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CRTC grants CanCon producers flexibility on stock footage costs
Media | 03/24/2023 5:30 pm EDT
The CRTC has adjusted how it considers the use of stock footage for the purposes of counting toward Canadian Content requirements.
In a Thursday decision, the regulator announced it would move the treatment of stock footage costs from the "services" category to the...
Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills
Internet and Governance | 03/23/2023 3:24 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is not worried that American president Joe Biden will lobby against the Canadian government’s two online bills, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, and Bill C-18, the Online News Act. There are reports that the president...
CRTC issues broadcasting licence fees
Media | 03/22/2023 1:03 pm EDT
The CRTC has issued the broadcasting licence fees for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The estimated total...
Supreme Court to hear appeal by CBC and other media
Media | 03/16/2023 2:14 pm EDT
Thursday the Supreme Court announced it was allowing an appeal by a group of media into the unsealing of...
CRTC grants Indigenous station radio license
Media | 03/09/2023 3:01 pm EST
The CRTC Thursday approved a radio broadcasting license for Piikani Resource Development Ltd. on behalf...
Senators call for CBC to keep traditional broadcasting model
Media | 03/09/2023 2:22 pm EST
Members of the Senate are calling on the CBC/Radio-Canada to maintain its current broadcasting regime, saying it is necessary for those in areas with limited internet access.
On Feb. 7 CBC...
Free-time political time allocations released by federal arbitrator
Media | 03/09/2023 11:44 am EST
Broadcasting arbitrator Monica Song has updated her list on the amount of time registered political parties are eligible for free-time political broadcasts in the next...
CRTC releases pair of broadcasting reports that paint dire picture
Media | 03/03/2023 6:04 pm EST
The CRTC released two commissioned reports on the changing nature of the...
CBC and CTV lose leave to appeal BC case to Supreme Court
Media | 03/02/2023 11:06 am EST
The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it had dismissed a leave to...
BDUs raising TV rates for customers not covered by small basic rate is irrelevant: Bell
Media | 03/01/2023 6:12 pm EST
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that it is...
Heritage Committee summons Google execs over news blocking
Internet and Governance | 02/28/2023 4:46 pm EST
The House of Commons Heritage committee voted Tuesday to summon top...
Masse calls for CRTC review of cross-border advertising
Media | 02/27/2023 3:08 pm EST
A New Democrat representing a border city wants the CRTC to review...
Bell and Telus being “difficult” in MVNO negotiation: PKP
Media | 02/23/2023 4:58 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s efforts to reach all wholesale and MVNO access agreements...
CRTC reopens basic television price hike proceeding
Media | 02/21/2023 5:25 pm EST
The CRTC is reopening its proceeding into whether or not BCE Inc., Cogeco Inc., Bragg Communications...
Online News Act leads to internet fragmentation: Internet Society
Internet and Governance | 02/17/2023 4:20 pm EST
The Online News Act, Bill C-18, will “fundamentally change the...
CRTC to release broadcaster revenue data, aggregated by industry segment
Media | 02/16/2023 4:43 pm EST
The CRTC announced that it will publish the data collected in its Annual Digital Media Survey – covering 2020-2021 – aggregated by industry segment, audio and audiovisual....
CRTC won’t grant Yellowknife FM station, two commissioners dissent
Media | 02/15/2023 5:01 pm EST
After years of consideration, the CRTC determined that Yellowknife, NWT...
Conservatives seek Quebec consultation on Online Streaming Act
Media | 02/15/2023 4:59 pm EST
During Tuesday’s Question Period, two Conservative MPs from Quebec took...
Ethics commissioner finds MP Fergus violated rules with letter to CRTC
Media | 02/14/2023 2:20 pm EST
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has found that...
Champagne plays coy on Rogers-Shaw announcement, vows lower prices
Media | 02/14/2023 12:29 pm EST
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says...
