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GoT glitches show challenge in streaming high-viewership events

When the Game of Thrones series premiere aired in 2011, streaming services were still in their infancy. Now, as the HBO ratings juggernaut wraps up its final few episodes, it draws the kind of massive live audiences that are becoming increasingly rare in an over-the-top world.

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Facebook sets higher standards in guidelines than laws: Chan

OTTAWA — Facebook Inc.’s head of public policy in Canada said Friday the platform’s community guidelines, “in many respects,” go above what is currently prescribed in Canadian law, as the company works on making those guidelines more transparent.

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Ethics committee grills Google over political ads decision

OTTAWA — In an at-times tense hearing of the House of Commons ethics committee, executives from the Canada office of Alphabet Inc.’s Google made the case that the company was technologically unable to sell political advertisements on its platforms in a way that would comply with Bill C-76.

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CRTC asking Canadians to participate in internet performance test

A CRTC project dating back to 2015 that seeks to measure the internet performance of service providers (ISPs) in Canadian homes to help drive policy decisions is kicking off a second phase.

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Fizz still ‘minimal’ part of wireless for Videotron: CEO

The new Fizz flanker brand launched by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is still too small a part of the company’s business to significantly affect its average billing per user (ABPU), Videotron’s CEO said Thursday.

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Telus begins separating ‘quality’ wireless subs in financial reports

One year after claiming it registers similar smartphone-specific new subscribers compared to its major competitors, Telus Corp. has separated out what it traditionally considers less lucrative wireless additions in its financial statements.

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Amos calls for industry committee to examine CRTC’s rural broadband role

OTTAWA — As the House industry committee prepares to begin a study on the state of Canada’s rural wireless infrastructure after the passage of the private member’s motion M-208, the motion’s sponsor Liberal MP William Amos today told the committee that its focus should be on examining the role of the CRTC in improving rural access.

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60% of Connect to Innovate applicants still haven’t heard back

More than two years after the deadline to apply for funding through the federal government’s Connect to Innovate rural broadband program, the majority of those who submitted applications have yet to find out whether they were successful.

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15,000 Shaw customers affected by breach

Shaw Communications Inc. has confirmed that the data of some 15,000 customers was left exposed on the internet, though the company says there is no evidence any of it was misused.

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OPC will file suit against Facebook before election: Commish

OTTAWA — The Office of the Privacy Commissioner plans to file in Federal Court a lawsuit against Facebook Inc. before this year’s federal election, commissioner Daniel Therrien said Tuesday, following the completion of a year-long investigation that found the social media giant broke Canadian law when it enabled the scraping of data from its platform without consent.    

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