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Supreme Court to hear Telus’ appeal of CRTC access to public infrastructure decision

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will hear Telus Corp.’s appeal of the CRTC’s decision not to oversee wireless access to municipal infrastructure.

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St-Onge faces questioning on portfolio during Senate appearance

Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge faced a barrage of questions from Senators during an appearance before the Red Chamber Wednesday. She was asked about CBC/Radio-Canada, the Online Streaming and Online News Acts, and broadcasting in the north.

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Big Three respond to deaf and hard of hearing groups calls for better accessibility in network outage reporting

Several proposals from deaf and hard of hearing advocacy groups to address the unique challenges their community faces during service outages, while important, are impractical and irrelevant to the CRTC’s current consultation, said Canada’s three major telecoms. 

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Blanchet says CBC cuts at worst possible time

The Bloc Québécois is continuing its fight against cutbacks at CBC/Radio-Canada. Tuesday in Question Period, BQ leader Yves-François Blanchet said this is the worst possible time for the public broadcaster to cut jobs. The job losses were announced Monday.

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Job cuts reason enough for access to online platform contributions: CBC tells CRTC

Gatineau, Que. – CBC/Radio-Canada‘s decision to slash 600 jobs and leave 200 vacancies unfilled has ignited a heated discussion about the broadcaster’s plea for access to base contributions from online platforms. The move, announced Monday, is part of a $125-million cost-cutting measure for fiscal 2024-25, and represents approximately 10 per cent of its full-time workforce.

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Rogers fires back at Competition Bureau over wireless plan investigation

Rogers Communications Inc. is responding vehemently to the Competition Bureau’s investigation into the Toronto telecom’s Infinite wireless plan. The bureau announced Monday it has obtained a court order forcing Rogers to turn over documents.

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CBC announces 600 jobs cut, decrease in programming

Canada’s public broadcaster is cutting 10 per cent of its workforce and slashing some programming to deal with a $125 million budget shortfall.

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Blue Ant says contribution regime should be flexible

Foreign streamers must pay their fair share of contributions to the Canadian broadcasting system, but should be able to choose how they do it, the CRTC was told Friday. The commission was wrapping up the second of three weeks of hearings into modernizing the broadcasting landscape.

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Bell still opposed to Rogers’ application seeking changes to BNS services

BCE Inc. has responded to a commission staff letter regarding Rogers Communications Inc.’s 2019 Part 1 Application concerning Bell’s Billed Number Screening (BNS) database services charged to wireless service providers (WSPs) and wireless competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs). Bell opposes Rogers’ proposed modifications to the current collect call regime.

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Netflix urges contribution limit be set at two per cent at CRTC hearings

Netflix Services Canada ULC says it has invested large amounts of money into Canada’s broadcasting sector and should not have to pay into contribution funds. The streaming service appeared at the CRTC’s broadcast proceedings on Thursday.

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