive Date - July 27, 2005
BROADCASTING PUBLIC NOTICE CRTC 2005-70
CRTC Release
Call for applications for broadcasting licences to carry on radio programming undertakings to serve Fort McMurray, Alberta
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Archive Date - July 27, 2005
CSR STUDIO TO BE IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO
Broadcaster Magazine
Canadian Satellite Radio announced plans today to open a broadcast and performance studio at Avenue Road and Davenport Road in downtown Toronto.
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Archive Date - July 27, 2005
NEWCAP APPLIES FOR NEW COUNTRY STATION
CARTT
While the CRTC hears applications for new pay TV licenses in Canada in October, it will also consider an application from Newcap for a new station in Lac La Biche, Alberta.
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Archive Date - July 27, 2005
NEXT VERSION OF WINDOWS NAMED 'VISTA'
Associated Press
Microsoft Corp. dropped the code name Longhorn on Friday, announcing the next version of its flagship Windows operating system will be called Windows Vista.
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Archive Date - July 26, 2005
COUNTRY LEADS IN HD RADIO
WUSN Release
The Spring of 2005 will be forever written in the history books of Country Music radio.
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Archive Date - July 26, 2005
PPM'S PROMISE BUSINESS BOOST
But Few in the Industry Actually Know What They Are
Abbey Klaassen – AdAge
The full deployment of a portable people meter system by the radio industry could add $696 million more in revenue than is now generated with the current audience measurement method, according to a new study just released by the Radio Advertising Bureau.
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Archive Date - July 25, 2005
FULL COVERAGE: CONCLAVE XXX
Billboard
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Archive Date - July 25, 2005
RATINGS TRANSFORMATION
Joe Mandese – MediaDailyNews
While the immense political debate surrounding television audience research has taken center stage, the audience research industry for a variety of major traditional media - including radio, outdoor and even television - is reaching an inflection point that will culminate around the end of the year as major players realign and position themselves for version 2.0 of audience measurement. Consider radio, for example. Within the next six months, Arbitron the current sole provider of U.S. radio ratings, will resolve key developments concerning its future, including how and when it might deploy its so-called portable people meter system, and whether it will face and new, significant competition. The outdoor media industry, meanwhile, has begun researching a new method for "visually adjusting" how consumers are exposed to outdoor ads, and has, or is about to issue a request for proposal for its first ever audience ratings service.
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Archive Date - July 25, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-338
Ethnic AM radio station in Vancouver
In this decision, the Commission approves the application by I.T. Productions Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate a new ethnic AM radio station at Vancouver at 1200 kHz. The applicant proposed a service that will be directed predominantly to Vancouver’s South Asian communities.
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Archive Date - July 25, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-339
Ethnic FM radio station in Vancouver
In this decision, the Commission approves the application by South Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate a new commercial specialty FM (ethnic) radio station at Vancouver at 93.1 MHz. The applicant proposed a service that will be directed predominantly to Vancouver’s South Asian communities.
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Archive Date - July 25, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-340
Denial of various applications proposing new Vancouver radio services
At a public hearing commencing 28 February 2005 in Vancouver, the Commission heard proposals by eight applicants, each seeking a broadcasting licence to operate a new radio programming undertaking at Vancouver. In this decision, the Commission denies six of those applications. In other decisions issued today, the Commission approves the two remaining applications.
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Archive Date - July 25, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-341
English-language FM radio station in Kamloops
In this decision, the Commission approves the application by NL Broadcasting Ltd. (NL) for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language commercial FM radio programming undertaking at Kamloops at 103.1 MHz. NL proposed a country music format, targeting listeners between the ages of 25 and 54. The Commission denies the applications by Standard Radio Inc. and Evanov Radio Group Inc. for broadcasting licences to operate English-language commercial FM radio programming undertakings at Kamloops.
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Archive Date - July 25, 2005
PPM COULD BOOST AD SPENDING
Michael Deibert – RadioDailyNews
While some radio broadcasters have been wary about the potential impact of portable people meters (PPM), Arbitron's new means of monitoring radio listenership, could lift radio revenue far beyond its current level and provide the industry with more reliable data than is now available, a study presented by the Radio Advertising Bureau concluded.
