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Dissenters wanted safeguards in return for higher cable equity in analog channels

Two CRTC commissioners who voted against higher cable ownership of analog specialty channels say the regulator should have demanded tougher safeguards and ownership limits in return for its approval. While the vote to allow cable operators and their affiliates to increase equity levels beyond 10 per cent wasn't close, according to one insider, it did prompt commissioner Andrew Cardozo to pen a strongly worded dissent criticizing his fellow commissioners for giving the cable industry exactly what it wanted, without demanding anything in return.

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PIAC upset with proposed rate increases
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre says proposed rate increases for local service now before the CRTC would be "unhealthy for the industry and unfair to ratepayers who have no other choice for local service." The group is concerned that Bell Canada, Telus, MTS and Aliant are asking for rates as much as $35 per month, and in a submission to the commission last week, called the proposal "an enormous cash grab by monopolies who are already showing very healthy financial returns." The consumer group and its partners in the submission cite figures that indicate the telcos are earning greater-than-benchmark profits on their regulated services – as much as $2 per month per subscriber greater than the CRTC has deemed fair. The submission was made as part of the hearing into the existing price cap regime. More details.

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The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Decima Reports.
 

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The Development Safety Net: Protecting your Budget, Product and Integrity

Everyone wants the same result from the new media development process: a product that does what it is meant to do, delivered on time and on budget. Simple needs, yet the process goes wrong more often than anyone would like to admit. The result is the current crisis of confidence that may set back the pace of innovation (and our national economy) for years.

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CNM People

Technology journalist David Akin has left the National Post to join CTV news. Billing himself as the first convergence journalist in the country, Akin will be preparing items for both CTV and the Globe and Mail. He has been reporting on technology issues for the Post since the paper’s launch in 1998, most recently as one of the Post’s senior technology reporters and the paper’s lead writer for Internet infrastructure issues, Internet portals and broad cultural and social policy issues affecting the Internet such as cryptography, privacy, and public policy responses.

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SK chapter of CIPS reports on status of skills
The Saskatchewan chapter of the Canadian Information Processing Society has released a new study outlining current human resource and training needs in the province. The report stems from a survey of 346 companies and IT professionals conducted from August 2000 through last April. As a result of the report, a permanent steering committee has been formed to follow up on its recommendations to make companies better aware of HR issues.

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Star Ray TV abandons plans to stream pirate station over the Internet

Renegade TV broadcaster Jan Pachul has renounced the Internet as a viable alternative to his pirate station, insisting there is no business model associated with streaming technology. The president of Star Ray TV told Canadian NEW MEDIA nearly a year ago that he would stream his programming online to build an "irresistible" viewer base, after the CRTC turned down his request for a broadcast licence (CNM, Sept. 6/00).

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Auditor’s report on Telefilm multimedia fund to be released by late October at the latest

Telefilm Canada has until late October to publicly release a long-awaited report on its Multimedia Fund, according to the access to information commissioner at Canadian Heritage. In response to a request under the Access to Information Act made by Canadian NEW MEDIA, an official at Heritage said that since the document will be made public within 90 days of the newsletter’s July 23 application, the request will not be acted upon.

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