Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1954)

TELEVISION ABOUT half the population of Canada will be within range of TV transmitters by the end of 1954. This is being aided by com¬ panies operating community antennae, such as Tru Vu in Vancouver and Tele¬ fusion in Kitchener, as well as Rediffusion, Montreal, which also provides pro¬ grams. These charge an installation fee and a monthly rate. Telemeter, a pay-asyou-see project controlled by Famous Players in Canada, has not been tried yet. Although there have been many TV attractions in theatres in the USA during the past few years, Canada has none. The only theatre in Canada with a TV installation is the Imperial, Toronto, which Famous Players operates. TV theatre attractions are mostly fights, al¬ though opera and symphony have also been offered successfully. Associations THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF RADIO & TELEVISION BROADCASTERS 108 Sparks St., Ottawa, Ont. (Phone 4-1660) OFFICERS President E. F. MacDonald Vice-President . J. M. Davidson Executive Vice-President T. J. Allard Secretary-Treasurer Flora Love DIRECTORS W. Rea, CKNW, New Westminster, BC; Gerry Gaetz, CJCA, Edmonton, Alta.; J. S. Boyling, CHAB, Moose Jow, Sask.; John Craig, CKX, Brandon, Man.; J. E. Campeau, CKLW, Windsor, Ont.; F. B. Ricard, CHNO, Sudbury, Ont.; Wallace Slatter, CJOY, Guelph, Ont.; F. H. Elphicke, CKWX, Vancouver, BC; J. P. Lemire, CKCH, Hull, Que.; J. A. Dupont, CJAD, Montreal, Que.; Henri Lepage, CHRC, Quebec; F. A. Lynds, CKCW, Moncton, NB. COUNSEL Copyright Counsel Samuel Rogers, QC French-language Counsel . Guy Roberge This Association represents 125 privatelyowned broadcasting and telecasting stations across Canada. CANADIAN RADIO TECHNICAL PLANNING BOARD 159 Bay St., Toronto 1, Ont. (EMpire 3-1531) OFFICERS President . . R. A. Hackbusch (Hackbusch Electronics Ltd.) Vice-President . C. W. Broadway (Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ont.) Secretary-Treasurer . S. D. Brownlee Director of Publicity . R. C. Poulter The objectives of the CRTPB, which has 16 sponsors, are to formulate sound engineering principles and to organize technical facts which will assist in the development of the Canadian radio industry and radio services of the nation in accordance with the public interest. The activities of the Board are restricted to engineering con¬ siderations and all sponsors must be non-profit associations, bodies or societies which have an important interest in radio and allied fields. One of the objectives of the Board is to advise government, industry and the people of its find¬ ings and recommendations. In actual practice the Board has acted in an advisory capacity to the Canadian Government in the matter of frequency allocations. The organization of the Planning Board in¬ cludes the Main Board, made up of the contri¬ buting sponsor delegates and the chairmen of the Planning Board's six Main Committees (Standards and Allocations Committee; Television Committee; Broadcast Committee; Committee on Radio Com¬ munications including point to point, portable, mobile and emergency services; Committee on Aeronautical Radio and Radio Aids to Naviga¬ tion; and Committee on Industrial, Scientific and Medical). Telecasting CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION Victoria Bldg., 140 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ont. (Phone 2-2681) The CBC is a government organization which derives its authority from The Radio Act, 1938. Section 2 is called "Definitions" and broadcasting, under it, "means the dissemination of any form of radioelectric communication, including radio¬ telegraph, radiotelephone and the wireless trans¬ mission of writing, signs, signals, pictures and sounds of all kinds by means of Hertzian waves, intended to be received by the public directly or through the medium of relay stations." Because of this the CBC inherited authority over microwave television, for theatre as well as home use. The Hon. Dr. J. J. McCann, Minister of Na¬ tional Revenue, represents the authority of the Crown over the CBC and answers to Parliament for it. Eleven Governors appointed by Order in Council direct policy. With the exception of the Chairman, the Governors hold office for three years, with three being appointed each year and they may be reappointed at the end of their terms. The Chairman is appointed for ten years. Recommendations of the Governors on such matters as station licensing and allocation of 178