The CRTC issued a series of decisions providing addenda to previously-issued licences on Friday. All three decisions involved final conditions of service for broadcasters....
In the wake of recent controversy surrounding BCE Inc.’s restructuring measures, the telecommunications giant has released a statement with its side of the story and...
Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced Tuesday that it is introducing a video streaming...
The CRTC has issued a call for comments as part of Phase 2 of the...
After months of consultations, the CRTC has issued its Broadcasting Fees Regulations for all broadcasting...
The recent history of Rogers Communications Inc. has had more drama than anything broadcast on its CityTV network. The company poached its CEO Joe Natale from Telus Corp. only to ultimately dismiss...
Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, called on BCE Inc. to answer for its recent layoff announcements after the telecom’s scheduled appearance in front of the heritage committee was postponed.
During a media conference on Tuesday, Unifor national president...
The CRTC is issuing a call for applications from interested parties wishing...
The CRTC has decided to look at whether the town of Yellowknife, NWT can support another FM radio...
The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) will receive permanent government funding to support Indigenous-led...
BCE Inc. is the subject of a Part 1 application before the CRTC over access...
Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) submitted an application to the CRTC for an...
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The Superior Court of Quebec has dismissed a request from RNC Media Inc. to...
Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Groupe TVA has reached an agreement with CUPE local 687, which represents...
A member of the Independent Senators Group is questioning why penalties for promoting genocide are increasing so greatly in the government’s new Online Harms Bill, C-63. Julie Miville-Dechêne raised the matter in Question Period on Thursdays
“While I applaud certain...
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge announced Friday an...
CBC/Radio-Canada and the Canadian Media Guild have inked a tentative labour...
Neighbourhood Connect (NHC), operating under 2621159 Ontario Inc. DBA...
A Quebec senator is calling for the government to increase its spending in newspapers and magazines. During Wednesday’s Question Period, Independent Senators Group member Tony Loffreda said...
Witnesses before the House of Commons committee on Canadian Heritage all agreed Tuesday that a forum on the future of the media is required. Whether government has a role was a subject for debate.
The MPs heard from two groups and two individuals of differing opinions. John Gormley is a Saskatchewan lawyer, former radio talk show host and onetime Progressive...
Quebecor Inc. reported a successful fourth-quarter as it closed out the 2023 fiscal year, which it said...
Corus Entertainment Inc., Stingray Radio Inc., and...
The CRTC will initiate public consultation on Canada's Online News Act, formerly known as Bill C-18, next...
Organizations representing Canada’s creative industries are calling on...
BCE Inc. announced Thursday that it will be...
Stingray Group Inc. saw an increase in growth and revenue as it issued its third quarter results on...
OTTAWA–While artificial intelligence (AI) may seem daunting to people in...
OTTAWA–Foreign streamers will be a prickly problem for mainstream...
The Bloc Québécois is continuing to protest the job cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada announced last year. For the second day in a row, heritage critic Martin Champoux called on the government to reverse those layoffs.
“A number of analysts believe that the cuts planned by CEO...
CBC/Radio Canada has been ordered to pay costs after it lost a case over...
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said...
OTTAWA, Ont. – No public institution, including Canada’s public...
The Bloc Québécois is calling for CBC/Radio-Canada to have its funding...
The Government of Canada is supporting Canadian feature films and television productions by investing $100 million over the next two years in Telefilm Canada.
“This investment is essential to maintain the positive impact of Telefilm and to enable its modernization...
CBC-Radio Canada CEO Catherine Tait won’t say if she, or the public...
Corus Entertainment Inc. announced Monday its plans to restructure its original content leadership team...
The CRTC has initiated a special consultation...
A coalition of nine advocacy groups and community...
As it gears up to launch several public consultations aimed at modernizing...
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) has joined up with other...
CBC/Radio-Canada will not be permitted to appeal a lower court’s ruling...
Cogeco Inc. is partnering with Quickplay to adopt their cloud-native OTT platform, the company announced in a Tuesday press release.
The collaboration will offer Cogeco Media's five million listeners...
CBC/Radio-Canada continued to come under fire in Parliament Tuesday with the direction of the crown corporation being raised in both the House of Commons and the Senate.
During the Commons Question Period, Bloc Québécois heritage critic Martin Champoux pointed out that...
The current and past Minister of Canadian Heritage were loath to endorse...
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge would not take the bait when the...
Gatineau, Que. – Telus Corp. asked the CRTC to...
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge faced a barrage of questions...
The Bloc Québécois is continuing its fight against cutbacks at CBC/Radio-Canada. Tuesday in Question Period, BQ leader Yves-François Blanchet said this is the worst possible time for the public broadcaster to cut jobs. The job losses were announced Monday.
