TORONTO–Several streaming companies kicked off a hearing at the Federal Court of Appeal on Monday, June 9 as they attempt to overturn the requirement that they make...
GATINEAU, Que.—In addition to implementing flexible Canadian content regulations for both traditional broadcasters and online streaming companies, broadcasters want to see...
As the CRTC works on revising how it defines Canadian and Indigenous audio...
Groups representing music labels and creators have...
The CRTC has received a joint application from the Foundation Assisting...
Rogers Communications Inc. has come to an agreement with the National...
The CRTC decided on Friday that BCE Inc. did not prejudice kids’ TV programming from DHX Television Ltd. by giving undue preference to similar children’s services. ...
An audio streamers’ advocacy group is looking to the public for support...
Netflix Inc. is pulling its financial support of programs in the Canadian...
Amazon.com, Inc. is set to become the seventh member of the Motion Picture...
The Competition Bureau has brought on an expert in economics for a...
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB)...
Apple Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., and the Motion Picture Association-Canada...
TORONTO – It is a tough picture for companies looking to grow in the...
The Competition Bureau has been granted a court order compelling Amazon.com...
Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday that it is entering into an agreement with Amazon.com Inc. that will see Amazon Prime take over coverage of Monday night NHL...
Representatives from major tech companies warned...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Monday that it was providing state of the art WiFi across the prairie province. SaskTel is joining forces with Eero, a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., to deliver...
Foreign streamers must pay their fair share of contributions to the Canadian broadcasting system, but...
As the CRTC works out how it is going to wrangle streaming platforms and...
Sentiment among speakers at the 2023 Canada Competition Summit last Thursday was clear, a whole-of-government approach is needed to address Canada’s struggling competitive...
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that WildBrain...
Stingray Group Inc. reported revenue and subscriber growth for the first quarter of the 2024 fiscal year...
Streaming platforms are saying it is too early to be discussing...
A quarter of anglophone Canadian over-the-top (OTT) service subscribers...
An Ontario-based ethnic broadcaster lobbying the government for funding to...
Experts say Canada’s telecommunications networks are currently handling a...
In a phone interview with Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review panel chair Janet Yale,...
GATINEAU — Either Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc. is an essential part of...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development will host a public consultation next month on its proposed “unified approach” to the taxation of the world’s biggest tech companies. A document released by the OECD Wednesday ahead of the planned consultations outlines skeletal plans for a new approach to tax in the digital economy that would have a significant impact on the web giants, often referred to by the acronym FAANG: Facebook Inc, Apple Inc., Amazon Inc., Netflix Inc., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google. The proposal, which flows out of a series of meetings amongst G20...
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is seeking assistance in moving...
The CRTC wants to know more about the potential for the Canadian...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner considers personal data of Canadians...
In the lead-up to a meeting with Amazon.com Inc., the government was...
The panel in charge of reviewing the broadcasting and telecom acts received comments from a number of non-industry parties, such as provincial governments and police services, while some of the biggest online companies in the world, including Amazon.com Inc., did not submit...
Internet-based video services generated enough revenue in Canada in 2017 to rival the total revenues of private and CBC conventional television stations combined, according to the CRTC’s...
Organizations representing Canadian publishers are flagging the difficulty...
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is now offering IPTV in Chatham, Ont., and the service will become available in...
Some of Canada’s biggest telecom companies rejected calls to force ISPs...
CBC/Radio-Canada wants the federal government to grant the CRTC the ability...
Andre Leduc recalls introducing Microsoft Inc. Canada president Kevin...
The number of English-speaking adults in Canada subscribing to over-the-top streaming services continues...
A new report from the Angus Reid Institute indicates that the cost of services is the main driver behind...
Canada has been “pushing hard” to speed up development of a plan for the G20 to “make sure that digital companies pay their fair share of tax,” Canada’s Finance...
Nearly a dozen content producers have obtained a court order banning set-top box software developed by an individual in Canada that allows users to watch their content for free, according to court...
The new trade pact forged by Canada, the U.S. and Mexico to replace the...
Amazon.com Inc. is launching a DVR that will work with a digital antenna to...
In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook Inc. announced the global launch of...
Despite the impact over-the-top (OTT) streaming services have had on the television market for sometime in Canada, a new report by Think TV suggests that linear is still dominating those services. The report said that, regardless of age, gender or language, linear TV still eclipses viewership on Netflix Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube, and Facebook Inc. in average weekly hours. Throughout the document, the word “dominates” was used to describe the viewership difference. It also measured the time people spent using Facebook’s photo-sharing app Instagram, Snap Inc.’s camera app, and...
Eight per cent of Canadians own a smart speaker, which is about in line with adoption of other early...
There is no legal or regulatory obligation on telecoms to offer paper bills, BCE Inc. said in a filing to the CRTC, responding to an application asking the regulator to ensure companies must provide a paper bill to customers who...
Domestic and international content producers and over-the-top (OTT) services are continuing to partner...
U.S.-based video services like Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube TV and Amazon.com...
OTTAWA — The House of Commons ethics committee spoke to a British MP on...
Amazon.com Inc. will add 3,000 new employees in Vancouver, B.C., the company said in a press release on...
CBS Corp.’s All Access streaming service is now available in Canada, the company said in a press...
Virtual assistants are beginning to take hold in Canada, with almost 40 per...
Corus Entertainment Inc. is “accelerating” its transformation into a more data-centric company, its CEO said Thursday, as the broadcaster looks to begin testing a new platform next month that he says will give advertisers a better way to target ads on traditional...
A proposal to implement a website-blocking system to fight piracy has drawn...
As part of its government-ordered proceeding on future content distribution models, the CRTC is asking a number of companies — including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Netflix Inc. — for information...
