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Experts to ‘find solutions’ in broadcast, telecom review: Joly
Media | 06/05/2018 8:10 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The expert panel appointed by the federal government to spearhead its review of the Telecommunications Act and Broadcasting Act will have to figure out how to...
Government needs to move quicker, do more on telecom issues: panel
Media | 11/08/2017 6:13 pm EST
TORONTO — The federal government and the CRTC must pick up the pace and do more on critical telecom issues in order to make a much-needed impact when it comes to pricing and...
Split CRTC into two regulators, ISOC tells gov’t
Media | 07/17/2017 4:46 pm EDT
The government should consider dividing the CRTC into separate telecom and broadcast regulators partly to ensure both issues get a fair view, according to a letter from the Internet Society of Canada (ISOC). The letter,...
50 Mbps speeds, LTE part of CRTC’s new basic service requirements
telecom | 12/21/2016 9:14 pm EST
GATINEAU, Que. — Advocates are calling the CRTC’s new basic service requirements — which include a minimum of 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload speeds and LTE coverage —...
Any CanCon ISP tax should consider ‘economic consequences’: CNOC lawyer
Media | 11/09/2016 10:33 pm EST
TORONTO — The heritage ministry and the CRTC should engage in a more balanced discussion on what to do about taxes in support of cultural content, as both seem to be moving in...
Shoan out as CRTC commissioner, appealing dismissal
telecom | 06/24/2016 8:08 pm EDT
In a “highly unusual” move, Raj Shoan, the CRTC commissioner representing Ontario, was removed from his post by the federal government on Friday, capping off a 14-month period of legal strife between Shoan and the...
Sweeping government review to include CRTC, Broadcast Act, CanCon
Media | 04/25/2016 10:56 pm EDT
Industry insiders and observers are calling Canadian Heritage’s impending study of Canadian content in the digital age — which could potentially affect CBC/Radio-Canada, legislation like the broadcasting, telecom and CRTC acts, and Canadian content rules for TV and radio — long overdue. Ken Engelhart, former Rogers Communications Inc. senior vice-president and principal of Engelhart Law, said in a phone interview that he hasn’t seen a review like this during...
CRTC needs technological guidance: former commissioner
Media | 02/02/2016 5:59 pm EST
The CRTC should have more commissioners with a background in engineering, and fewer with backgrounds in law, broadcasting and news, former commissioner Timothy Denton said in a blog post. Denton...
Tap streaming services to fund Canadian productions: CMPA
Media | 05/22/2015 8:06 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Streaming video services like CraveTV and Shomi can and must be regulated as broadcasting entities in order to ensure funding for Canadian programming, the Canadian Media Production...
Telecom and broadcasting converge as legislation remains separate
Media | 03/31/2015 5:38 pm EDT
A case involving BCE Inc.’s mobile-TV service that’s currently winding its way through the Federal Court of Appeal is just one example of how the lines between telecommunications and...
Tories to phase out CRTC national commissioners, sources say
Media | 02/01/2013 2:55 pm EST
The Conservative federal government will allow the CRTC’s decision-making panel to shrink in size and has told some sitting commissioners that their expiring terms will not be renewed, industry...