In his...
Gatineau, Que. - CBC/Radio-Canada's decision to slash 600 jobs and leave...
Canada's public broadcaster is cutting 10 per cent of its workforce and slashing some programming to deal...
Foreign streamers must pay their fair share of contributions to the Canadian broadcasting system, but...
Netflix Services Canada ULC says it has invested large amounts of money...
Those who stand to benefit from the Online...
Major broadcasters think that there should be a flexible contribution...
Renewal of the Canadian broadcasting system should not rely on one rigid...
The Bloc Québécois is continuing its fight for a fund to help Canadian...
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) on Friday called for the creation of a Services of Exceptional Importance Fund to support mandatory carriage broadcasters and other important services in the broadcasting system that meet critical policy mandates.
The...
Representatives from several community radio stations emphasized their role as a third-pillar of the...
Canada’s news media are in crisis and the government is taking too long to respond, the House of...
The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), newly certified as an independent...
BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online...
The long-awaited hearing on how the CRTC should implement the Online Streaming Act, particularly if online streaming services should make a base financial contribution to...
Tuesday Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge issued the final policy direction to the CRTC that...
Stéphanie Paquette has been named as a regional commissioner for Quebec on the CRTC, it was announced Tuesday. She begins her five-year term on Nov. 23.
She comes to the commission from Quebecor...
Stingray Group Inc. reported a 6.3 per cent increase in revenue during its...
Kid and family entertainment company WildBrain Ltd. released its Q1 2024 results Tuesday evening,...
The Canadian Media Guild has settled a strike against public broadcaster TV Ontario. Workers had been on...
Quebecor Inc.’s TVA Group announced Thursday a series of changes to cut down on operating costs, resulting in the elimination of 547 positions or 31 per cent of the company’s current workforce....
A host of problems led Corus Entertainment Inc. to post a difficult fourth quarter and year end results, the firm’s president and CEO told an analysts’ call.
“I would use the term double...
BCE Inc. and Fox Entertainment Global have unveiled a strategic licensing and distribution partnership,...
As the CRTC works out how it is going to wrangle streaming platforms and bring them into the regulatory sphere, France’s media production industry could provide a window...
Rogers Communications Inc. has shuttered its all-news station in the...
The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) published a comprehensive report on...
The CRTC is proposing to loosen some of Corus Entertainment Inc.’s...
The efficacy of the Online News Act was called into question during the Senate’s Question Period...
The Conservative Party continued its attack on CBC/Radio-Canada Tuesday with a resolution in a House of Commons committee and a question in the Senate.
The matter began at the Commons Public Accounts committee when Tory deputy leader Melissa Lantsman made a motion to summon...
BCE Inc. filed an application with the Federal Court of Appeal for leave to...
Broadcasting arbitrator Monica Song has released her list of free time political broadcasting allocated to the federal parties. The last update was in March. Time is allocated according to a formula...
Conservative MP Rachael Thomas brought a motion before the House of Commons...
Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc. (CPAC) announced changes to its board of directors as it launches a...
APTN says its proposal to shift the terms of its licence will be good for...
Striking members of the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) have voted to reject the latest offer from provincial...
The CRTC has determined that online services that...
The CRTC denied an application by CBC/Radio-Canada to delay consultations...
The CRTC will review the carriage of Fox News as a non-Canadian programming service following a Part 1 application by the LGBTQ rights group Egale. The organization is seeking to remove Fox News over what it deems hate speech directed against LGBTQ people.
“As evidenced...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has unveiled a new list of parliamentary secretaries as Parliament returns for its fall session.
Taleeb Noormohamed will serve as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage,...
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that WildBrain...
The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)...
The CRTC Friday granted an FM licence to Four Senses Entertainment Inc. to...
Animators at WildBrain Ltd.’s Vancouver studios are attempting to unionize. A drive by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) is currently underway. A union spokesman estimates that the company has anywhere from 600 to 1200 workers under contract,...
Dissatisfaction with the Online Streaming Act and defunding the CBC are among the resolutions being...
The CRTC denied an application by BCE Inc., Bragg Communication Inc.’s...
The CRTC said Tuesday that it was altering the rules for commercials on discretionary services. The...
Canadian retail chain Peavey Mart has joined Stingray Group Inc.’s audio advertising network, according...
The CRTC added Natyf Inc., a Francophone station...
The CRTC issued another short-term broadcasting licence renewal after it...
The broadcasting licence for Cogeco Inc.’s...
Unionized workers at TVOntario walked off the job on Monday, marking the first strike the public...
The CRTC will defer new applications and complaints relating to radio as it focuses on developing Canada’s new broadcasting framework following the passage of the Online...
