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Bell Media launches FAST channels in English and French

Media | 04/25/2024 1:14 pm EDT

Canadians split between traditional, online viewing: MTM

BCE Inc. announced Thursday that it is launching seven English and three French free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels. The services are available immediately on LG Channels and will be popping up on Samsung TV Plus later this quarter. Further channels and...

Broadcast Streaming

Rogers releases Q1 results, announces 10-year deal with Comcast

Media | 04/24/2024 5:18 pm EDT

Staffieri applauds CRTC move to “level the playing field” in Ontario and Quebec; reports quarterly loss

Following the release of its first quarter results of 2024, Rogers Communications Inc. announced it has signed a 10-year agreement with Comcast Corp. to bring the American...

Quarterly Reports Rogers

WildBrain appoints Mark Trachuk as general counsel

Media | 04/22/2024 12:29 pm EDT

Portrait photo of WildBrain general counsel Mark Trachuk in a white shirt and grey suit, in front of a blue background.

Toronto entertainment company WildBrain Ltd. has named Mark Trachuk as its general counsel. He will also...

Broadcast Television

Budget finds money for CBC, public interest broadcasters

Media | 04/16/2024 11:05 pm EDT

Budget finds money for CBC, public interest broadcasters

A group of public interest broadcasters is getting more money from the...

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Corus still waiting for regulatory relief from CRTC as revenues continue to fall in Q2

Media | 04/15/2024 6:40 pm EDT

Corus still waiting for regulatory relief from CRTC as revenues continue to fall in Q2

As it reported further declines in revenue for the...

Quarterly Reports Radio Television

Bell failed to give feds advance notice of layoffs, defends cuts in committee testimony

Media | 04/12/2024 9:07 pm EDT

Bell failed to give feds advance notice of layoffs, defends cuts in committee testimony

BCE Inc. did not give the federal government...

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Broadcasters oppose AMI’s proposed mandatory carriage rate increase

Media | 04/10/2024 6:49 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

Major broadcasters are opposed to Accessible Media Inc.’s (AMI) request to temporarily raise the mandatory carriage rates of its AMI-tv and AMI-télé channels, citing...

CRTC Television

Cardozo calls on government to renew digital tax credit for media

Media | 04/10/2024 5:08 pm EDT

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promises

A member of the Progressive Senators Group is calling on the federal...

News Compensation Online news act

Billions of ad dollars leaving Canada through “tax loophole”: Friends of Canadian Media

Internet and Governance | 04/09/2024 8:11 pm EDT

Google Canada

Advertising on foreign digital media like Meta...

Advertising Federal Budget

CRTC sets final conditions of service on three broadcast licence holders

Media | 04/05/2024 6:12 pm EDT

CRTC defers radio filings for two years to focus on Online Streaming Act

The CRTC issued a series of decisions providing addenda to...

CRTC Radio Television

Bell confirms appearance at heritage committee; responds to criticisms over job cuts

Media | 04/04/2024 6:16 pm EDT

The front entrance of the Bell Canada building on Albert Street in Ottawa on Nov. 2, 2021 (photo by Andrew Meade)

In the wake of recent controversy surrounding BCE Inc.’s restructuring...

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Eastlink unveils video streaming app

Media | 03/26/2024 5:34 pm EDT

Eastlink store on South Park St., Halifax, N.S.

Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced Tuesday that it is introducing a video streaming...

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CRTC issues Indigenous broadcasting policy consult; asks about quotas

Media | 03/22/2024 6:16 pm EDT

CRTC issues Indigenous broadcasting policy consult; asks about quotas

The CRTC has issued a call for comments as part of Phase 2 of the...

Broadcast CRTC Indigenous

CRTC releases new broadcasting fees regulations

Internet and Governance | 03/22/2024 5:52 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

After months of consultations, the CRTC has issued its Broadcasting Fees Regulations for all broadcasting...

Broadcast CRTC Online streaming act

Globe and Mail reporter digs into story of Rogers Communications

Media | 03/21/2024 10:06 am EDT

Book cover of Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada’s Telecom Empire by Alexandra Posadzki.

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 demands Bell be held accountable for layoffs

Media | 03/19/2024 6:23 pm EDT

Unifor national president Lana Payne speaking at a media conference on March 19, 2024 (screenshot via CPAC).

