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Allarco enters creditor protection

Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc., which owns Super Channel, is now in creditor protection, the company announced Thursday.

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Bell to pay $12M for premium text message charges

The Competition Bureau said Friday it has reached an agreement with BCE Inc. in which the company will rebate customers up to $11.8 million for premium text messaging charges.

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Quebec online gambling law would have ‘huge’ costs for ISPs: CWTA

New Quebec legislation forcing Internet service providers (ISPs) to block certain online gambling websites from being accessed in the province could put smaller ISPs out of business, industry reps said.

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Wireless networks feeling strain from data usage: report

A new report from J.D. Power says customers’ increasing usage of wireless data is “stressing overall network quality performance.”

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Bell-MTS deal weakens Rogers’ ability to compete: academics

In a submission to the Competition Bureau arguing that allowing BCE Inc. to acquire Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. would weaken wireless competition in the province, Carleton University’s Dwayne Winseck and Ben Klass state the merger would also affect Rogers Communications Inc.’s competitive power.

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Eastlink expands wireless service to northern Ontario

Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced Thursday that it is launching wireless service in Timmins, Ont., on June 1.

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CBC funding to destroy ‘precarious balance’ in industry: Que. broadcasters

A group of Quebec broadcasters say that unless accountability measures are put in place, the increased funding the federal government has slated for CBC/Radio-Canada will be a “blank cheque” allowing it to “step up its already ferocious competition against private broadcasters.”

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Quebec developing digital strategy

The Quebec government will invest $200 million in a digital economy strategy over the next five years, it said in a French press release Friday.

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Lose focus on CanCon, say think tank authors

Technological changes to the broadcasting and communications landscape require a similar shift in the regulatory environment, according to authors of a pair of new think-tank reports released Wednesday, both of which call for less focus from the CRTC on Canadian content.

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CBC is not private broadcasters’ problem: Lacroix

CBC/Radio-Canada is not the cause of problems facing private broadcasters, CEO Hubert Lacroix said in a speech Tuesday.

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