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Media Beat: January 09, 2019

Media Beat: January 09, 2019

By David Farrell

QUB takes Internet radio mainstream in Quebec

What do you do if you’re a Quebec media company that already owns TV stations and newspapers, but is barred from launching radio stations due to Canadian broadcast law?


Answer: You bypass the broadcast regulator’s restrictive rules by launching an internet radio/podcasting service out of its legal reach, and promote the daylights out of it on your TV/newspaper properties.

This is precisely what Quebecor has done since October, when it launched QUB radio. – James Careless, Radio World

Quebecor names CFO Jean-Francois Pruneau as CEO of Vidéotron

The Montreal-based telecommunications company has appointed CFO Jean-François Pruneau to president and CEO of Videotron, filling a vacancy left by outgoing CEO Manon Brouillette. – The Canadian Press

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EU directive offers a vision for Euro radio digitization

The new European Electronic Communications Code ensures that millions of car drivers across the European Union will have access to the various benefits presented by digital terrestrial radio — including an increased number of radio stations to choose from, more consistent audio quality and enhanced data services. In Europe, the most common form of digital terrestrial radio is DAB/DAB+. – Patrick Hannon, Radio World

Students aim to reinvent TV News

Teams of students from 18 colleges and universities across the US and one in New Zealand will attempt to develop unique ideas for reinventing local broadcast news to attract new viewers — particularly younger ones.

They will participate in TVNewsCheck’s and the Broadcast Education Association’s “Disrupt the News” challenge, with the winners showcased at BEA’s 2019 annual convention in Las Vegas (April 6-9), which overlaps with the NAB Show (April 8-11). Winning entries will be featured on TVNewsCheck.com and possibly also at the NAB Show. – TV News Check

RIP

Michael Maclear, a veteran CBC reporter and documentarian who covered the Cuban revolution, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Cultural Revolution in China, died Dec. 25 at age 89. – Peter Mansbridge, CBC News

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Diljit Dosanjh photographed by Lane Dorsey on July 15 in Toronto. Styling by Alecia Brissett.

Diljit Dosanjh photographed by Lane Dorsey on July 15 in Toronto. Styling by Alecia Brissett. On Diljit: EYTYS jacket, Levi's jeans.

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Diljit Dosanjh Has Arrived: The Rise of a Global Star

The first time the Punjabi singer and actor came to Canada, he vowed to play at a stadium. With the Dil-Luminati Tour in 2024, he made it happen – setting a record in the process. As part of Billboard's Global No. 1s series, Dosanjh talks about his meteoric rise and his history-making year.

Throughout his history-making Dil-Luminati Tour, Diljit Dosanjh has a line that he’s repeated proudly on stage, “Punjabi Aa Gaye Oye” – or, “The Punjabis have arrived!”

The slogan has recognized not just the strides made by Diljit, but the doors his astounding success has opened for Punjabi music and culture.

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