The Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) is asking the CRTC to review the broadcasting component of the National Public Alerting System (NPAS). It initially filed the voluminous application in March but revised it Thursday.
NPAS, also known as Alert...
Public Safety Canada is considering implementing a “more sustainable funding approach” for Canada’s emergency alert system, according to documents obtained through the...
As Canadian emergency management authorities hold their regular test of the...
Complaints about the national emergency alert system have prompted the CRTC...
Several independent broadcasters have written to the CRTC to say the regulator shouldn’t grant a request by TV providers to change a rule forcing cable and IPTV services to hand over viewership...
Quebecor Inc. hasn’t established that it actually owns the set-top box data at the centre of a new...
The CRTC will require wireless providers to send a second visible test of the wireless emergency alert system in November if an alerting authority opts to execute such a test,...
The current requirements for emergency alert tests, which specify a different schedule for...
The CRTC is directing wireless phone service providers to conduct additional “visible” tests of the emergency alert system, after the first tests were plagued with compatibility problems that...
OTTAWA — Those in charge of the wireless emergency alert system...
TORONTO — An amber alert that resulted in three emergency texts sent to...
The CRTC could consider further regulations covering the wireless emergency alert system, depending on the answers it gets from the CEO of Pelmorex Corp. The company runs the National Public Alerting System (NPAS) system. The...
Scheduled tests of the new national emergency alert notification system failed on Monday, after an errant...
TV service providers told the CRTC this week that cord-cutting by Canadians shouldn’t be the reason to give channels with mandatory carriage on basic packages higher monthly carriage fees. Shaw Communications Inc., Quebecor Inc. and Cogeco Inc. told the CRTC in a joint presentation during a hearing this week that they...
In a decision on Thursday, the CRTC has said that while the launch of Canada’s upcoming wireless public alerting (WPA) system has yet to be announced, it intends for the start date to be the...
OTTAWA — Following a wireless emergency alert in the United States that falsely warned of a ballistic missile attack, representatives from the CRTC and Pelmorex Corp. told a...
In a press release on Wednesday, Pelmorex Corp. announced that Rory Capern will join the company as...
Creative organizations stepped up and added to a surge in lobbying activity...
The managing director of Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada, Sam Sebastian, has left the company and will...
