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MTS Allstream, SaskTel defend local subsidy regime

The CRTC should maintain its local subsidy regime, MTS Allstream and SaskTel told the commission Wednesday as part of its hearing on access to basic telecommunications services.

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Cablecos petition cabinet on speed-matching decision

Canada’s largest cable carriers have submitted a petition to the federal cabinet asking for equal treatment under the CRTC’s wholesale speed-matching decision earlier this year.

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Hennessy calls for new CRTC rule on exclusivity

The CRTC should establish a new, general rule to address issues of undue preference and content exclusivity in a vertically integrated broadcasting industry, Michael Hennessy, senior vice-president of regulatory and government affairs at Telus Corp., told the House heritage committee Tuesday. 

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MTS Allstream puts $7-billion price tag on universal broadband

Achieving complete national broadband coverage would cost the country $7 billion over 10 years, MTS Allstream told the CRTC Wednesday, adding that costs would most likely be passed onto urban and rural consumers.

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Canada’s slow granting processes pushing companies abroad, researcher says

OTTAWA—Canada’s slow granting processes for digital media are slowing down the country’s ability to compete internationally and encouraging Canadians to look abroad, Ken Coates, dean of the faculty of arts at the University of Waterloo, told the House heritage committee at a hearing Tuesday.

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Bell Canada says CRTC vertical integration hearing ‘completely unnecessary’

The CRTC’s upcoming hearing on vertical integration in the broadcasting industry is “completely unnecessary,” Bell Canada‘s senior vice-president of regulatory and government affairs, Mirko Bibic, told The Wire Report in an interview Tuesday.

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Local subsidy regime should be scaled back, says Bell Aliant

The CRTC’s local subsidy regime to ensure that rural and remote areas have access to affordable basic services is “broken,” Bell Aliant told the commission Tuesday. 

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CRTC approves GlassBox channel purchase

The CRTC approved a two-part transaction Tuesday that will transfer the ownership and control of the Travel + Escape specialty channel from CTVglobemedia Inc. to GlassBox Television Inc. 

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CRTC changes Sun TV hearing to non-appearance

The CRTC announced Tuesday that the hearing to consider the broadcasting licence application for Quebecor Media Inc.’s conservative news channel Sun TV News will now be a non-appearance hearing. 

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Rogers incurs costs subsidizing new smart phones

Rogers Communications Inc. saw its profits drop by 24 per cent in the third quarter of 2010 due to fewer new subscribers and the costs of subsidizing new advanced smart phones, the company said. 

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