The 2010 Vancouver Olympics will be accessed by viewers on a more personal level using a wider variety of media than any other event ever produced.

Alon Marcovici, VP Digital Media and Research for the Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, will be speaking at The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit on Wednesday June 17, addressing how broadcasting is adapting to the changing trends in how we want to receive programming. His group is enabling us to be able to watch the events of our choice, on the devices and over the networks that we select. While 400,000 Canadians will get to experience the Games live in Vancouver and Whistler, there are nearly 33 million of us who will be looking for coverage to be brought to us using a variety of new media.

Alon is responsible for managing the development of the digital programming, including online, mobile and Video on Demand, offering greater customization and interactivity on the various digital platforms.

Coverage of the Vancouver Olympics will be a demonstration of how broadcasting has to evolve to meet the needs of changing viewership and how to leverage every mode of new media communications as delivery vehicles.

Registration fees for The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit go up on Monday.

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Last December, Rogers wrote to the CRTC looking for a declaratory ruling that text messages and multi-media messages should be captured under the Do Not Call List (DNCL) rules.

The CRTC has rejected the application – not even willing to look at the issue since the government has introduced Bill C-27: the anti-spam legislation (ECPA: the Electronic Commerce Protection Act).

Unlike email spam, there is a direct cost to many consumers for receiving unsolicited incoming text messages.

Who knows when (or if) the new legislation will be passed. It appears that the CRTC has sidestepped an opportunity to provide an enforcement tool.

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The air-to-ground spectrum auction has wrapped up with a new player winning the right to provide internet connectivity to Canada’s airline industry.

Sky Surf Canada Communications Inc. will pay 2.1M for the spectrum, having outbid MTS Allstream.

Will they be able to develop an agreement with Aircell?

Simon Avery at the Globe and Mail has a feature today on the wireless new entrants.

Our closing session at The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit on June 17 will feature Dave Dobbin of DAVE Wireless, Alek Krstajic of Public Mobile and Tony Lacavera of Globalive.

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Rogers has announced a no-charge upgrade to two of its most popular internet services. Rogers Internet Express will get a 50% boost (from 7 Mbps to 10 Mbps) and Internet Lite gets its speed tripled (from 1 Mbps to 3 Mbps).

At 3 Mbps, Internet Lite service has become a very respectable value-priced option. The enhancements are expected to be in place by the end of this week.

Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed opens The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit in 3 weeks.

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