Home Page News Briefs People Media Telecom Archives About Us GET FREE NEWS UPDATES
Advertising Subscribe Reuse & Permissions
The Hill Times Parliament Now The Lobby Monitor HTCareers

Door closed on Internet retransmission by CRTC as Aliant makes experimental bid

News | 01/23/2003 5:00 am EST

Aliant Telecom Inc. has filed an application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for an experimental licence to continue its Internet retransmission service TV-on-my-PC, Canadian NEW MEDIA has learned (CNM Special Update, Jan. 20/03). The filing was made early this month, according to Bell Canada chief regulatory officer Sheridan Scott, and details will be confidential until the application is gazetted by the commission. Scott will say, however, that Aliant’s reported ability to control the geographic distribution of the service seems to put the application onside with the CRTC’s January 17 decision not to re-open the New Media Exemption Order to deal with Internet retransmission (Broadcasting Public Notice 2003-2; CNM Special Update, Jan. 17/03).

This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers

Already a subscriber? Sign in here

Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.

Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now.

FREE TRIAL

Two weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters.

Register for free

* Required

SUBSCRIBE

Unlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters.

Continue

* Required

Reuse & Permissions

Unauthorized distribution, transmission, reuse or republication of any and all content is strictly prohibited. To discuss re-use of this material, please contact:

Customer Care, 613-688-8821 | subscriptions@hilltimes.com