October 31, 2009 |
In 2011, broadcasters will complete their transition to digital and plan to continue sending out free signals in the country’s major cities, but shut down transmitters in hundreds of communities.
Canadian Media Guild
The Canadian Media Guild is a democratic trade union, duly recognized and certified under federal and provincial labour legislation. We currently have nearly six thousand members, all of whom work in the Canadian media. We have collective agreements with the following employers: the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada (CBC/SRC), The Canadian Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse (AFP), TVOntario (TVO), the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (aptn), VisionTV, CW Television (formerly Alliance Atlantis Communications) and CJRC Radio Gatineau (Québec). We also have several hundred members who work at CBC on a freelance basis.
October 19, 2009 |
The CRTC gave Canwest a license for a new Reality TV channel (I kid you not) ust one week after the company announced it’s seeking protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.
September 25, 2009 |
If setting the CBC’s budget and priorities involves state secrecy, it’s hard to avoid the suspicion Canada is heading into state broadcaster territory.
September 14, 2009 |
Who says local news is dead? CHEK is a proof that people in communities know there’s real value in local news.
July 30, 2009 |
Hundreds of communities across Canada are excluded from a recent CRTC ruling requiring broadcasters to provide over-the-air signals in only 29 major cities after the transition to digital TV.
July 16, 2009 |
The reality is that CBC's financial future is threatened by more than just the recession - Parliament is playing a large role in the continued downsizing of the national broadcaster.
June 29, 2009 |
Unionized workers at Canada’s national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, are just the latest in this industry to be intimidated beyond belief into deeply concessionary discussions.
June 15, 2009 |
On Friday night, CTV got the story of the U.S. transition from analog to digital TV all wrong. And in this case, you have to wonder if there's a reason why.
May 13, 2009 |
The campaign to reverse the cutbacks at the CBC’s Northern Ontario services continues to bubble away.
May 5, 2009 |
Search Engine, the popular online podcast and radio show that was a victim of CBC’s recent cost cutting is moving to TVO.