GATINEAU, QUE.—An ex post system to redress regulatory wrongs after the fact can lead to cases of “irreparable harm,” Cogeco Cable Inc., Eastlink and the CBC told CRTC commissioners Thursday as they pushed for a new code or set of rules to govern the conduct of vertically integrated companies. 

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GATINEAU, QUE.—Shaw Communications Inc.’s plan personalizer provides a so-called “chubby basic” television service, but the company isn’t keen on adopting a mandatory “skinny basic” service containing fewer channels.

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GATINEAU, QUE.—The CRTC pushed for compromise Wednesday on a set of principles or a code of conduct that would find common ground between vertically integrated companies’ freedom to operate and independents’ concerns of being squeezed out. 

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GATINEAU, QUE.—Shaw Communications Inc. says there should not be a “blanket rule” prohibiting content exclusivity on all platforms, but the rule should continue to apply to linear content. 

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GATINEAU, QUE.—The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) and the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) are calling on the CRTC for an early review of its new media exemption order and the development a regulatory framework that covers the new media on the Internet.

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The CBC/Radio-Canada is asking the CRTC to streamline its broadcasting regulations to provide it with more freedom to shift content from one platform to another and better access to private distribution platforms.

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