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Archive Date - July 25, 2005
MEET RADIO'S HOTTEST NONENTITIES
Ben Sisario – New York Times
Howard Cogan is "Jack," the voice of a new radio format that has sprouted all over the country in the last year with an iPod-like shuffle of songs, the occasional snarky voice-over and not much else.
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Archive Date - July 21, 2005
CHUM'S BEST YEAR
CARTT
2005 “is developing into CHUM’s best year ever,” company CEO Jay Switzer said this afternoon in presenting the third quarter financial results.
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Archive Date - July 21, 2005
CLEAR CHANNEL ENTERS ONLINE RADIO
Bob Tedeschi – New York Times
After giving its Internet competitors a huge head start, Clear Channel is ready to play catch-up.
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Archive Date - July 18, 2005
SATELLITE JUST ANOTHER COMPETITOR
Greg O’Brien – CARTT
While many of their radio brethren have either hopped on board one of the Canadian satellite radio license-holders or appealed to the government to rescind the licenses, Corus Radio and Rogers Radio have stayed on the sidelines.
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Archive Date - July 18, 2005
RECENT RADIO GROWTH DEEP, SUSTAINABLE
Greg O’Brien – CARTT
With huge top and bottom line growth in radio, Corus Entertainment today went to some lengths to show that it isn’t just happenstance or an anomaly, but a broad-based resurgence.
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Archive Date - July 18, 2005
CORUS EARNINGS REPORTED
Broadcaster Magazine
Corus Entertainment announced continued advertising growth, including a 12% increase in radio advertising revenue and a 16% increase in specialty television advertising revenue, in its third quarter results.
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Archive Date - July 18, 2005
BYRNESMEDIA CLIENT PROTESTS BY-LAW
Mix 97 Release
On Wednesday, July 13th, the Mix Morning Crew (Sean Kelly, Ingrid Moore and Todd Smith) in protest of a Quinte area family being fined by the local by-law office for not having a five foot fence up around their kids Mr. Turtle wading pool, and for not having a $50.00 pool permit, decided to have a pool party of their own on the patio at the Mix 97 studios.
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Archive Date - July 18, 2005
CONTENT & SUBCONSCIOUS TUNEOUT
Tommy Kramer – All Access
One of the most difficult things to get across to music radio talents is why every show needs content, and how to fit it into the show. Air Talents (being human) usually tend to move along lines of least resistance. And that makes it really easy to do as little as possible… play the music, and fall back on just sounding pleasant and using the music info and station liners as crutches to carry them through the day.
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Archive Date - July 18, 2005
MUSICRYPT'S DIEMER TALKS DMDS
CARTT
In less than two years, Musicrypt’s DMDS has become the de facto standard in the radio business when it comes to music distribution.
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Archive Date - July 15, 2005
NHL SPONSORS SKATE ON THIN ICE
Wayne Friedman – Media Daily News
The National Hockey League may have ended its yearlong lockout with its players, but many problems remain. One of them includes making good some of its league sponsors. Sports analysts expect major league sponsors such as McDonalds Corp., Anheuser-Busch, DaimlerChrysler, MasterCard International, Southwest Airlines, and Nextel to perhaps renegotiate their deals, lowering some yearly license fees by 25 percent or even 50 percent for next season. At the top end, NHL sponsors pay anywhere from $8 million to $20 million per year as league sponsors. "Sponsors have taken some financial hits," says one media agency executive who buys sports programming. "They could get rebates of anywhere up to a half of their sponsorship fees."
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Archive Date - July 15, 2005
CHUM AND ASTRAL APPEAL SATELLITE DECISION
CNW
CHUM Limited and Astral Media Inc joined by Radio 1540 Limited (CHIN Radio Television International), CJRT-FM Inc. (Jazz.FM91), Fairchild Radio Group Ltd., O.K. Radio Group Ltd., Newcap Inc., Larche Communications Inc., Aboriginal Voices Radio Inc., Rock 95 Broadcasting Ltd., Evanov Radio Group Inc. and Radio-Nord Communications Inc. announced today the filing of a Notice to Appeal to the Governor in Council to set aside Decision CRTC 2005-246 and Decision CRTC 2005-247 (the "Decisions") in which the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the CRTC) granted licences to operate satellite subscription radio undertakings to Canadian Satellite Radio Inc. and SIRIUS Canada Inc.
