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CRTC approves Windsor FM station

The CRTC said Friday that it has approved an application by Neeti P. Ray to operate an ethnic FM radio station in Windsor.

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CRTC to hold hearing on broadcast applications

The CRTC said Friday it will hold a hearing May 7 to consider several broadcast applications.

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Telus says Bell’s latest offer in carriage dispute is the right idea

OTTAWA—Telus Communication Co. supports a new penetration-based carriage model floated by Bell Media in a commercial dispute before the CRTC but the company must first see the rates that Bell is proposing, Ann Mainville-Neeson, Telus’ director of broadcast regulations, said Friday.

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Small ISPs file for review of CRTC’s capacity wholesale Internet ruling

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Canadian tablet penetration to reach 30% in April: ComScore

More than a quarter of all Canadian mobile subscribers owned a tablet before Christmas and that number will rise when post-holiday numbers are released in April, ComScore Inc. media analyst Brent Bernie said at a conference Friday.

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CRTC’s new Cancon policy pushing broadcasters to seek better ratings, expert says

OTTAWA—Canadian English-language drama represents a content “success story” under the CRTC’s new group-based licensing model, where broadcasters are now focused on better ratings for their Canadian dramas, comedies and other programming, Peter Grant, a broadcasting expert and partner with McCarthy Tétrault, said Thursday at a broadcast industry conference.

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Broadcasters should embrace social media networks, Tercek says

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CRTC drops ruling against Bell’s exclusive mobile NFL, NHL content

The CRTC has dropped an undue preference decision against BCE Inc. for its exclusive mobile content deals with the NFL and NHL, the commission said Wednesday.

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CRTC requests meeting with Rogers regarding net neutrality

The CRTC has requested a meeting with Rogers Communications Inc. after discovering another potential breach of the net neutrality rules in the company’s Internet throttling practices.

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Google, Yahoo! propose amendments to C-11 ‘safe harbour’ provisions

OTTAWA—The “safe harbour” provisions in the Conservative government’s copyright reform bill should be amended so that rights holders have more responsibility to inform cloud service providers about copyright-infringing works hosted on their networks, Jacob Glick, Canadian policy counsel at Google Inc., told the C-11 legislative committee Thursday on behalf of Google and Yahoo! Inc.

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