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Publishers, broadcasters clash with Google, news collective over Online News Act exemption
Internet and Governance | 09/04/2024 3:38 pm EDT
As the CRTC reviews Google’s application for exemption from the requirements of the Online News Act, some news publishers are weighing their industry’s urgent financial...
Streamers tell CRTC closed captioning on all programming not feasible
Internet and Governance | 08/26/2024 4:50 pm EDT
While providing closed captioning on all programming for the deaf and hard of hearing is a laudable goal, it is not achievable, several streaming companies have told the CRTC....
Google challenges CRTC broadcasting fees decision in appeal court
Internet and Governance | 08/09/2024 2:27 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Google wants the Federal Court of Appeal to set aside a...
CBC CEO Catherine Tait not worried for broadcaster’s longevity
Internet and Governance | 08/06/2024 4:25 pm EDT
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has made slashing CBC/Radio-Canada’s...
Corus reports drops in revenue, profit during Q3 as layoffs continue
Media | 07/15/2024 5:25 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. expects to have cut a quarter of its full-time...
Competition Bureau appoints professor as advisor on digital economy
Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 3:31 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has brought on an expert in economics for a...
CRTC launches consult on Google’s Online News Act exemption
Internet and Governance | 06/27/2024 5:40 pm EDT
The CRTC has kicked off what could be the final hurdle for Google to be exempt from the requirements of the Online News Act and for Canadian news organizations to receive...
Publishers call on CRTC to set rules for Online News Act collective
Internet and Governance | 06/13/2024 10:12 am EDT
A consortium of news publishers is calling on the CRTC to make regulations...
Streamers ‘disappointed’ in five per cent base contribution requirement
Internet and Governance | 06/04/2024 10:15 pm EDT
Online streaming services generating over $25 million in annual Canadian...
Google makes Android emergency location service available to all Canadian users
telecom | 05/13/2024 12:05 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has unveiled the widespread availability of...
Billions of ad dollars leaving Canada through “tax loophole”: Friends of Canadian Media
Internet and Governance | 04/09/2024 8:11 pm EDT
Advertising on foreign digital media like Meta...
CRTC kicks off Online News Act consultation
Internet and Governance | 03/13/2024 4:46 pm EDT
The CRTC launched its first public consultation on the Online News Act’s regulatory framework to gain...
Champagne second-most lobbied minister, Hill Times finds
telecom | 03/12/2024 3:33 pm EDT
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...
Beanfield appoints new SVP of commercial services
telecom | 03/07/2024 4:44 pm EST
Beanfield Technologies Inc. has hired Chris Adamkowski as its new SVP of commercial services, the company announced Thursday.
“I am thrilled to be joining Beanfield and contributing to the mission of connecting communities...
UPDATED: Competition Bureau expands probe into Google’s advertising practices in Canada
Internet and Governance | 02/29/2024 4:22 pm EST
The Competition Bureau announced...
Proposed AI law risks “chilling” innovation, out of step with global standards, Big Tech tells MPs
telecom | 02/09/2024 6:37 pm EST
Representatives from major tech companies warned that the government bill aimed at regulating AI is too broad and risks hindering its development and use in Canada....
Election overhaul must include AI advertising, politicos say
Internet and Governance | 12/18/2023 2:45 pm EST
Canada must revise its election rules and the use of artificial...
Government unveils final provisions of Online News Act
Internet and Governance | 12/15/2023 5:30 pm EST
The federal government released the details of the implementation of the...
Blanchet says CBC cuts at worst possible time
Internet and Governance | 12/06/2023 1:48 pm EST
The Bloc Québécois is continuing its fight against cutbacks at CBC/Radio-Canada. Tuesday in Question...
Google and federal government reach deal over Online News Act
Internet and Governance | 11/29/2023 7:51 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s Google and the federal government have resolved their...
Bell lays out contribution framework proposal at CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/22/2023 9:13 am EST
BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online undertakings should be split in the new framework, putting particular emphasis on the creation of a news fund and dedicating portions towards equity-seeking groups and public...
PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearings
Media | 11/21/2023 4:59 am EST
The long-awaited hearing on how the CRTC should...
Satellite ready to integrate with cellular communications: TerreStar
telecom | 11/13/2023 5:11 pm EST
Earlier this month, TerreStar Solutions Inc. announced it successfully...
AI a potential foreign security threat, Ethics committee tells House
Internet and Governance | 10/25/2023 5:35 pm EDT
A Parliamentary committee is calling for checks of artificial intelligence...
