The CRTC will be keeping an eye on technical surveys — which broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs) are sometimes required to complete to satisfy rights holders that their intellectual property will not be compromised — to ensure that the increasingly common processes are not becoming a barrier for small BDUs.
The CRTC has approved a number of adjustments to the upcoming Quality of Service (QoS) regime that will govern the way incumbent telecom companies track and report how well they provide service to their wholesale-based high speed access (HSA) customers.
Rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. are opposing a proposal to implement licence fees for fixed earth stations, to which there are currently no fees in place — and to modify existing radio licence fees for earth stations in motion (ESIMs), claiming it will make satellite broadband less affordable for Canadians.
A Federal Court judge has granted intervenor status to the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa (CIPPIC), and Beanfield Technologies Inc. in an effort by several broadcasters seeking Canada’s first-ever “dynamic” site-blocking order.
The CRTC denied Rogers Communications Inc.’s request for several third-party interveners to appear at an upcoming Nov. 22 hearing into the company’s acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc., because the company cannot file a procedural request on behalf of third parties unless it provides proof of authorization.
The CRTC has granted Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc. — more widely known as CPAC — the right to appear at the regulator’s hearings into the proposed merger between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., scheduled for Nov. 22.
A Quebec judge Tuesday decided the majority of the $7.2 million left over from a $26.8 million class action judgement paid by Rogers Communications Inc. will be distributed to a provincial organization that provides financial legal aid, with the remainder going to four non-profits.