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Stingray adds Peavey Mart to retail audio network

Canadian retail chain Peavey Mart has joined Stingray Group Inc.’s audio advertising network, according to a Thursday press release.

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CRTC approves mandatory carriage for Francophone TV station despite incumbent opposition

The CRTC added Natyf Inc., a Francophone station serving racialized communities, to Quebec’s basic package and issued a mandatory order for terrestrial and direct-to-home broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) to distribute the service.

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Class action suit against Facebook can proceed, SCC

A class action lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. over age discrimination can move forward, after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear its leave to appeal Thursday. The motion to file the suit was initially dismissed in July 2021 but the Court of Appeal of Quebec granted an appeal last December. Facebook was seeking to have that appellate decision quashed. 

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Eastlink expands service into Acadian Peninsula, N.B.

In a press release on Thursday, Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced the launch of mobile services in the Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick.

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ICA Microsystems back in CCTS fold

ICA Microsystems Inc. is once again a participant in the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Service (CCTS) after being suspended last April. The internet service provider had not supplied a customer with a refund as demanded by the CRTC agency. It later rectified the matter and worked with the CCTS to come under its umbrella once more.

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TerreStar challenges CRTC decision that spectrum sale is part of telecom service

TerreStar Solutions Inc. is challenging a CRTC decision which denied the company’s request to deduct spectrum sale and subordination revenues from its Canadian operating revenues when determining its National Contribution Fund allocations.

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Telus receives more infrastructure funding

The CRTC’s Broadband Fund has granted $1.42 million in additional funding towards Telus Corp.’s internet infrastructure project in the B.C. Central Interior region.

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Rogers awarded $13 million from Competition Bureau in Shaw deal

Rogers Communications Inc. has been awarded nearly $13 million in costs from the Competition Bureau over the bureau’s losing case against the takeover of Shaw Communications. The money reflects legal costs and reasonable disbursements from the two corporations, now merged. The cost structure was determined by the Competition Tribunal.

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Rogers asks CRTC to dismiss discrimination claims from Telus in TTC dispute

As the Toronto subway network access dispute continues, Rogers Communications Inc. says Telus Corp.’s undue preference allegations against it are baseless and hypocritical, according to filings made to the CRTC last Friday. 

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Another FM station gets short-term renewal for non-compliance

The CRTC issued another short-term broadcasting licence renewal after it found a French-language commercial ethnic AM radio station had not complied with its regulatory requirements.

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