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Amazon joins streamers’ advocacy group amid streaming act court challenges

Media | 09/19/2024 4:03 pm EDT

Motion Pictures Association (MPA) logo on the big screen of a movie theatre.Amazon.com, Inc. is set to become the seventh member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) as the battle between major online streamers and the CRTC continues to play out in...

TV broadcasters denounce streamers’ appeals of CRTC’s broadcasting contribution decision

Media | 07/05/2024 5:26 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statisticsThe Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) denounced a wave of recent legal challenges filed by Apple Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., and the Motion Picture Association-Canada...

Streamers take CRTC to court over Online Streaming Act payment requirements

Media | 07/04/2024 6:30 pm EDT

Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel optionsApple Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., and the Motion Picture Association-Canada...

Streamers ‘disappointed’ in five per cent base contribution requirement 

Internet and Governance | 06/04/2024 10:15 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statisticsOnline streaming services generating over $25 million in annual Canadian...

Only foreign streamers should be paying contribution, CRTC told

Internet and Governance | 11/29/2023 10:48 am EST

Only foreign streamers should be paying contribution, CRTC toldMajor broadcasters think that there should be a flexible contribution...

Federal Court orders ban on ‘Mr. Blamo’ Kodi add-on software

Media | 10/03/2018 6:04 pm EDT

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 documents. The Sept. 24 decision by the Federal Court ordered Samuel Horkoff, a developer of Kodi add-on software, to stop developing, maintaining, updating, hosting, distributing or promoting applications that allowed users to access unlicensed content. The decision also forbids Horkoff from operating websites or making the plaintiffs’ works available on the internet, effectively banning his...

Netflix cuts ties with major movie group, focuses on exclusive content

Media | 08/31/2015 7:54 pm EDT

Netflix Inc. will not renew its licencing agreement with Epix — a joint venture by Paramount Pictures Corp., Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. — because it...