After months of consultations, the CRTC has issued its Broadcasting Fees Regulations for all broadcasting undertakings in Canada. The decision, released late Thursday, stems from the provisions of the Online Streaming Act. “Under the new Broadcasting Fees Regulations,...
Reaction has been swift and condemnatory to the announcement Thursday by BCE Inc. that it is laying off 4,800 workers, selling 45 radio stations and slashing news programming...
BCE Inc. announced Thursday that it will be...
OTTAWA–Foreign streamers will be a prickly problem for mainstream...
A coalition of nine advocacy groups and community...
As it gears up to launch several public consultations aimed at modernizing...
Gatineau, Que. – Telus Corp. asked the CRTC to go easy on virtual broadcasting distribution undertakings (vBDUs) during the commission’s hearings regarding contributions...
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge faced a barrage of questions...
Gatineau, Que. - CBC/Radio-Canada's decision to slash 600 jobs and leave...
Foreign streamers must pay their fair share of contributions to the Canadian broadcasting system, but...
Netflix Services Canada ULC says it has invested large amounts of money...
Those who stand to benefit from the Online...
Major broadcasters think that there should be a flexible contribution...
Renewal of the Canadian broadcasting system should not rely on one rigid...
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) on Friday called for the...
Representatives from several community radio stations emphasized their role as a third-pillar of the Canadian broadcasting system during the CRTC’s hearings on Thursday, urging the regulator to develop a new funding model that supports them. As the regulator works out...
In a House of Commons heritage committee meeting that was marked more by partisan feuding than for what...
The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), newly certified as an independent...
BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online...
The long-awaited hearing on how the CRTC should...
Tuesday Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge issued the final policy direction to the CRTC that will implement the Online Streaming Act. The bill was passed last spring and the commission has been holding consultations on the policy directions this summer. Over 500...
As the CRTC works out how it is going to wrangle streaming platforms and...
The CRTC has determined that online services that...
The CRTC has launched a consultation for its...
The CRTC will defer new applications and complaints relating to radio as it...
Battles over money and how to allocate it are at the forefront as the CRTC...
The public broadcasting advocacy group Friends...
Streaming platforms are saying it is too early to be discussing...
In an ongoing tug-of-war at the CRTC, tech giants are arguing that a level...
Social media companies are asking the CRTC to be added to the list of exempt services under the updated Broadcasting Act despite the government expliciting directing the...
The proposed financial threshold for exemption for online streaming...
CRTC Commissioner Nirmala Naidoo urged members of the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) to participate in consultations...
The federal government is directing the CRTC to...
The CRTC has given parties until Monday, May 29 to respond to a request from 12 groups to lengthen the timeline for the regulator's consultation...
A coalition of 12 different public sector and public interest groups have written to the CRTC asking for an extension of several deadlines in the regulator's consultation on the implementation of Bill C-11 – the Online Streaming Act – announced last week. Under the...
A collection of labour unions appeared before the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications...
The chair of the Senate Transport and...
The question over the place of algorithms and...
The executive director of Digital First Canada...
The Senate Committee on Transportation and Communications continued its...