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...

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CRTC looking to add a new radio station in Calgary, Alta.

Media | 03/15/2024 1:14 pm EDT

Calgary leads PSAP fight for N911 testing

The CRTC is issuing a call for applications from interested parties wishing...

CRTC Indigenous Radio

CRTC to consider new radio station for Yellowknife

Media | 03/14/2024 4:19 pm EDT

CRTC to consider new radio station for Yellowknife

The CRTC has decided to look at whether the town of Yellowknife, NWT can support another FM radio...

Broadcast CRTC Radio

Indigenous Screen Office to receive permanent funding

Media | 03/14/2024 4:01 pm EDT

Indigenous content is distinct from CanCon: Indigenous Screen Office

The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) will receive permanent government funding to support Indigenous-led...

Cancon Indigenous

Ontario disability advocate seeks better service from Bell

Media | 03/08/2024 5:39 pm EST

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

BCE Inc. is the subject of a Part 1 application before the CRTC over access...

Broadcast CRTC

Accessible Media seeks to increase rates for mandatory carriage

Media | 03/05/2024 5:49 pm EST

Accessible Media seeks to increase rates for mandatory carriage

Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) submitted an application to the CRTC for an interim rate increase for its AMI-tv and AMI-télé channels to address the financial challenges facing the organization, which predominantly serves Canadians with disabilities. AMI's application...

CRTC Television wholesale rates

The Wire Report is hiring an editor

Internet and Governance | 03/05/2024 10:36 am EST

The Wire Report, the leading news source covering telecom, digital communications and broadcast media in Canada, is searching for an editor to join our Ottawa office. The Wire Report is part of The Hill Times Canada’s leading...

Court rejects station’s request for Rogers to disclose subscriber info

Media | 03/04/2024 3:32 pm EST

CRTC defers radio filings for two years to focus on Online Streaming Act

The Superior Court of Quebec has dismissed a request from RNC Media Inc. to...

Court Radio

TVA reaches agreement with CUPE local in Quebec

Media | 03/04/2024 12:37 pm EST

TVA reaches agreement with CUPE local in Quebec

Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Groupe TVA has reached an agreement with CUPE local 687, which represents...

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Senator questions genocide provisions of Online Harms Bill

Media | 03/01/2024 3:58 pm EST

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promises

A member of the Independent Senators Group is questioning why penalties for...

Bill C-63 Julie Miville-Dechêne online harms

St-Onge appoints committee to look for new CBC president

Media | 03/01/2024 3:50 pm EST

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024

Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge announced Friday an...

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CBC and Canadian Media Guild reach tentative agreement

Media | 03/01/2024 3:25 pm EST

CBC board postings extended

CBC/Radio-Canada and the Canadian Media Guild have inked a tentative labour...

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Neighbourhood Connect escalates dispute with Bethlehem Housing over MDU access

Media | 02/29/2024 4:35 pm EST

Neighbourhood Connect escalates dispute with Bethlehem Housing over MDU access

Neighbourhood Connect (NHC), operating under 2621159 Ontario Inc. DBA...

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Senator urges government to increase print advertising

Media | 02/29/2024 3:56 pm EST

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promises

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 at Heritage committee support media forum, disagree on who should pay for it

Media | 02/28/2024 4:15 pm EST

Witnesses at Heritage committee support media forum, disagree on who should pay for it

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 reports revenue increase in Q4

Media | 02/22/2024 5:52 pm EST

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc. reported a successful fourth-quarter as it closed out the 2023 fiscal year, which it said...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH Quarterly Reports

Stingray, Corus, Pattison oppose Durham Radio’s expansion; Rogers wants CRTC to reconsider its plans

Media | 02/21/2024 4:20 pm EST

Stingray, Corus, Pattison oppose Durham Radio's expansion; Rogers wants CRTC to reconsider its plans

Corus Entertainment Inc., Stingray Radio Inc., and...

Broadcast CRTC Radio

Online News Act proceeding coming in March

Media | 02/13/2024 5:10 pm EST

Online News Act proceeding coming in March

The CRTC will initiate public consultation on Canada's Online News Act, formerly known as Bill C-18, next...