UPDATED: Government finalizes new directions for CRTC
Media | 02/13/2023 4:00 pm EST
Monday the federal government outlined new policy directions for the CRTC, with an emphasis on competition, affordability, consumer interests and innovation. Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne first declared his intention to bring in the new measures last May....
Senators continue fight over Streaming Act and CBC’s future
Media | 02/08/2023 1:22 pm EST
The battle over the government’s Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11,...
Unscripted series the wave of the future for streamers, CMPA conference hears
Media | 02/06/2023 1:31 pm EST
OTTAWA–Streaming is the way of the future, a panel told the Canadian...
CBC’s Tait says IP ownership has to remain front and centre of CanCon rules; Amazon disagrees
Media | 02/03/2023 5:14 pm EST
OTTAWA– An Amazon Inc. Prime Video executive has...
CRTC dismisses Bell undue preference complaint against Quebecor; orders the companies to play nice
Media | 02/03/2023 4:56 pm EST
In its first notable broadcasting decision under...
Australia provides a model for Canadian production, CMPA conference hears
Media | 02/03/2023 4:35 pm EST
OTTAWA–Australia has followed a different path to film and television...
UPDATED: Senate passes C-11; Rodriguez expects C-11 to become law next week
Media | 02/02/2023 7:17 pm EST
OTTAWA – The Senate officially adopted the Online Streaming Act, a year...
Rogers will be able to compete in a four-player market: Staffieri to investors
Media | 02/02/2023 4:43 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. will not need more financing from the capital...
Business Development Bank of Canada announces $30M, partnership with Telefilm, for Canadian cultural sector
Media | 02/02/2023 3:59 pm EST
OTTAWA — The Business Development Bank of Canada...
Bram Abramson appointed Ontario Commissioner at CRTC
Media | 01/30/2023 4:23 pm EST
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Monday announced the appointment of telecom and technology lawyer Bram Abramson as the regional commissioner for Ontario at the CRTC.
Abramson's five-year term will begin on Feb. 15.
The lawyer comes to the commission after a...
On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice
Media | 01/26/2023 11:48 am EST
All eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for...
Market reaction positive to appeal outcome over Rogers-Shaw merger
Media | 01/25/2023 6:23 pm EST
Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell said Tuesday his agency will not take the fight against the takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. by Rogers Communications Inc. to the Supreme Court. The...
CRTC vice-chair broadcasting prioritizing public policy goals over financial implications of C-11
Media | 01/24/2023 6:19 pm EST
The purpose of the CRTC is to achieve policy...
Updated: Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Competition Bureau case
Media | 01/24/2023 3:08 pm EST
Tuesday afternoon the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed with costs the...
CRTC calls for FM radio applications in Joliette, Que.
Media | 01/23/2023 3:06 pm EST
Monday the CRTC opened up the radio market in Joliette, Que., calling for applications for a new FM station in the region. The process was spurred on by a 2021 request from Arsenal Media Inc. seeking a second FM station in the city.
Arsenal currently operates CJLM-FM in...
CRTC awards Mennonite group FM station in Alberta
Media | 01/17/2023 5:20 pm EST
The CRTC Tuesday approved a proposal for an FM station serving La Crete, Alta. Two years ago the...
Rogers Communications Announces the Passing of Alan Horn
Media | 01/17/2023 5:10 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. announced late-Monday night the passing of...
London Ont. to get commercial ethnic radio station
Media | 01/16/2023 4:09 pm EST
Monday the CRTC approved an application by Malayalam Commercial Radio Inc. for a low-power commercial...
Corus still feeling effects of advertising recession
Media | 01/13/2023 5:43 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. president and CEO Doug Murphy said an “advertising recession” is the cause...
Online Streaming Act will modernize broadcast laws: CRTC commissioner
Media | 01/12/2023 3:49 pm EST
Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, is a necessary tool to update...
Bell and Snapchat launch Raptors immersive experience
Media | 01/06/2023 2:59 pm EST
BCE Inc. announced Friday that the company was partnering with Snap Inc....
