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Social media platforms want total exclusion from new broadcasting regime

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Social media companies are asking the CRTC to be added to the list of exempt services under the updated Broadcasting Act despite the government expliciting directing the commission not to regulate any online undertakings in respect of the programs of social media creators, including podcasts.

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Change financial threshold for Online Streaming Act exemptions, CRTC told

The proposed financial threshold for exemption for online streaming undertakings in the new Broadcasting Act should be changed, several organizations have told the CRTC. How much it should be altered is the subject of a rigorous debate.

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CRTC denies TerreStar’s request to deduct spectrum sale and subordination revenues from contributions

The CRTC has denied TerreStar Solutions Inc.’s request that spectrum licensing be declared a non-telecommunications service, effectively blocking the company’s attempts to deduct associated revenues from their contribution requirements.

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Telus’ claim about Huawei equipment met with scorn in St. Albert, Alta. 

A town in Alberta is condemning Telus Corp. for slowing down the rollout of broadband in the community. But the telecom denies that St. Albert is suffering any such pause.

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Bell blames advertising, challenging regulatory environment, for its 1,300 layoffs and closed radio stations

Approximately 1,300 BCE Inc. employees will be left without a job, six radio stations closed and three sold due to “a challenging regulatory environment,” the company announced Wednesday.

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Trudeau says Meta’s behaviour is unacceptable

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Meta Platforms Inc.’s move to block news content on its platform is “unacceptable” while Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez said the company is being reckless by “trying to intimidate Canadians.”

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Broadcasters announce new climate group 

Sunday in Banff saw the launch of Canadian Broadcasters for Sustainability, a consortium of 22 organizations committed to working together for environmentally sustainable change.

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Up to aviation industry to protect airports from 5G interference, telecoms say

The airline industry must do more to protect its flights from 5G interference, telecoms have told the department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED). The department is taking submissions from interested stakeholders on the topic.

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CRTC encourages radio stakeholders to participate in contribution consults

CRTC Commissioner Nirmala Naidoo urged members of the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) to participate in consultations aimed at establishing a new contribution framework for online broadcasters to support Canadian and Indigenous content.

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Deadline extended for Indigenous and CanCon framework

Friday the CRTC extended the deadlines for interventions on its consultation on a modernized framework for Canadian and Indigenous content.

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