Holistic approach is needed to fix Canada’s telecom troubles: 2023 Competition Summit
Internet and Governance | 10/13/2023 5:30 pm EDT
Sentiment among speakers at the 2023 Canada...
Communication association proposes ‘safe harbor’ provision to retain tech giants in Canadian news market
Internet and Governance | 10/03/2023 6:18 pm EDT
International communications trade association,...
Social media and podcast services must register with CRTC, not users, under new regime
Internet and Governance | 09/29/2023 5:48 pm EDT
The CRTC has determined that online services that...
Senators debate efficiency of Online News Act
Internet and Governance | 09/22/2023 5:13 pm EDT
Even though the Online News Act has become law, it is still the subject of debate in Parliament. Thursday...
Responsible AI regulation needs to come faster, says tech lobby group
Internet and Governance | 09/20/2023 2:53 pm EDT
The Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) is urging the federal government...
Google monopoly trial kicks off, Canada public policy head steps down
Internet and Governance | 09/15/2023 4:48 pm EDT
Colin McKay, head of Canada public policy and government relations at Alphabet Inc.’s Google, has left the company, announcing his departure in a LinkedIn post on...
“WildBrain can’t have their cake and eat it to,” Bell tells CRTC in undue preference dispute
Media | 09/14/2023 6:10 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that WildBrain...
Meta’s fight with feds impacts emergency info sharing for southwestern Ont. municipality
Internet and Governance | 09/13/2023 5:46 pm EDT
The Online News Act standoff between the federal...
Canadian Heritage proposes Online News Act regulations, Meta’s not interested
Internet and Governance | 09/01/2023 5:59 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage announced its proposed regulations to implement the...
Facebook use remains constant despite news ban
Internet and Governance | 08/29/2023 4:45 pm EDT
Meta Platforms Inc. has not experienced any notable drop in Facebook usage despite banning news content...
CRTC releases Online News Act plan, mandatory bargaining may begin by end of 2024
Internet and Governance | 08/24/2023 5:26 pm EDT
The CRTC announced its action plan to implement the Online News Act which will see online platforms such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platform Inc.’s Facebook,...
Fiscal 2024 off to a strong start: Stingray
Media | 08/09/2023 4:37 pm EDT
Stingray Group Inc. reported revenue and subscriber growth for the first quarter of the 2024 fiscal year...
Money allocation main issue as Streaming Act replies filed to CRTC
Internet and Governance | 08/02/2023 5:11 pm EDT
Battles over money and how to allocate it are at the forefront as the CRTC...
OPINION: Small independents won’t benefit from Online News Act
Internet and Governance | 07/21/2023 5:38 pm EDT
by Heather Wright, publisher of The Independent of Petrolia and Central...
Corus adds itself to Meta boycott
Internet and Governance | 07/17/2023 5:03 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. is adding itself to the list of industry players who are suspending advertising on Meta Platform Inc. after the tech giant announced it will block Canadian news content on Facebook and its other platforms...
Streamers hope to illustrate emerging consensus on exemption orders
Internet and Governance | 07/17/2023 4:48 pm EDT
In an ongoing tug-of-war at the CRTC, tech giants are arguing that a level...
Feds respond to tech giants’ concerns through proposed regulations
Internet and Governance | 07/11/2023 5:14 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage is proposing regulations under the Online News Act that...
Feds, Cogeco, Quebecor, say goodbye to Meta
Internet and Governance | 07/05/2023 5:54 pm EDT
The federal government, Quebecor Inc., and Cogeco Inc., are pulling all their advertising investments...
Google confirms removal of Canadian news links
Internet and Governance | 06/30/2023 12:00 am EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has announced it will be removing Canadian news links from its websites.
The...
Social media platforms want total exclusion from new broadcasting regime
Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 4:17 pm EDT
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...
Change financial threshold for Online Streaming Act exemptions, CRTC told
Internet and Governance | 06/15/2023 6:05 pm EDT
The proposed financial threshold for exemption for online streaming...
Trudeau says Meta’s behaviour is unacceptable
Media | 06/13/2023 7:29 pm EDT
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Meta Platforms Inc.’s move to block news content on its platform is...
Google disincentivized from engaging with Online News Act, company says
Internet and Governance | 06/06/2023 1:56 pm EDT
Spokespeople for Alphabet Inc.’s Google expressed further concerns they...
Facebook blocking threat “unacceptable”, Rodriguez states
Internet and Governance | 06/02/2023 2:17 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is not impressed by Meta...