Konrad von Finckenstein named to Order of Canada
Media | 01/04/2023 4:54 pm EST
Former CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein has been appointed a member of the Order of Canada. The honour...
CRTC chair Ian Scott: the exit interview
Media | 01/04/2023 4:52 pm EST
Ian Scott's tenure as chair of the CRTC comes to a close Thursday. The Wire Report sat down with Scott to...
Quebec hotel company keeps exempt BDU status, despite protests of Quebecor and Bell
Media | 01/04/2023 4:47 pm EST
The CRTC has denied Quebecor Inc.’s request to sanction Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley, and to remove it from the list of exempted broadcasting distribution...
UPDATED: Rogers comes out victorious in competition challenge over Shaw buyout
Media | 12/30/2022 12:34 am EST
Canada’s Competition Tribunal is dismissing the Commissioner of...
Competition Bureau undercuts its own case, National Bank analyst maintains
Media | 12/21/2022 3:25 pm EST
As spectators await the release of a decision in the takeover of Shaw...
CRTC chooses DHX’s offer for children’s programming rates over Rogers in final offer arbitration
Media | 12/20/2022 6:08 pm EST
In a dispute between Rogers Communications Inc....
Vicky Eatrides appointed new CRTC chair; consumer advocates pleased
Media | 12/19/2022 4:08 pm EST
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez Monday morning announced the...
CRTC’s regulatory policy plays central role in Rogers-Shaw closing arguments
Media | 12/16/2022 9:47 am EST
In the drama that has unfolded in front of the Competition Tribunal over the past month, as the tribunal hears arguments on whether or not it should approve Rogers...
Ministers vow to monitor American proposals on TikTok
Media | 12/15/2022 2:03 pm EST
The ministers most responsible for telecom and broadcasting policy in Canada are pledging to follow...
Connectivity, not content, is king, Carleton study says
Media | 12/14/2022 4:50 pm EST
A report issued by a Carleton University professor asserts that revenue from communications and internet access services and subscription services far surpass advertising revenues. They outstrip the...
Increase to skinny basic rates not popular with public, CRTC hears
Media | 12/13/2022 6:15 pm EST
An application by four companies to hike the price of basic television...
CRTC revamps Canadian content regulations for radio; CAB dismayed
Media | 12/07/2022 5:43 pm EST
The CRTC has revised its rules for Canadian content in commercial radio. In...
Senate votes to keep controversial “exemption to the exemption” in Bill C-11
Media | 12/06/2022 5:55 pm EST
The Senate Transport and Communications Committee defeated two amendments on Tuesday that would have struck the “exemption to the exemption” on user generated content (UGC) in the Online Streaming...
CRTC to hold hearings on radio station proposals
Media | 12/05/2022 3:57 pm EST
The CRTC announced Monday that it will hold proceedings in February to consider six applications before...
Consultation will be held for exemption under Bill C-18, committee votes down amendment to force negotiation with all outlets
Media | 11/25/2022 4:56 pm EST
The committee studying the Online News Act...
Senate won’t define discoverability in Online Streaming Act definitions
Media | 11/24/2022 5:11 pm EST
Supporters and opponents of the Online Streaming Act alike have their eyes...
Rodriguez urges senators to pass Online Streaming Act
Media | 11/22/2022 8:17 pm EST
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez and members of his department were the final witnesses as the Senate Transport and Communications Committee wrapped up its hearings into the Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11. The minister praised the committee, pointing out it has...
Tories slow down C-18 clause-by-clause consideration with amendments
Media | 11/22/2022 3:23 pm EST
The House of Commons’ Heritage Committee’s clause-by-clause review of...
CRTC’s finances are ‘fine’ for new responsibilities: Scott
Media | 11/22/2022 2:20 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA – CRTC chair Ian Scott said he does not know what the state of the CRTC’s finances will look like in future but the commission is “fine” for the moment as it prepares to take on a...
