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EU seeking removal of investment restrictions: documents

The European Union’s demands in trade negotiations with Canada continue to include the elimination of foreign ownership restrictions for Canada’s telecommunications and book publishing sectors as well as removing reviews under the Investment Canada Act for transactions involving European companies, according to documents leaked to Quebec political party la Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ).

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CBC urged to run one new Canadian film each month

CBC/Radio-Canada should promote more Canadian cinema by licensing a new Canadian film each month, said Mark Slone, senior vice-president of Alliance Films Inc.

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Industry Canada releases comments on 2500 MHz

Industry Canada published comments from wireless carriers and other telecommunications companies on the department's proposed auction framework for the auction of 2500 MHz spectrum expected to take place in 2014.

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TTC approves underground wireless contact

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) awarded Broadcast Australia Pty. Ltd. a $25-million contract to build out wireless infrastructure in Toronto’s underground subway system.

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Cook, Silver, join TSN

Nathalie Cook and Mark Silver, two former employees of Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, are joining TSN.

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Bring back a ‘modest’ local TV fund, Media Guild says

The CRTC should bring back a funding mechanism like the former local broadcasting fund but at a lower rate of 0.75 per cent of distributor revenues, the Canadian Media Guild said.

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Canadian docs could disappear from CBC: producers

Canadian documentaries may disappear from CBC television programming without more conditions of licence for CBC/Radio-Canada, said Lisa Fitzgibbons, executive director of the Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC).

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Shaw supports CBC call for fewer regs

CBC/Radio-Canada, like other private broadcasters, needs “appropriate flexibility” to compete with new online, over-the-top services, said Paul Robertson, president of Shaw Communications Inc. division Shaw Media.

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CMPA opposes CBC ‘regulatory flexibility’

The Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) has “serious concerns” about CBC/Radio-Canada being granted greater regulatory flexibility, CMPA president and CEO Michael Hennessy said.

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CBC does not need radio ad revenues, private broadcasters say

GATINEAU, Que.—CBC/Radio-Canada has the financial resources necessary to support its Radio 2 and Espace Musique services without advertising, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) said at a CRTC hearing Thursday.

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