TAGGED AS VICKY EATRIDES
CRTC approves Rogers wireless project to boost connectivity in northern B.C.
telecom | 03/22/2024 6:42 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved Rogers Communications Inc.’s funding application under its Broadband Fund in a bid to improve cell service along 70 kms of highway in northern B.C. ...
Eatrides pledges to support minority language 911 services
telecom | 01/26/2024 12:23 pm EST
CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides has promised to look into recent problems with 911 callers unable to access services in their language of choice.
A recent series of news articles outlined how people wanting service in French could not receive it. Industry Minister...
CRTC announces funds for Nunavut and rejects Bell’s bid to amend Broadband Fund contributions
telecom | 12/20/2023 4:47 pm EST
The CRTC has denied a BCE Inc. application to...
Netflix urges contribution limit be set at two per cent at CRTC hearings
Media | 12/01/2023 11:21 am EST
Netflix Services Canada ULC says it has invested large amounts of money...
Eatrides defends CRTC independence at CHPC meeting
Internet and Governance | 11/23/2023 1:41 pm EST
In a House of Commons heritage committee meeting that was marked more by partisan feuding than for what...
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...
St-Onge releases Streaming Act direction to CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/14/2023 5:09 pm EST
Tuesday Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge issued the final policy direction to the CRTC that will implement the Online Streaming Act. The bill was passed last spring and the commission has been holding consultations on the policy directions this summer. Over 500...
OpenMedia hopeful ahead of meeting with CRTC chair
Internet and Governance | 06/26/2023 2:11 pm EDT
Lobby group OpenMedia has been polling the public about what the major issues in broadcasting and telecom...
Cheers, jeers, as streaming act becomes law
Media | 04/28/2023 4:34 pm EDT
After months of contentious debate, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, has become law. The Senate voted...
CRTC to review roaming charges after Champagne request
telecom | 03/23/2023 5:58 pm EDT
The CRTC said Thursday it was going to look into recently-announced hikes...
CRTC appoints competition expert as executive director of telecommunications
Internet and Governance | 02/15/2023 6:07 pm EST
CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides announced in a Wednesday press release that the...
UPDATED: Government finalizes new directions for CRTC
Media | 02/13/2023 4:00 pm EST
Monday the federal government outlined new policy directions for the CRTC, with an emphasis on...