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CRTC extends Shaw’s ability to broadcast U.S. stations

The CRTC approved Tuesday an application by Shaw Communications Inc. to extend a licence condition allowing it to broadcast the Seattle feeds of CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX and PBS in Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay, Ont., until Dec. 31, 2011.

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SaskTel to withdraw ‘charge-a-call’ service

The CRTC approved Tuesday an application from SaskTel to withdraw its “charge-a-call plus” service.

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Cogeco carves out service areas in Ontario and Quebec

The CRTC approved Tuesday an application by Cogeco Cable Inc. to allow the company to serve several markets in Ontario and Quebec under separate operating licences. 

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Telcos opposed to monthly CCTS publicity on bills

GATINEAU—Publishing a monthly informational message about the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) on customers’ bills would be “overkill,” costly, and too technical, telecom providers told the CRTC at a public hearing this week. 

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CTV hires Don Martin as Power Play host

CTV announced Tuesday that National Post and Calgary Herald columnist Don Martin will become the new host of Power Play on CTV News Channel.

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Telus to eliminate contract termination fees

Telus Corp. has plans to eliminate contract cancellation fees and instead charge customers for the remaining cost of the company’s subsidy of the wireless device, the Financial Post reported Tuesday. 

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Peddie retires from MLSE

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. announced Tuesday that Richard Peddie is retiring as a board member and president and CEO of the company effective Dec. 31, 2011. 

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Chatr experienced more dropped calls: Competition Bureau

The Competition Bureau says customers of Rogers Communications Inc.’s Chatr brand have experienced more dropped calls in the Ottawa and Toronto regions than those of an unnamed new wireless entrant, according to court documents reported by The Globe and Mail Monday. 

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The disintermediated world where no one pays ‘is more or less going away’: Michael Wolff

TORONTO—The fragmentation of consumer audiences across a variety of platforms is the top problem facing today’s media companies, Michael Wolff, author and editorial director of Adweek, said Monday at the first day of the nextMedia conference in Toronto. 

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Score asks to increase Cancon spending, reduce exhibition requirement

The Score Television Network Ltd. has filed an application with the CRTC to amend the broadcasting licence for its national analog specialty service, The Score.

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