Federal budget coming March 22

The federal budget will be presented March 22, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced Tuesday.

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CRTC job postings extended

Four CRTC job postings have been extended for a second time, with prospective chairperson, vice-chairperson and regional commissioners having until March 15 to apply.

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SaskTel sale off the table, Wall says

The premier of Saskatchewan said Monday that the province will not pursue the sale of its telecommunications crown corporation, according to a report in the Canadian Press.

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Corus to sell cookie data to advertisers

Corus Entertainment Inc. is now selling to advertisers users’ cookie data to better target audience members, the company announced Monday.

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Proposal would give Bell ‘significant and asymmetric powers’: small ISPs

The CRTC should deny a proposal by BCE Inc. for a new regime governing traffic pumping that would allow telecoms to unilaterally put in place penalties that “inflict substantial harm” on other telecom providers, the Canadian Network Operators’ Consortium (CNOC) said.

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Stingray acquires NatureVision

In a move that it says positions it as the “leading 4K content provider on TV,” Stingray Digital Group Inc. announced it purchased NatureVision TV, which specializes in nature programming.

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Rogers moves to ‘rapid price deflation’ of 1GB Internet: Barclays

Rogers Communications Inc. is offering a cable and Internet package that includes speeds of 1 Gbps at a heavily discounted price in what Barclays Capital says is a surprising move.

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Blais defends SimSub decision

Canada has one of the “world’s most open cultural markets” and the CRTC’s decision to ban simultaneous substitution during BCE Inc.’s broadcast of the National Football League’s championship game doesn’t raise trade issues, chairman Jean-Pierre Blais told a pair of Canadian politicians who petitioned the CRTC reverse its decision.

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Bell can’t drop French-language music channels from legacy package: CRTC

BCE Inc.’s proposed repackaging of Groupe V Media Inc.’s French-language music channels partially violates the Wholesale Code, the CRTC said Friday.

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Government consulting on non-geostationary satellite systems

Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is consulting on licence requirements for non-geostationary satellite orbit systems (NGSO).

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