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Heritage committee opens hearings on news compensation legislation

The government’s plan to force social media platforms to negotiate compensation deals with Canadian news organizations is either “rent-seeking behavior” that will prop up a handful of ailing legacy media organizations and push Canadian readers away from credible journalism, or it is an essential bill that will level the playing field amongst Canadian news organizations and protect a vital public service with a positive example in Australia. 

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Bell files review and vary over Videotron pole access decision

BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada has filed a Part 1 review and vary application over a CRTC decision imposing fines of $7.5 million for denying Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Videotron access to poles. 

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CBC licence renewal sent back to CRTC for not meeting objective of Broadcasting Act

The federal government is sending the CRTC’s renewal of CBC/Radio-Canada’s licence back to the regulator in response to a slew of petitions calling for a revision.

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CRTC rejects new commercial radio station for Rouyn-Noranda, Que.; will put community radio application to a hearing

The Rouyn-Noranda market cannot support another commercial radio station, the CRTC wrote in a decision released Thursday as it denied an application for a broadcasting license for a French-language commercial FM station in the city.

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Streamers want changes to C-11 while Canadian creators urge passage of bill

Multinational streaming platforms continue to decry the influence of the CRTC in the Online Streaming Act, calling for two amendments, while representatives of the Canadian music industry say Bill C-11 is needed as written to protect local content producers. The Senate Committee on Transportation and Communications continued to hold hearings into the bill Wednesday night.

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Privacy watchdogs call for better health data practices 

Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial privacy commissioners are calling on stakeholders to beef up protections for data when it comes to health information and the growing use of digital technologies in the health sector. 

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Broadcasters, advocates call for terms of trade and stronger inclusion for racialized producers in C-11

While both support the Online Streaming Act and would like to see it passed, executives from APTN and OutTV would like to see more added to the bill to strengthen their respective channels’ positions in the developing streaming landscape, a Senate committee studying the bill heard Tuesday. 

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Bell introduces gigabit 8.0 in areas of Toronto

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BCE Inc. is introducing a new speed tier to its North American customers and subsequently filed a new tariff notification with the CRTC to reflect the changes.

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ISED rejects transfer of Xplore licence to Telus

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The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)  denied an application by Xplore Inc. for the transfer of five spectrum licences to Telus Corp. in Manitoba out of “substantial concerns” that it would harm competition in the province, which runs contrary to its policy objective for spectrum management.

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Bell launches new proceeding against pirate streamers 

BCE Inc. has once more gone to the federal court seeking an injunction against a number of unidentified, John Doe pirate streamers. 

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