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CRTC approves ‘pro-Trump’ news channel for distribution

The CRTC said it approved an application brought by Ethnic Channels Group Ltd. to bring an American 24-hour conservative news channel for broadcast in Canada.

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Don’t increase carriage fees for 9(1)h services: TV providers

TV service providers told the CRTC this week that cord-cutting by Canadians shouldn’t be the reason to give channels with mandatory carriage on basic packages higher monthly carriage fees.

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‘Unprecedented’ international cooperation in data scandal investigation: Angus

OTTAWA — The House of Commons ethics committee spoke to a British MP on Thursday, to compare notes of investigative findings relating to an ongoing data scandal involving SCL Group Ltd.’s Cambridge Analytica and the Canadian AggregateIQ Data Services Inc.

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Industry’s hot streak in wireless continues with Bell’s record Q1

The first three months of 2018 represented one of the most competitive in the wireless business that BCE Inc. head George Cope has seen, he said Thursday, alluding to the record number of wireless subscriber gains in the industry.

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Stingray to move into radio with NewCap parent buy

Stingray Digital Group Inc. will enter the radio business with the purchase of Newfoundland Capital Corporation Ltd. (NCC), the second-largest private radio player in the country, it said in a Wednesday release.

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OPC follows up on Rogers email complaints

On Tuesday, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) said it is opening an investigation into privacy concerns over Verizon Communications Inc.-owned Yahoo email recently raised by Rogers Communications Inc. customers.

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Reality TV streaming service launching in Canada

Hayu, a streaming service from Comcast Corp.‘s NBC Universal focusing on reality TV programming, will launch in Canada.

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U.S. trade report blasts Canada on IP, copyright

An annual report evaluating whether trade partners are implementing favourable policies to the United States — traditionally dismissed by the Canadian government — has sunk Canada’s record on piracy this year because of what it says is a failure to resolve “longstanding” intellectual property and copyright rules.

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Quebecor buying Groupe Serdy for $24M

Quebecor Inc. will add two new channels to its stable of specialty services with the acquisition of Groupe Serdy, announced Tuesday.

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Privacy commish flags ‘flaw’ in new elections bill

OTTAWA — Proposed legislation that will require federal political parties to have and make public privacy policies covering the collection and use of electoral information is a “small” step in the right direction, but a lack of enforcement is a major concern in the bill, privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien told The Wire Report Tuesday.

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