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Archive Date - July 15, 2005
SATELLITE APPEAL SMACKS OF MUCHMONOPOLY
CNW
Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) issued the following statement today in response to CHUM/Astral Media's filing of an Appeal to Cabinet in regards to the subscription radio decision:
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Archive Date - July 15, 2005
CSR SUPPORTS MULTIETHNIC BROADCASTERS
CHUM misguided in Appeal
CNW
Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) responded today to comments from CHUM/Astral Media regarding multiethnic programming. Multiethnic programming has always been the cornerstone of CSR's philosophy and it represents 20 per cent of CSR's channel offering in its original application. Prominent multiethnic broadcasters commented today on the subscription radio decision:
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Archive Date - July 15, 2005
CHUM RESPONDS TO CSR
CNW
CHUM Limited issued the following in response to the statement released by Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) on the Notice of Appeal to the Governor in Council filed today by CHUM Limited, Astral Media Inc., CHUM Radio, CJRT-FM, Fairchild Radio Group Ltd., O.K. Radio Group Ltd., Newcap Inc., Larche Communications inc., Aboriginal Voices Inc., Rock 95 Broadcasting Ltd., Evanov Radio Group Inc. and Radio-Nord Communications Inc. in regards to the recent CRTC Subscription Radio Decisions.
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Archive Date - July 13, 2005
MUSICRYPT LAUNCHES DMDS VERSION 3.0
Musicrypt Release
Musicrypt Inc., the industry's leading digital music distribution company today announced the launch of DMDS V3.0, which adds new software integration capabilities and heightened security measures to its Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS
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Archive Date - July 13, 2005
RIVALS, AND FRIENDS?
Satellite radio's Sirius and XM indicate they want to end harmful competition, but that may not be possible until one cedes the game
Charles Duhigg – Los Angeles Times
To hear the executives at Sirius and XM talk, peace has broken out in the world of satellite radio.
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Archive Date - July 13, 2005
RADIO LISTENING HOLDS STEADY IN CANADA
Laurel Hyatt – CARTT
Total hours tuned to radio held steady in the fall of 2004 compared with the same period a year ago, Statistics Canada reports. Canadians spent an average of 19.5 hours a week listening to the radio, the same number as in 2003, but 1.5 hours less than in 1995.
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Archive Date - July 13, 2005
INDIE POOL SWINGS BACK AT CIRPA
CARTT
"This appears to be an act of desperation by an association scared of progress," said Gregg Terrence, president of Indie Pool, about the recent jabs the Canadian Independent Record Producers Association has taken at his company.
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Archive Date - July 12, 2005
RAB REJECTS TV ADVERTISERS' CRITIQUE
Radio and Records
The RAB today criticized the Television Bureau of Advertising for issuing a statement that claimed the Radio Ad Effectiveness Lab's "Radio's ROI Advantage" actually made a case for television's superior effectiveness as an advertising medium.
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Archive Date - July 12, 2005
TV AD GROUP DISPUTES RAEL STUDY
Katy Bachman – Mediaweek
The Television Bureau of Advertising Tuesday (July 5) took issue with the third study from the Radio Ad Effectiveness Lab released in early June. The $1 million RAEL study, conducted by Millward Brown and Information Resources Inc., examined four pairs of radio and national TV campaigns over a six month period to conclude that radio delivers a better return on investment than national TV.
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Archive Date - July 12, 2005
BYRNESMEDIA CLIENT PREMIERES TFK & MANAFEST
“The Art Of Breaking” Launches In Peterborough With “TFK Tuesday” Promotion
KAOS Release
KAOS 99.5 The New Music Alternative is gearing up for a special promotion to celebrate the success of Peterborough’s own Thousand Foot Krutch. July 19th the band will release their sophomore project on Tooth & Nail Records titled “The Art Of Breaking” and it will launch in their hometown in a big way!
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Archive Date - July 9, 2005
NEWCAP OPENS NEW $4 MILLION "ATTRACTION"
CARTT
Newcap Radio opened its new, ultra-modern, 26,000-sq.-ft. storefront facility in the West Edmonton Mall last week.
