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Goodale hasn’t heard talk about telco compensation in event of Huawei ban

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says compensation to Canadian telcos in the event of a Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. equipment ban from Canada’s 5G networks hasn’t come up in government discussions about network security — or at least in none of the conversations he’s been part of so far.

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Online discoverability a challenge for books, magazines, BTLR hears

Organizations representing Canadian publishers are flagging the difficulty of identifying Canadian content online to the panel in charge of reviewing the broadcasting and telecom acts.

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Flaws in rural broadband funding hot topic in telecom law review

Rural broadband funding programs in Canada suffer from “significant” design flaws that have in some cases put investments by small providers on hold, a regional broadband group is warning — one of a number of submissions to the ongoing review of Canada’s communications laws raising concerns with program structure.

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Federal Court says disclosure motions need ‘best available evidence’

Key evidence relied upon by movie studios in a substantial chunk of copyright infringement cases that have yielded vast sums of money from settlements has been ruled insufficient by a Federal Court judge who reversed a disclosure order on Thursday.

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Double CBC funding, CMG tells communications review

The real value of the funding CBC/Radio-Canada receives has slipped significantly due to inflation, the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) said in its submission to the federal government’s expert panel review of communications legislation.

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CACTUS asks BTLR for $150M community TV framework

A group representing the Canadian community TV sector is asking the panel reviewing the broadcasting and telecom acts to beef up focus on community TV at the CRTC and Canadian Heritage and create a new secretariat and ombudsperson’s office, along with a new funding framework for the sector.

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Rural broadband spending should be priority in next budget: NDP MP

Parliamentarians who stuck around the House of Commons for a Wednesday evening debate on a Liberal motion to take a hard look at Canada’s rural broadband gap said spending on underserved areas must be high up on the government’s agenda.

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Corus shuffles executive VP roster

Corus Entertainment Inc. has promoted Troy Reeb and Colin Bohm to its executive vice-president ranks, the company said in a press release Thursday.

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Samsung readying 5G PR blitz in Canada: internal comms

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is embarking this year on a massive information and marketing campaign to promote its leadership on, and rollout of, 5G in Canada, according to a high level presentation seen by The Wire Report on Wednesday.  

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CRTC asking for public input on ISP code

The day after it released its report on misleading sales practices, the CRTC is asking for Canadians to contact it through its Facebook page about its proposed internet service provider code of conduct.

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