Libs, NDP, accuse Conservatives of running out the clock on C-18 clause-by-clause review
Media | 11/18/2022 5:11 pm EST
The first day of the House of Commons’ Heritage...
Scott tells senators CRTC won’t regulate algorithms
Media | 11/17/2022 1:40 pm EST
CRTC chair Ian Scott told members of the Senate Committee on Transport and Communication that the...
CRTC reports fewer spam complaints in bi-annual report
Media | 11/17/2022 1:14 pm EST
Canadians have been sending slightly fewer complaints per week to the Spam Reporting Centre (SRC), according to a bi-annual report issued by the CRTC.
Thursday, the CRTC released its Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) “snapshot” for the six-month period ending...
Jesse Wente proposes amendments to bring C-11 in line with UNDRIP
Media | 11/15/2022 5:30 pm EST
Indigenous broadcasting stakeholders proposed amendments to the Online...
CRTC extends deadline in Quebecor advertising application
Media | 11/15/2022 5:14 pm EST
The CRTC has extended the deadline for interventions on a consultation...
Rogers-Shaw Tribunal hearings reveal the extent of Telus efforts to block merger
Media | 11/14/2022 5:59 pm EST
The second week of the Competition Tribunal's hearing into whether or not...
Arguments begin in NHL site-blocking case before Federal Court
Media | 11/10/2022 4:24 pm EST
Arguments began Thursday in a Federal Court case that would see pirated...
Freedom Mobile sales hurt by merger uncertainty, dealer says
Media | 11/09/2022 10:52 am EST
Service and sales improved when Shaw Communications Inc. bought Wind Mobile...
Heritage Committee hears final witnesses on Online News Act
Media | 11/04/2022 5:50 pm EDT
Canada’s Online News Act could serve as a template for countries around...
Telus posts 10 per cent revenue increase in Q3
Media | 11/04/2022 4:33 pm EDT
Telus Corp. reported a 9.9 per cent increase in its overall revenues for the three months that ended on...
Bell mopped up customers switching from Rogers in Q3
Media | 11/03/2022 6:15 pm EDT
BCE Inc. reported what it said were record subscriber additions in the third quarter of 2022, according...
PKP still hopeful over Freedom acquisition despite unfruitful mediation with Competition Bureau
Media | 11/03/2022 4:29 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. released its third quarter figures on Thursday, with president and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau pleased with the prospects for the future. This was despite a slight...
C-18 represents a step on a “slippery slope” away from open internet: ex-CBC, Wikimedia head
Media | 11/01/2022 5:05 pm EDT
Legislation that would force digital giants like...
Unions call on Senate to pass Online Streaming Act
Media | 11/01/2022 5:04 pm EDT
A collection of labour unions appeared before the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications...
Facebook denounces Online News Act as it finally appears at committee
Media | 10/28/2022 6:02 pm EDT
Meta Platforms Inc., parent company of Facebook, came out swinging against...
UPDATED: Senators want incoming CRTC chair to testify about C-11
Media | 10/27/2022 5:41 pm EDT
Hopes that the government’s Online Streaming Act would receive quick...
Tandy Yull rejoins CAB as regulatory VP
Media | 10/27/2022 5:35 pm EDT
Tandy Yull is returning to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters as Vice President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs. She arrives from the CRTC, where she was Senior Manager of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Yull was the CAB’s Manager of Television Policy and Social...
PIAC wins partial victory as CRTC extends basic skinny proceeding
Media | 10/27/2022 3:11 pm EDT
The CRTC announced Thursday it was extending the deadline for interventions...
Streamers should be obliged to sell cable integration apps to small BDUs: CCSA
Media | 10/27/2022 11:35 am EDT
The organization representing independent companies providing cable TV and...
Champagne announcement may signal eagerness to approve Rogers-Shaw deal: analysts
Media | 10/26/2022 2:56 pm EDT
Financial analysts reacting to Tuesday's announcement from Innovation...
