Canadian broadcasting in new media : CRTC Public Hearing

Interview (all in french) between Yours Truly and Jacques Beauchamp (replacing Pierre Maisonneuve) aired live today on CBC’s Première Chaîne. Now available on demand online (scrub to 14:43 to get to my part)
http://radio-canada.ca/radio/maisonneuve/16022009/115282.shtml

It was tough to keep my personal opinion for myself. I could not tell Beauchamp that I am against any form of ruling on the Internet.

Further readings if you want to know more about the subject matter:
Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC
Canadian broadcasting in new media
http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/n2008-11.htm

UPDATE:
http://wagmedia.blogspot.com/2009/02/week-1-in-review.html
http://heywriterboy.blogspot.com/2009/02/crtc-and-tale-of-two-daily-show-sites.html

How Google Decides to Pull the Plug

Interesting story in NY Times.
http://nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15ping.html

Which helps better understand Google's recent decisions. Of particular interest is this one:

Google Exits Radio but Will Explore Online Streaming Audio
http://google-tmads.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-exits-radio-but-will-explore.html

"[... ] So we have decided to exit the broadcast radio business and focus our efforts in online streaming audio. [...] Instead we will use our technology to develop Internet-based solutions that will deliver relevant ads for online streaming audio. We are dedicating a team of people at Google to explore how we can best add value for advertisers, broadcasters and listeners in this emerging advertising space [...]"

The products affected:
http://google.com/audioads
http://google.com/radioautomation
(as well as the old SS32 and Maestro)

R.I.P Satellite Radio

http://news.google.com/news?ncl=1304599202

Satellite Diss
http://slate.com/id/2211158

Internet Killed the Satellite Radio Star
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/15/0027251