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More Canadians access Internet in September: Jupiter Media
More than 14 million Canadians accessed the Internet from home last month, a 4.4% increase over levels recorded in the month of August. Jupiter Media Metrix, Toronto, reports that the need for information and communication in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington contributed to the increase in traffic. The web monitoring firm also indicates that news sites were inundated with people trying to get up-to-the-minute information. CNN.com led the pack with 1.8 million unique visitors in September, a nearly 200% increase in traffic over the month of August. The four other most visited sites were: MSNBC.com, CBC.ca, Radio-Canada.ca, and globeandmail.com.

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Quebec technology startup fund near-certain of expanded second round

A successful grant program for Quebec multimedia startups is "99 per cent" certain that it will receive a second round of funding from the federal government that will exceed the previous round by about 30 per cent. Program administrator Susan Harvey says the money, earmarked for the Fonds d’expérimentation en multimédia, should be worth $3 million over three years from Canada Economic Development, tagged for technology startups with commercial potential. It will be another three or four months, however, before full approval for the funding is granted.

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IMPAC unlikely to be ressurected after funding crunch hits members

Some bitter feelings remain from the demise of the Interactive Multimedia Producers Association of Canada (IMPAC) as a national umbrella association for new media, but Canadian Heritage’s point-man for the sector says the timing for government aid to the nascent body wasn’t right. René Bouchard, director for multimedia at the department, says a new envelope for sectoral development should help him assist future attempts to network the industry.

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CCTA and CAIP applaud rare guidance on C-15 rule interpretation by minister

The Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA) is applauding rare guidance from the justice minister on how new draft legislation on Internet child pornography should be interpreted. Bill C-15 puts new powers in the hands of government to combat child porn, but both the CCTA and Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP) say some provisions relating to ISPs are inappropriate, putting responsibility for take-down of offending material and liability for access in their hands.

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JumpTV drops tariff bid, board process cancelled

Farrel Miller has pulled the plug on his bid to win a section 31 tariff for JumpTV.com Canada Inc. The company filed a letter with the Copyright Board of Canada on October 11 writing: "it wishes to withdraw its application to the Copyright Board for an Internet retransmission tariff effective immediately. JumpTV is currently reviewing its business model and will likely be moving away from the banner advertising model upon which its application was based. The details of any new model are unclear at this point."

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Alliance Numérique poised to take national leadership role with new funding

Quebec’s new media association is poised to receive $30 million in provincial and federal funding, some of which could be used to help mobilize the new media sector in other parts of Canada in an effort to build a strong national industry. Alliance Numérique president Claude Dagenais says that while the soon-to-be-announced funding is intended to further boost the work of the Alliance in Quebec, he’s open to helping the rest of the country.

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CCR Update

CCR to explore CCTA leave to appeal filing on utility pole access decision
The next edition of CCR will report on the arguments made by the Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA) in its leave to appeal application to the Supreme Court of Canada on the recent Federal Court of Appeal ruling that struck down a 1999 CRTC decision on access to utility poles. As reported in the Oct. 3 edition of CCR Update, the CCTA last month filed its application with Canada’s highest court seeking to overturn the lower court’s ruling, stating issues of national importance required the Supreme Court’s intervention. In its application, the CCTA argues that Parliament has the authority to regulate access by broadcasting and telecommunications undertakings to provincial infrastructure for federal purposes. 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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Public safety operators need more spectrum to implement advanced services

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A previously announced executive change at SiGEM Inc. has been called off and Paul Bennett will not be taking over as president and COO of the Ottawa-based firm (RoW, Sept. 18/01). He was waiting for approval from Immigration Canada on entry into the country, but before that could be given, he decided to not accept the position. Bennett has also resigned his position on the board of directors. He was previously the director of SiGEM’s UK operation. Bennett said in a release that it was because of personal reasons that he could not take the position. The company’s current CEO, Herb Woods, will continue to perform day-to-day operations until a replacement can be found.

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