ACTRA appoints Lisa Blanchette as public policy and comms director

The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) has appointed Lisa Blanchette as the union’s new director of public policy and communications, it said in a Monday press release.

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CRTC seeks public opinion in telecom sales practises

The CRTC outlined Monday the details of an online public opinion survey concerning the regulator’s efforts to look into the allegedly unethical sales practises of the country’s telecoms. 

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CBC appoints new OTT content director

CBC/Radio-Canada has appointed Gave Lindo to lead the public broadcaster’s over-the-top (OTT) content strategies as well as its original digital programming, according to a release on Thursday.

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Broadcasters’ association, Corus, add new lobby registrations

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters registered to lobby the federal government on its review of the Copyright Act in July, which was otherwise a sleepy month in telecom and media government relations.

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Libertarian telecom analyst joining Bernier’s new party effort

Conservative MP Maxime Bernier announced Thursday that Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) analyst Martin Masse will be joining him as he attempts to form a new national political party after leaving the Conservative Party of Canada.

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Heritage seeking Que. CRTC commish for next year

Canadian Heritage has posted the job application for the CRTC’s regional commissioner for Quebec, a year before the incumbent’s term is up.

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Quebecor sues provincial press council

Media organizations owned by Quebecor Inc. have gone to court to push back against judgements made by a press oversight group in Quebec, according to a release on Wednesday.

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SaskTel now offers IPTV service

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. (SaskTel) announced the launch of a new TV service using Ericsson AB’s MediaFirst-powered IPTV platform in a press release on Wednesday.

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Fibre connections coming to Quebec’s far north

With $125.2 million in funds from the Connect to Innovate program and the Quebec government, the Kativik Regional Government will build some of the most remote fibre internet backbone in the country over the next three years.

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Canadians agreed to pay at least $200K to settle copyright suits in 2018

More than a dozen movie studios have sued Canadians in recent months in a flurry of cases that has so far yielded over $200,000 in settlement agreements from individuals, court documents show.

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