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44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: report

A new report using data from Statistics Canada says 44.5 per cent of Canadian households headed by individuals under 30 years old don’t have traditional TV service.

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Quebecor CFO Pruneau to head Videotron

Jean-François Pruneau, Quebecor Inc.’s chief financial officer, has been appointed the new CEO of its Videotron subsidiary, in a move analysts said Monday was positive for the company.

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BlackBerry plants foot in IoT security

BlackBerry Ltd. is stepping in to fill a security gap widely complained about in an emerging space: Internet of Things devices.

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Most Canadians support ‘right to be forgotten’: poll

Canadians appear to be generally in favour of the ‘right to be forgotten’, with most showing support for the idea and a majority saying they would support having it set out in Canadian law, according to a poll released Monday by the Angus Reid Institute.

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ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

The organization responsible for allocating IP numbers to intermediaries in Canada is raising concerns there may no longer be a strong incentive for companies to keep updated records on IP number allocation or Whois information, and it wants Parliament to address the issue.

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Iristel complains to CRTC about Bell rate increases

Iristel Inc. says BCE Inc. has put in place “massive and unprecedented rate increases” for access to some of its infrastructure and is asking the CRTC to intervene.

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Harmonize all emergency alert tests: officials

The current requirements for emergency alert tests, which specify a different schedule for tests on wireless devices and broadcast platforms, could cause public confusion and should be harmonized, according to emergency management officials across the country.

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Stingray shelves Music Choice buy, citing price ‘disagreement’

Stingray Group Inc. said it is aborting its previously announced unsolicited bid to purchase Pennsylvania-based music company Music Choice, spelling the end of its third attempt to nab the company.

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CRTC to require big broadcasters to report on women in production

The CRTC plans to soon start measuring the participation of women in television production and how much big TV broadcasters spend on production of Indigenous and official language minority programming.

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