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Tampa radio station changes format for listener control over music

Tampa Bay, Fla. radio station WSUN-FM isn’t aiming for today’s common hybrid radio model of talk content supporting music influenced by listener requests.

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CRTC rejects Iristel, Ice complaint against NWTel

The CRTC denied an Iristel Inc. and Ice Wireless Inc. request that it order Northwestel Inc. to stop launching new telecom services—and to stop reducing the rates of its existing services—until after a “holistic” review of Northwestel’s regulatory framework, the commission said.

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English-language TV pushed on-screen volume higher in 2012, report says

Sharply increased spending on English-language fictional TV helped to push production volume in the Canadian film and television industries to a new high in 2011-2012, says a new report commissioned by the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA), the Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ) and the Department of Canadian Heritage.

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CRTC rejects Primus complaint on CDN deregulation

The pending deregulation of a series of network transport services will move ahead as scheduled, the CRTC said Friday as it rejected a complaint by Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc.

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Tories to phase out CRTC national commissioners, sources say

The Conservative federal government will allow the CRTC’s decision-making panel to shrink in size and has told some sitting commissioners that their expiring terms will not be renewed, industry sources said.

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