Facebook threatens to leave Canada, MP wants it to testify on C-18
Media | 10/25/2022 4:08 pm EDT
OTTAWA–Meta Platforms Inc., parent company of Facebook, is so upset that...
C-11 allows Canadian cultural sector to avoid becoming “service industry”: Canada Media Fund
Media | 10/25/2022 4:03 pm EDT
Whether or not enough content is produced in...
Bell granted World Cup site-blocking order; broadcasters seek NHL piracy blocking renewal
Media | 10/24/2022 5:07 pm EDT
The emerging ad-hoc regime of site-blocking in...
Rodriguez, Scott, given rough ride on C-18 in appearance before Heritage committee
Internet and Governance | 10/21/2022 7:21 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez and CRTC chair Ian Scott were...
Corus partially blames advertising recession, CRTC required programming expenditures, for fourth-quarter losses
Media | 10/21/2022 7:18 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. revealed a $367.1 million...
Chair of Senate committee studying C-11 defends his fundraising letter against the bill
Media | 10/20/2022 3:44 pm EDT
The chair of the Senate Transport and Communications Committee is under attack for sending out a fundraising letter against the Online Streaming Act while the bill is before...
CRTC will take over 2 years to determine scope of Bill C-11: ex-Vice Chairperson
Media | 10/20/2022 2:11 pm EDT
The former Vice Chairperson of the CRTC and a media company president...
Rogers, Shaw, accused of fishing expedition over Bell, Telus, subpoenas
Media | 10/20/2022 12:37 pm EDT
Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. have accused Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...
Google amplifies its messaging around C-18 through commissioned poll
Internet and Governance | 10/14/2022 5:18 pm EDT
A survey commissioned by Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada found that most...
CRTC’s Scott comments on Marouf controversy, vows to review costs awards
Media | 10/13/2022 4:20 pm EDT
CRTC chair Ian Scott issued a statement on Thursday over the controversy...
Thomas makes heritage critic, Perkins moves to industry in CPC shadow cabinet shuffle
Media | 10/12/2022 2:51 pm EDT
New Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre revealed a revamped shadow cabinet on Wednesday, shuffling many MPs into new positions.
Alberta MP Rachael Thomas is the new...
Unregulated algorithms is “privatized discoverability regulations” not consumer choice, Senate hears
Media | 10/06/2022 6:22 pm EDT
The question over the place of algorithms and...
CRTC seeking comment about removal of advertising limits
Media | 10/06/2022 2:14 pm EDT
The CRTC is seeking comments on whether or not it should allow Quebecor...
Group suing CRTC worried language-minority groups will get left out of consultations, Senate hears
Media | 10/06/2022 10:51 am EDT
Executives from the French-language music group...
Senator claims privilege over Digital First lobbying letter
Media | 10/05/2022 12:08 pm EDT
An Alberta Senator is claiming his privileges as a parliamentarian were...
Netflix and MPA-Canada want C-11 to be flexible for global undertakings
Media | 10/04/2022 5:14 pm EDT
Netflix Inc., and the Motion Picture Association - Canada (MPA-Canada), of...
Spectrum Unceded: How Indigenous people are Fighting for Digital Sovereignty in a Wireless World
Media | 09/30/2022 9:48 am EDT
by Jenna Cocullo
At the frontier of the future...
Digital First Canada director addresses bullying, lobbying allegations, made by Heritage parliamentary secretary to Senate
Media | 09/29/2022 2:26 pm EDT
The executive director of Digital First Canada...
Senator wants to amend Online Streaming Act to deal with CBC
Media | 09/28/2022 11:31 am EDT
A Prince Edward Island senator told his colleagues he wants to bring in a...
C-18 would harm trust in Canadian media: former CRTC chair; secrecy of deals harms trust: Tyee publisher
Internet and Governance | 09/27/2022 5:44 pm EDT
As the House of Commons Heritage committee Tuesday continued its study of the government's plan to force tech giant platforms to pay Canadian news organizations for their...