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CBC Yellowknife switching to FM

The CRTC approved CBC/Radio-Canada’s request to convert an existing AM radio station in Yellowknife to the FM band, the commission said Wednesday.

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Citytv cannot become national without Montreal anglophone market, Rogers tells CRTC

GATINEAU, Que.—Rogers Communications Inc.'s $10.3 million acquisition of Montreal ethnic TV station CJNT-DT and its conversion to an English-language station is necessary to the company's plan to grow its Citytv stations into Canada's third national broadcasting network, the company said.

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CRTC trial project monitored end-user bandwidth

A CRTC pilot project that placed measurement devices in end users' homes to determine their available bandwidth speeds could help Internet service providers (ISPs) more quickly resolve network problems, CRTC manager of network technology Stephan Meyer said Tuesday.

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Small ISPs urged to get organized, apply pressure for better rates

TORONTO—Independent Internet service providers (ISPs) should work together to pressure the CRTC to lower wholesale Internet access costs and ensure they can offer IP-based broadcast distribution services, broadcasting and telecom consultant George Burger said.

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U.S. retrans fees to reach $5.5B by 2017: SNL Kagan

Monterey, Calif.-based SNL Kagan forecasts television station owners’ revenues from retransmission carriage fees to reach $5.5 billion US by 2017 and $6 billion US by 2018, the firm said Monday.

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Five in 10 TV viewers watch sports: report

Five in 10 anglophone television viewers consume sports content weekly and four in 10 do not follow sports at all, a new report from the Media Technology Monitor (MTM) said Tuesday.

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Bell moving MTV, laying off staff

BCE Inc.'s Bell Media division will move MTV Canada from the Masonic Temple to Bell Media's Toronto headquarters at the end of the month, the Canadian Press reported Friday.

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MTS rolls out fibre-to-the-home service

MTS Allstream Inc. launched its MTS Fion fibre-to-the-home network in Neepawa, Man., the company said Monday.

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Samsung gains tablet market share on Apple

Apple Inc.’s growth in the tablet market slowed in the third quarter of 2012 as the company competed with devices made by Samsung Electronics Co. and Amazon Inc., the International Data Corporation (IDC) said.

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CRTC wholesale Internet review to evaluate cost pricing model: Blais

An upcoming review of how the CRTC determines wholesale Internet pricing will consider whether measuring incumbent telcos' costs is always the best way to determine wholesale pricing, CRTC Chair Jean-Pierre Blais said Monday.

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