CRTC Online news act

Creative orgs call for copyright protections to be added to AI bill

Internet and Governance | 02/13/2024 11:13 am EST

Responsible AI regulation needs to come faster, says tech lobby group

Organizations representing Canada’s creative industries are calling on...

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CRTC, St-Onge highlight Bell’s profitability in response to 4.8K job cut, CTV and radio closures

Media | 02/08/2024 3:57 pm EST

CRTC, St-Onge highlight Bell's profitability in response to 4.8K job cut, CTV and radio closures

BCE Inc. announced Thursday that it will be restructuring by eliminating 4,800 positions, divesting more than 40 per cent of its radio stations, cutting CTV newscasts, and...

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Stingray reports revenue growth in Q3 results

Media | 02/07/2024 1:23 pm EST

Fiscal 2024 off to a strong start: Stingray

Stingray Group Inc. saw an increase in growth and revenue as it issued its third quarter results on...

Quarterly Reports

Don’t fear the advent of artificial intelligence: Prime Time panelists

Media | 02/05/2024 4:40 pm EST

UN sets up advisory body to investigate AI globally

OTTAWA–While artificial intelligence (AI) may seem daunting to people in...

Artificial intelligence Prime Time

Foreign streamers a problem for all Canadian broadcasters, CMPA hears

Media | 02/05/2024 4:39 pm EST

Foreign streamers a problem for all Canadian broadcasters, CMPA hears

OTTAWA–Foreign streamers will be a prickly problem for mainstream...

Cancon Online streaming act

Bloc continues fight to counteract CBC job cuts

Media | 02/02/2024 4:25 pm EST

Bloc continues fight to counteract CBC job cuts

The Bloc Québécois is continuing to protest the job cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada announced last year. For...

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CBC to pay costs to Ontario after losing case before Supreme Court

Media | 02/02/2024 4:16 pm EST

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024

CBC/Radio Canada has been ordered to pay costs after it lost a case over...

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Canadians won’t get consulted on new CBC mandate, St-Onge tells Prime Time conference

Media | 02/01/2024 2:50 pm EST

Canadians won’t get consulted on new CBC mandate, St-Onge tells Prime Time conference

Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said...

Canadian Heritage Cbc Prime Time

Attacks on CBC are concerning, says CMPA president at Prime Time conference

Media | 02/01/2024 12:35 pm EST

Attacks on CBC are concerning, says CMPA president at Prime Time conference

OTTAWA, Ont. – No public institution, including Canada’s public...

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BQ calls for support of CBC/Radio Canada and other media outlets

Media | 02/01/2024 12:29 pm EST

Lower your prices or else, Trudeau tells big telecom at debate

The Bloc Québécois is calling for CBC/Radio-Canada to have its funding...

Cbc Radio

Government announces $100M for Telefilm

Media | 01/31/2024 4:37 pm EST

Government announces $100M for Telefilm

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...

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Tait won’t rule out bonus pay for CBC’s top brass despite job cuts

Media | 01/30/2024 6:42 pm EST

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024

CBC-Radio Canada CEO Catherine Tait won’t say if she, or the public...

Cbc Radio Television

Corus restructures content leadership team

Media | 01/29/2024 3:40 pm EST

Corus expects modest revenue decline in Q4, leaning into CanCon amid US writers’ strike

Corus Entertainment Inc. announced Monday its plans to restructure its original content leadership team...

programming Television

CRTC initiates special process for official language minorities input for English content on French radio

Internet and Governance | 01/25/2024 4:38 pm EST

CRTC defers radio filings for two years to focus on Online Streaming Act

The CRTC has initiated a special consultation...

CRTC Radio

Advocacy groups call on CRTC to share schedule for upcoming Online Streaming Act proceedings

Media | 01/23/2024 5:08 pm EST

Advocacy groups call on CRTC to share schedule for upcoming Online Streaming Act proceedings

A coalition of nine advocacy groups and community...

CRTC Online streaming act

CRTC commissioner encourages participation in upcoming consultations

Media | 01/22/2024 4:02 pm EST

Bram Abramson leaving TekSavvy

As it gears up to launch several public consultations aimed at modernizing Canada’s regulatory regime, the CRTC reminded stakeholders on Saturday that it needs their input...

