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Open telecom to foreign investment, former competition commissioner says

News | 04/26/2024 5:25 pm EDT

A past Competition Bureau Commissioner is calling on the federal government to loosen the restrictions on foreign investment in telecommunications. Others say a fundamental...

competition Competition bureau

Listeners open wallets to help Alberta public broadcaster stay on the air

News | 04/25/2024 3:32 pm EDT

Canada’s oldest public broadcaster is in a funding crunch but listeners are stepping up to the plate to support it as it works to raise $3 million by September. ...

Broadcast Funding Radio

Rogers sells Monday night NHL rights to Amazon Prime streaming service

Briefs | 04/25/2024 1:24 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday that it is entering into an...

Broadcast Sports content streaming

Bell Media launches FAST channels in English and French

Briefs | 04/25/2024 1:14 pm EDT

BCE Inc. announced Thursday that it is launching seven English and three...

Broadcast streaming

CCTS reports surge in Rogers, Bell, and Telus complaints

Briefs | 04/25/2024 9:38 am EDT

Customer complaints against telecom and TV service providers surged by 43...

Crtc Television Wireless

Digital divide still exists in Northern Ontario, study finds

News | 04/24/2024 6:27 pm EDT

The northern lights.Northern Ontario is lagging behind the rest of the province when it comes...

Rural broadband

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Open telecom to foreign investment, former competition commissioner says

A past Competition Bureau Commissioner is calling on the federal government to loosen the restrictions on foreign investment in telecommunications. Others say a fundamental change to the regime is needed. In January, Calvin Goldman published an op-ed, written with Toronto attorney Thomas Mathews, in the...

BRIEFS

Rogers sells Monday night NHL rights to Amazon Prime streaming service

Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday that it is entering into an agreement with Amazon.com Inc. that will see Amazon Prime take over coverage of Monday night NHL games. The deal gets underway with the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons. This is the first exclusive deal with a digital-only streaming service...

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WildBrain appoints Mark Trachuk as general counsel

Toronto entertainment company WildBrain Ltd. has named Mark Trachuk as its general counsel. He will also serve as corporate secretary to the board of directors. He succeeds James Bishop, who has left the firm. Trachuk arrives from Norton Rose Fulbright, a global law firm. From 2018 to 2020, he was general...

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