The federal government said Friday it is “experimenting” with blockchain technology to create a...
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) said in a press release Monday that projects funded as part of its Community Investment Program will now have access to Amazon.com Inc.’s Amazon...
Amazon.com Inc. announced multiple pieces of Amazon Web Service-based (AWS) video publishing software, which the company claims will “eliminate the need to procure expensive equipment for video data centers,” according to a release on Monday.
According to its release,...
On Wednesday, Amazon.com Inc. made a move to introduce its intelligent personal assistant Alexa into this...
Amazon.com Inc. is making available its Fire TV Stick Basic Edition plug-in streaming device available...
OTTAWA — Opposition MPs continued their criticism of Heritage Minister...
Sports remains one of the last bastions of defence for traditional TV against a wave of over-the-top...
OTTAWA — While the response to the long-awaited results of Heritage...
Amazon.com Inc. is making its voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant Alexa available on its...
Streaming service MHz Choice, which exclusively features international productions, is now available in...
The provincial governments should get cities together and collaborate on...
Amazon.com Inc. issued a request for proposals Thursday for North American cities interested in hosting its second headquarters, and some of Canada’s biggest cities are planning to throw their hat into the ring.
Amazon said in a press release that the second...
Nearly three million viewers around the world watched the much-anticipated boxing match between Floyd...
July lobbying activity was affected by the expected summer slowdown that comes with Parliament not...
Walt Disney Co. will end its partnership with Netflix Inc. and launch two of its own separate...
On Wednesday, major internet and tech companies teamed up to rally against...
The acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI) could contribute to the discovery and growth of Canadian content, according to a mid-year trend report by the Canada Media Fund (CMF). “The progress of AI could support this growing consumption [of online video] by increasing content discoverability through higher performing recommendation, search and indexing engines,” the Tuesday report said. It noted that “filter bubbles” — the collection of data, including clicks, interactions and geographical position to tailor content to the user — are “extremely effective in...
Major internet-based companies and organizations are preparing to participate in a Wednesday campaign...
TMN Go, the TV-everywhere service from BCE Inc.’s media division, will begin allowing viewers to download content for offline viewing.
The service will be available to...
American companies and organizations took aim at Canadian cultural...
Last month’s deluge of Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) members on Parliament Hill for the...
Amazon.com Inc. is poised to expand its Canadian workforce by 200 positions, the Ontario government...
More anglophone Canadians are watching movies online, as the popularity of over-the-top (OTT) services continues, according to the latest Media Technology Monitor (MTM) report. The Thursday report by MTM, a project...
BCE Inc.’s properties have scored the broadcast rights to the National Football League’s Thursday Night Football games, Bell Media announced Wednesday. The regular-season games will air on TSN, CTV Two and RDS as of the...
The parliamentary secretary to the innovation minister was a popular target for lobbyists last month, as...
CBC/Radio-Canada’s president and CEO Hubert Lacroix said the Crown corporation’s competition comes primarily from over-the-top (OTT) services and that it must collaborate with them to bring CBC productions to an international audience.
Lacroix made the comments in a...
Facebook Inc. will live stream 20 Major League Baseball (MLB) games this season on its social media...
Canadian viewers will get to watch a National Football League (NFL) game that will be played out of London, England, this fall after Verizon Communications Inc. purchased the streaming rights to the game. The one-game...
Annual subscription revenue from over-the-top (OTT) providers is estimated to be inching toward the billion-dollar mark in Canada, according to a new report from Convergence Consulting Group Ltd., which estimated a...
Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch is asking the Supreme Court of British Columbia to order five companies, including Shaw Communications Inc., to identify a customer Twitch is accusing of “malicious spambot...
Amazon.com Inc. has secured the streaming rights to 10 Thursday Night Football games from the National Football League (NFL), according to a Wall Street Journal report. The deal is reportedly worth $50 million US and will only be available to subscribers of Amazon's $99-per-year Prime service, the report said. CBS Corp. and Comcast Corp.'s NBC Universal each have broadcasting rights to five of the games in the U.S., and the games will also be broadcast on television. The fate of both the broadcast and digital rights in Canada to...
A Canadian class-action lawsuit is being filed against Amazon.com Inc. for the collection of sales tax on tax-exempt products, the Consumer Law Group announced Monday. In a press...
The upcoming renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could include pressure to change rules requiring some information to stay in Canada, University of Ottawa law professor...
Facebook Inc. is increasing its government relations presence in Ottawa, with three new registrations filed with the lobbying commissioner’s office last month. According to the federal lobbyists’...
In another deal that highlights the value of e-sports, Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube has signed a multi-year partnership with competitive gaming company FaceIt to be the exclusive hub for its content. FaceIt, creators of the...
Global revenue from streaming e-sports and video game content will nearly double four years from now, according to Juniper Research, which projected total revenues from video game streaming...
Alphabet Inc. said Thursday it is expanding its cloud platform reach by launching its first Canadian data service in Montreal. The Cloud Platform “consists of a set of physical assets, such as computers and...
On May 27, members of the Conservative Party of Canada will select who will succeed former prime minister Stephen Harper as permanent leader of the party, relieving interim Opposition leader Rona...
Taxing foreign digital services such as Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime service, Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube and Netflix Inc. could provide the federal...
The start of the new year was marked by new registrations for new and not-so-new companies and groups in the federal lobbyists’ registry. Iristel Inc. registered to lobby the federal government as of Jan. 13 with consultant Eric Rothschild, who, according to the registry filing “will discuss with CRTC staff & Commissioners and staff at Innovation, Science and Economic Development potential funding available for telecommunications infrastructure.” Rothschild will also be speaking to the CRTC about “telecommunications services and policy...