CRTC Online news act Online streaming act

CMPA joins international call for streaming regulation

Media | 01/17/2024 3:50 pm EST

CMPA wants CRTC to stand firm on terms of trade with CBC

The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) has joined up with other...

Streaming

Supreme Court dismisses leaves to appeal in CBC, Samsung cases

Media | 01/11/2024 4:36 pm EST

Supreme Court to hear Telus’ appeal of CRTC access to public infrastructure decision

CBC/Radio-Canada will not be permitted to appeal a lower court’s ruling...

Cbc Court

Cogeco Media to adopt Quickplay’s OTT platform

Media | 01/09/2024 5:30 pm EST

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3

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...

Tait attacked for taking trip to Australia as CBC cutbacks loom

Media | 12/13/2023 5:30 pm EST

Marie-Philippe Bouchard to take over from Catherine Tait at CBC

CBC/Radio-Canada continued to come under fire in Parliament Tuesday with...

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Ministers reluctant to endorse Catherine Tait’s leadership at CBC

Internet and Governance | 12/12/2023 3:04 pm EST

CBC president Catherine Tait

The current and past Minister of Canadian Heritage were loath to endorse...

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St-Onge refuses to say if she will fire CBC president Catherine Tait

Media | 12/11/2023 1:19 pm EST

Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge

Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge would not take the bait when the...

Broadcast Canadian Heritage Cbc

Telus asks CRTC to go easy on vBDUs for initial base contributions into broadcasting system

Internet and Governance | 12/08/2023 9:34 am EST

Telus asks CRTC to go easy on vBDUs for initial base contributions into broadcasting system

Gatineau, Que. – Telus Corp. asked the CRTC to...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

St-Onge faces questioning on portfolio during Senate appearance

Media | 12/07/2023 5:03 pm EST

New Heritage Minister St-Onge promises to battle tech giants

Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge faced a barrage of questions...

Cbc CRTC Online streaming act

Blanchet says CBC cuts at worst possible time

Internet and Governance | 12/06/2023 1:48 pm EST

Blanchet says CBC cuts at worst possible time

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...

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Job cuts reason enough for access to online platform contributions: CBC tells CRTC

Internet and Governance | 12/06/2023 9:18 am EST

Job cuts reason enough for access to online platform contributions: CBC tells CRTC

Gatineau, Que. - CBC/Radio-Canada's decision to slash 600 jobs and leave...

Cancon Cbc CRTC

CBC announces 600 jobs cut, decrease in programming

Media | 12/04/2023 6:48 pm EST

CBC president Catherine Tait

Canada's public broadcaster is cutting 10 per cent of its workforce and slashing some programming to deal...

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Blue Ant says contribution regime should be flexible

Internet and Governance | 12/04/2023 3:32 pm EST

Blue Ant says contribution regime should be flexible

Foreign streamers must pay their fair share of contributions to the Canadian broadcasting system, but...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

Netflix urges contribution limit be set at two per cent at CRTC hearings

Media | 12/01/2023 11:21 am EST

Netflix urges contribution limit be set at two per cent at CRTC hearings

Netflix Services Canada ULC says it has invested large amounts of money...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

Corus proposes contribution framework at CRTC, says time to regulate streamers is now

Internet and Governance | 11/30/2023 11:13 am EST

Corus proposes contribution framework at CRTC, says time to regulate streamers is now

Those who stand to benefit from the Online Streaming Act want the CRTC to act as quickly as it can while those who may be forced to pay are urging caution. The commission is...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

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 told

Major broadcasters think that there should be a flexible contribution...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

IATSE calls for variety of funds to promote Canadian broadcasting

Media | 11/28/2023 9:24 am EST

IATSE calls for variety of funds to promote Canadian broadcasting

Renewal of the Canadian broadcasting system should not rely on one rigid...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

BQ media fund idea won’t solve problems, St-Onge maintains

Media | 11/27/2023 5:31 pm EST

New Heritage Minister St-Onge promises to battle tech giants

The Bloc Québécois is continuing its fight for a fund to help Canadian...

Cancon CRTC Television

APTN says funds needed to support public service broadcasters

Internet and Governance | 11/27/2023 4:56 pm EST

APTN says funds needed to support public service broadcasters

The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) on Friday called for the...