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Archive Date - July 9, 2005
PODCASTING TO APPROACH 60 MILLION BY 2010
The Diffusion Group Predicts Marked Growth For Time-Shifted Digital Audio Programming
Data Manager
According to new forecasts from The Diffusion Group, a leading consumer technology research consultancy, demand for time-shifted digital audio files or "podcasts" is expected to grow from less than 15% of portable digital music player owners in 2004 to 75% by 2010. TDG's new report, Podcasting: Fact, Fiction and Opportunity, suggests that between 2004 and 2010, the use of podcasting among US consumers will enjoy a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of
101%.
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Archive Date - July 9, 2005
CDS, RADIO STILL THE WAY TO GET MUSIC
Bram Teitleman – Billboard
A survey by IDC Audio has found that despite interest in emerging digital audio technologies U.S. consumers still rely on CDs and FM radio as their primary sources of new music.
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Archive Date - July 9, 2005
CSR INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE
Broadcaster Magazine
Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) has started its $100 million investment and infrastructure development of satellite radio service in Canada. Today, CSR announced Montréal-based engineering firm Yves R. Hamel et Associés Inc. will conduct the drive testing required to implement its terrestrial repeater network in Canadian cities.
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Archive Date - July 8, 2005
MULTI-TASKING MEDIA
Center for Media Research
The latest Simultaneous Media Survey from BIGresearch details a new hurdle for advertisers, multitasking, the engagement in other non-media activities while consuming media, and the numbers are large. According to Joe Pilotta, VP of Research, BIGresearch, "The complexities of everyday life seem to be increasing, and as a result consumers are multitasking as a way of coping."
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Archive Date - July 7, 2005
GETTING TO THE HIPSTERS
Jon Fine – BusinessWeek
Marketers sometimes sound like parents. "This next generation -- they are not like us. They're on their iPods and IM-ing each other all day. Then they're text-messaging each other while they stay out all night. They've tuned us out."
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Archive Date - July 7, 2005
LIVE 8 SHATTERS RECORDS
Lars Brandle – Billboard
Records tumbled as an estimated worldwide audience of 2 billion tuned in Saturday (July 2) to Bob Geldof's historic Live 8.
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Archive Date - July 7, 2005
CANADIAN LIVE 8 REACHES 10.5 MILLION
CARTT
Roughly one in three Canadians and 45% of all Canadian households watched some or all of Live 8 on CTV, July 2. It's one of the largest total audience reaches of any single program ever aired on the network.
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Archive Date - July 7, 2005
JACK FORMAT SPAWNS LICENSING COMPANY
FMQB
With the growing popularity of the Jack-FM radio format, an official announcement from Bohn & Associates Media and Wall Media has been made about the two companies joining forces to form SparkNet Communications, the exclusive U.S. licensor and owner of the Jack-FM format. The new company will manage, control and fully integrate all aspects and future initiatives of Jack, including licensing and consulting services.
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Archive Date - July 5, 2005
CRTC ANNUAL BROADCAST POLICY REPORT
CRTC Release
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released its sixth annual Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report. This report assesses the impact of its regulations, policies and decisions on the Canadian broadcasting industry, in light of the objectives of the Broadcasting Act. Beginning this year, publication has been moved up several months so that data contained in the report will be available to the Canadian public and the regulated industries on a more timely basis.
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Archive Date - July 5, 2005
STERN OUT BY FALL? NOT LIKELY
Chuck Taylor – Billboard
Howard is gunning for his exit again.
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Archive Date - July 5, 2005
INDIE POOL OUT OF STEP WITH SATELLITE DECISION
CNW
In a statement issued today The Canadian Independent Record Production Association (CIRPA) expressed major concern with statements attributed to Indie Pool owner Gregg Terrence yesterday claiming that 20,000 independent musical artists support the CRTC's recent decision to award broadcast licenses to two foreign services.
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Archive Date - July 5, 2005
APPEAL OF SATELLITE IRRESPONSIBLE
20,000 artists support CRTC's decision to licence satellite radio in Canada
CNW
More than 20,000 Canadian artists represented by Indie Pool have been applauding the licensing approval of satellite radio and feel it is their duty to respond to the appeal currently in front of the Federal Cabinet regarding the CRTC's satellite radio decision.
