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French group licence renewal hearings start Monday in Quebec

Astral Media Inc. is expected to continue its fight for a bilingual designation during the CRTC’s French-language television licence renewal hearings that start Monday in Quebec.

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Hurt Locker lawsuits raise stakes for C-11 reforms, experts say

Voltage Pictures LLC’s Canadian Hurt Locker lawsuits appear to be part of a strategy to ramp up the Internet piracy fight and bring attention to the government’s copyright reform bill, copyright advocates say.

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Molnar reappointed for 5 years

CRTC commissioner Candice Molnar has been reappointed for another five-year term.

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BlackBerry sales slow down in Q4

Research In Motion Ltd. expects worldwide shipments of its BlackBerry and PlayBook devices to slow down over the next three months due to slipping demand and hangover inventory from the previous quarter, the company said Friday.

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RIM, telcos, not using Carrier IQ software, they say

Research In Motion Ltd. and Canada’s incumbent telcos are denying any connection to the contentious Carrier IQ monitoring software that sparked a series of American lawsuits over alleged privacy infringements, Reuters reported Thursday. 

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SaskTel lets go 10 senior employees

SaskTel has laid off a chief technical officer and nine other managers as a part of a corporate restructuring process, the provincial Crown corporation told the Regina Leader-Post this week. 

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New transatlantic cable to offer 100 Gbps by 2013

Ireland and Iceland are building a $300 million transatlantic cable to connect new data centres in the countries, Reuters reported Thursday.

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Broadcast profits from Winnipeg Jets games still a question, analysts say

It’s too soon to tell whether broadcasters will earn profits from airing Winnipeg Jets hockey games, analysts and industry insiders say. 

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Beware of fake CRTC phishing scams, commission warns

The CRTC says it has been alerted that people claiming to represent the commission are calling Canadians and informing them that their computers are potentially at risk.

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WGC works on new screenwriting agreement

The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) says it is hopeful that talks with the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) and the Association des producteurs de films et de télévision de Québec (APFTQ) will lead to a new screenwriting agreement covering film, TV and digital media.

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