C-18 is necessary and fair, CAB tells Senate panel
Internet and Governance | 05/11/2023 5:45 pm EDT
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) told the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications that the Online News Act, Bill C-18, is needed and should be passed as soon as possible.
“The Canadian Association of Broadcasters supports Bill C-18 for two...
Google, Facebook determined to stop news sharing should C-18 pass as currently drafted
Internet and Governance | 05/04/2023 11:23 am EDT
With Bill C-18, the Government's plan to have news...
C-18 different task than C-11: CRTC officials
Internet and Governance | 05/02/2023 4:28 pm EDT
The chair of the Senate's Transport and Communications committee Tuesday expressed annoyance that as the...
Senate begins oversight of Online News Act
Internet and Governance | 04/25/2023 6:08 pm EDT
The government’s Online News Act will not regulate the media nor will it require internet users to pay...
Google defends restricting access, calls for changes to C-18
Internet and Governance | 04/21/2023 5:08 pm EDT
Senior executives of Alphabet Inc.’s Google appeared before the House of...
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...
Google promises to restore access to news at lively committee meeting
Internet and Governance | 03/10/2023 5:11 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s Google will stop limiting consumer access to news links...
Rodriguez rejects Senate C-11 amendment limiting CRTC power over social media
Internet and Governance | 03/08/2023 8:38 am EST
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is rejecting a Senate amendment...
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...
CRTC must hold public hearings for interim exemption orders in Online News Act
Internet and Governance | 11/29/2022 7:02 pm EST
The House of Commons Heritage committee passed an amendment to the Government's Online News Act Tuesday that would limit the CRTC's ability to grant interim exemption orders...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 breached when two members of the House of Commons sent a letter to the commissioner of lobbying about a Senate witness.
Scott Tannas is leader of the Canadian Senators Group in the Red Chamber. His...
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...
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...
Heritage committee opens hearings on news compensation legislation
Internet and Governance | 09/23/2022 5:56 pm EDT
The government’s plan to force social media platforms to negotiate...
Streamers want changes to C-11 while Canadian creators urge passage of bill
Media | 09/22/2022 1:37 pm EDT
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...
Broadcasters want policy direction on C-11; streamers want their algorithms left alone
Media | 09/15/2022 7:51 pm EDT
Canadian broadcasting executives, from companies...
Former commissioner laughs at idea that CRTC is capable of handling C-11; PIAC advocates for static discoverability
Media | 09/15/2022 1:22 pm EDT
The idea that the CRTC is capable of handling the...
CRTC approves CISC working group report on location technology
telecom | 09/02/2022 5:06 pm EDT
Friday the CRTC approved a report from the CRTC Interconnection Steering...
Google loses patent infringement case against smart-speaker company
telecom | 08/16/2022 5:03 pm EDT
The Federal Court dismissed Alphabet Inc.’s Google patent infringement...
Quebec class-action goes after Google for $50 million
Media | 07/11/2022 5:25 pm EDT
The Superior Court of Quebec has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google for allegedly failing to obtain "sufficient consent" from individuals who do not require the creation of a Google account to collect their personal information when they use its...
Scott says platforms may be asked to ‘manipulate’ algorithms for Canadian discoverability
Media | 06/23/2022 10:49 am EDT
The CRTC chair has said that social media...
C-11 heads to Senate, over Conservative objections, after passing third reading in the House of Commons
Media | 06/21/2022 6:15 pm EDT
With the NDP and the Bloc Québécois supporting...
Rodriguez slams Tories for misinformation on Online Streaming Act
Media | 06/07/2022 3:45 pm EDT
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez attacked the opposition for...
Foreign streamers wary of CRTC power under Online Streaming Act, CHPC told
Media | 06/02/2022 4:53 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.'s YouTube believes the provisions of Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, give too much power to the CRTC to regulate content, the company’s head of government affairs and public...
C-11 will “hang over the system until Supreme Court has spoken” over jurisdiction: Palmer
Media | 05/31/2022 6:29 pm EDT
A former senior general counsel at the Department of Justice has told members of parliament studying the Online Streaming Act that the bill “lacks a foundation in Canadian...
Comp. laws are too focused on price: Lawson Hunter
Media | 05/16/2022 7:21 pm EDT
Canada's competition laws have become too sensitive to price, particularly in mergers, and should instead...
Tories put forward motion to kill Bill C-18, send “subject matter” to committee
Media | 05/13/2022 5:12 pm EDT
Conservative MP John Nater wants the Liberal government to withdraw its...