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Archive Date - July 4, 2005
CANADA WINS AT PROMOTIONS AWARDS
Broadcaster Magazine
The United States walked away with the majority of Gold World Medals in last night's New York Festivals' 23rd Annual International Radio Programming and Promotions Awards, although it took only one of the four Grand Awards, which are awarded to the best of the best Gold World Medal winners. The United Kingdom won two Grand Awards and Canada won the fourth before an international audience of radio executives and talent from 32 countries from around the world including Australia, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, France, Germany and South Africa. The International Radio Programming and Promotions Awards, which is produced by the Manhattan-based New York Festivals, honors the world's best radio programming, production and on-air talent with Gold, Silver and Bronze World Medals.
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Archive Date - July 4, 2005
CASSADAY TO RECEIVE ACA GOLD MEDAL AWARD
Broadcaster Magazine
The Association of Canadian Advertisers announced today that John Cassaday, President and Chief Executive Officer of Corus Entertainment Inc., is the recipient of the ACA Gold Medal Award for 2004. First presented in 1941, the award is the Canadian advertising industry's most prestigious honour, and is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of marketing communications in Canada.
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Archive Date - July 4, 2005
REVENUES EXPECTED TO EXCEED ALL OF 2004
Musicrypt Release
Musicrypt Inc., the industry's leading digital music distribution company, today announced that its' revenues for the first six months of 2005 are expected to exceed all of 2004. Musicrypt's billings have increased for seven consecutive quarters, with revenue for the first quarter of 2005 being 33% greater than for the fourth quarter of 2004.
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Archive Date - July 4, 2005
APPLE MERGES IPOD LINES, ADDS PODCASTING
FMQB
Apple continues to evolve its popular line of iPods, announcing today that all future iPods will have color screens and photo capabilities. The new line of iPods are available in 20 GB and 60 GB models. The iPod Minis will still have black and white screens. The new iPods will also have a podcast menu option as well. Apple also released a new, 20 GB U2 black iPod with a color screen.
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Archive Date - July 4, 2005
ROCK SUFFERING FROM 'PRETTY BAD HEAD COLD'
Radio and Records
That's the assessment Coleman Research VP Chris Ackerman gave during Saturday's R&R Convention session, "Rock's Future: Nuture the Heritage or Say Adios."
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Archive Date - July 4, 2005
GROKSTER: GET OVER IT
Dave Morgan – Online Media Daily
By now, everyone in the industry knows that the United States Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that file-sharing services could be held liable for copyright infringement by consumers using their services. This is big. It means that companies can no longer operate such services without assuming some liability for how they are used. Many in our industry are disappointed by the decision, concerned that holding the creators of technology liable for any one of a myriad of uses will discourage innovation. They point to examples like the development of the tape recorder, photocopier, VCR, and personal video recorder as prime examples of innovative technologies that have flourished because they were not held back by lawyers worried that among their uses were the unauthorized copying of copyrighted materials. As an entrepreneur that takes pleasure in watching new technologies devastate slow-moving mature marketplaces, I was originally supportive of these arguments. How could I think otherwise? Upon reflection, however, I have changed my mind. I think that the court was right in Grokster. I think that the decision is best for the continued growth and development of the interactive media and advertising industry.
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Archive Date - July 4, 2005
A MESSAGE FOR THE SALES FOLKS
By Cory Treffiletti – Online Spin
Once or twice in my publishing career, I've taken a moment to write from the perspective of a planner/buyer and let the sales people of our industry know what the agency folks are thinking. This topic inevitably gets the most responses on the Spin board (as well as some of the more heated ones) as some people think I can be a little tough, while others thank me for my honest approach. I've left the topic alone for a couple years now, but the new rush of entrepreneurial spirit is making me think it's time to re-address the topic in the light of 2005.
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Archive Date - July 4, 2005
COMMUNICATING AND GREAT PHONES
Alan Kabel – All Access
The basis of all communication and decision making is emotion. The challenge of radio is to evoke emotion without eye contact. Emotion activates memory and you want to be remembered. You want to be more then remembered. You want to tattoo your brand on their brains, but you want them to smile about it, enjoy it, and not feel used. As in all special relationships you must be patient. You reveal your total personality slowly over time.
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