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CRTC to review non-compliance for Astral radio licence

The CRTC issued a short-term licence renewal for CKBC-FM Bathurst on Thursday with a mind to reviewing the New Brunswick-based radio station’s compliance with national radio regulations.

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Key 2004 decision on ‘caching’ raised in Supreme Court’s music downloading case

A historic 2004 Supreme Court decision that dealt with the copyright liability of online caching is being raised in a key court battle on whether online music services should have to pay an additional royalty for the download of songs.

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Von Finckenstein would like to stay on in 2012, sources say

CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein would like to remain on the job for the time being but a term renewal beyond January 2012 appears unlikely, industry sources say.

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Telcos starting to ‘salivate’ over new Shared Services IT plan, analyst says

Although the federal government says it has not yet decided what role the private sector will play in renewed efforts to streamline and consolidate government IT services, one industry expert says telcos are already “salivating” at the “hundreds of millions of dollars” in contracts the project will produce.

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CRTC consulting on new Broadcasting Participation Fund

The CRTC on Wednesday opened a call for comments on the new Canadian Broadcasting Participation Fund.

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CRTC opens hearing on French-language TV licences

The CRTC has scheduled a hearing starting Dec. 5 to discuss the development of the French-language television market and the licence renewals of Astral Media Inc., Quebecor Media Inc. and Serdy Media Inc., the commission announced Wednesday. 

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Deregulation of sports could impact consumers, small distributors: Cable Cable

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BlackBerry devices to be Android-app compatible: Bloomberg

BlackBerry creator Research in Motion Ltd. is preparing to make its next line of smartphones compatible with applications that run on Google Inc.’s Android operating system, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

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CRTC extends authorization to ‘down-convert’ to analog

The CRTC announced Wednesday that it has extended an authorization for broadcast distributors to continue down-converting digital television signals beyond next week’s digital transition deadline.

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CMF approves 16 projects

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced Wednesday that it has approved 16 projects for $3.4 million in funding through its 2011-2012 program supporting English documentary production.

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