Tory MP attacks government for advertising on foreign media instead of local
Media | 05/05/2022 4:41 pm EDT
Conservative MP Martin Shields castigated the government for advertising on...
Quebec and French Canadian artists will be the losers if social media is unregulated, conference hears
Media | 05/04/2022 6:15 pm EDT
A Canadian cultural policy that adopts a...
Google says online age verification difficult to implement, up to content providers not search engines
Media | 04/06/2022 6:20 pm EDT
The implementation of age verification online is a...
UPDATED: Gov. launches Online News Act, will mandate bargaining between outlets and web giants for compensation
Media | 04/05/2022 1:06 pm EDT
New legislation from the Government of Canada will...
Google wins patent infringement decision in Federal Court
Media | 03/07/2022 2:34 pm EST
The Federal Court of Canada dismissed a motion for summary judgment brought...
Bill C-11 a new bill with no new ideas, and a ‘legal pretzel’ for censorship: CPC
Media | 03/01/2022 5:05 pm EST
For the second time in the span of a year, the...
Google says Canada pursuing unique approach to news compensation
Media | 02/23/2022 5:55 pm EST
Canada’s pending news media compensation legislation is based on key objectives and principles that Alphabet Inc.’s Google says is important when working with governments to create thoughtful internet regulations concerning platforms, something which the search engine...
B.C. court greenlights 1 of 3 class actions against Google for non-consensual data collection
Media | 02/04/2022 5:57 pm EST
A Supreme Court of British Columbia judge has...
Panelists call on government to rethink C-11
Media | 11/17/2021 4:59 pm EST
The Canadian government should broaden its consultation over its online harms bill, a Wednesday Canadian...
Quebec court moves ahead with proposed class-action against Google
Media | 11/02/2021 5:30 pm EDT
A Quebec Superior Court judge has rejected an application by Alphabet...
Google expands News Showcase program
Media | 10/27/2021 12:37 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is expanding its News Showcase program, announcing Wednesday that it has signed...
Court orders Google to turn over documents to Competition Bureau
Media | 10/22/2021 6:06 pm EDT
The Federal Court has ordered Alphabet Inc.'s Google to turn over a number of records to the Competition Bureau after the regulator requested the documents as part of its investigation into what it suspects are anti-competitive practices involving the sale of advertising on...
Competition Bureau asks Court to compel Google records disclosure in inquiry into YouTube ad sales
Media | 10/18/2021 6:47 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has asked a Federal Court...
Google seeks to appeal court decision on PIPEDA application
Media | 09/29/2021 4:47 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is appealing a July court decision that determined...
Feds launch copyright framework consultation for AI and IoT
Media | 07/16/2021 6:17 pm EDT
Canada wants to hear from stakeholders on how to modernize the Copyright Act to better include protections for new innovations and investments as new technologies develop. Friday, Heritage Canada...
Court decides PIPEDA applies to Google search, “right to be forgotten” debate kept alive
Media | 07/09/2021 5:39 pm EDT
A court decision that Canada’s federal private...
BTLR’s Yale encouraged by Australian news compensation model; too reliant on big tech, says OpenMedia
Media | 07/06/2021 6:18 pm EDT
An initiative explored this past month in a Senate...
Guilbeault setting guidelines for diverse content online
Media | 06/30/2021 4:17 pm EDT
In order to encourage more diverse content online, Heritage Minister Steven...
Google signs licensing deals with multiple Canadian news outlets
Media | 06/24/2021 4:23 pm EDT
Following a similar announcement from Facebook Inc. and promises from Heritage Minister Stephen Guilbeault to introduce legislation requiring compensation for news organizations’ content appearing on online platforms, Alphabet Inc.’s Google announced Thursday it has signed agreements with several Canadian news...
News advocacy group calls for action on content compensation legislation
Media | 06/09/2021 5:33 pm EDT
A group representing news outlets in Canada has put out a call to Premier...
ISED triples spectrum available for Wi-Fi
telecom | 05/19/2021 5:59 pm EDT
The federal government is making more spectrum available to increase competition, rural connectivity and the effective deployment of Wi-Fi and 5G technologies. On Wednesday, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne, announced his department’s decision to open the 6 GHz band with the goal of increasing both affordability and choice in respect to wireless broadband for consumers. “More spectrum available for Wi-Fi means Canadians will benefit from increased speed and connectivity for working from home, participating in online education and accessing...