CRTC Online streaming act Television

Community radio calls for new funding at CRTC

Internet and Governance | 11/24/2023 7:56 am EST

Community radio calls for new funding at CRTC

Representatives from several community radio stations emphasized their role as a third-pillar of the...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

BQ says media is in crisis and needs immediate action

Media | 11/23/2023 8:40 am EST

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

Canada’s news media are in crisis and the government is taking too long to respond, the House of...

Cancon CRTC Internet

Indigenous content is distinct from CanCon: Indigenous Screen Office

Media | 11/23/2023 8:29 am EST

Indigenous content is distinct from CanCon: Indigenous Screen Office

The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), newly certified as an independent...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

Bell lays out contribution framework proposal at CRTC

Internet and Governance | 11/22/2023 9:13 am EST

Bell lays out contribution framework proposal at CRTC

BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online...

Cancon CRTC Internet

PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearings

Media | 11/21/2023 4:59 am EST

PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearings

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...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

St-Onge releases Streaming Act direction to CRTC

Internet and Governance | 11/14/2023 5:09 pm EST

New Heritage Minister St-Onge promises to battle tech giants

Tuesday Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge issued the final policy direction to the CRTC that...

Broadcast Internet Online streaming act

Stéphanie Paquette appointed as CRTC Quebec commissioner

Media | 11/14/2023 12:36 pm EST

Stéphanie Paquette appointed as CRTC Quebec commissioner

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...

Stringray almost double profit in Q2 compared to year prior

Media | 11/08/2023 4:21 pm EST

Stringray almost double profit in Q2 compared to year prior

Stingray Group Inc. reported a 6.3 per cent increase in revenue during its...

Quarterly Reports

WildBrain reports Q1 2024 results

Media | 11/08/2023 5:00 am EST

WildBrain animators taking part in union drive

Kid and family entertainment company WildBrain Ltd. released its Q1 2024 results Tuesday evening,...

Broadcast Quarterly Reports

TVO workers settle strike against public broadcaster

Media | 11/06/2023 5:32 pm EST

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: report

The Canadian Media Guild has settled a strike against public broadcaster TV Ontario. Workers had been on the picket line since last August. According to a statement from the network, it is giving employees a 7.7 per cent pay increase–three per cent the first year, 2.75...

labour

TVA Group lays off 31 per cent of workforce in reorganization

Media | 11/04/2023 11:47 am EDT

Potential described video costs ‘exorbitant’: TVA Group

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....

CRTC changes should help overcome disappointing FY, Corus says

Media | 10/31/2023 5:22 pm EDT

Corus expects modest revenue decline in Q4, leaning into CanCon amid US writers’ strike

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...

Bell and Fox forge alliance to boost original CanCon

Media | 10/27/2023 3:51 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

BCE Inc. and Fox Entertainment Global have unveiled a strategic licensing and distribution partnership,...

Bell Television

Producers say French streaming regulations could serve as an example for Canada

Media | 10/26/2023 6:33 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statistics

As the CRTC works out how it is going to wrangle streaming platforms and...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

Rogers closes Ottawa news station, returns licence to CRTC

Media | 10/26/2023 6:30 pm EDT

CRTC defers radio filings for two years to focus on Online Streaming Act

Rogers Communications Inc. has shuttered its all-news station in the...

Broadcast Radio Rogers

WGC report finds gains in member diversity but stagnant work opportunities

Media | 10/25/2023 5:02 pm EDT

Script coordinators get Writers Guild, IATSE coverage

The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) published a comprehensive report on...

Cancon Indigenous Content Television

CRTC considers regulatory relief for Corus as profits decline

Media | 10/20/2023 12:46 pm EDT

Corus expects modest revenue decline in Q4, leaning into CanCon amid US writers’ strike

The CRTC is proposing to loosen some of Corus Entertainment Inc.’s...

Broadcast Cancon CRTC

Online News Act comes under fire in Senate debate

Internet and Governance | 10/18/2023 5:23 pm EDT

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promises

The efficacy of the Online News Act was called into question during the Senate’s Question Period...

News Compensation Online news act

Tories continue attack on CBC over terrorism terminology

Media | 10/18/2023 5:06 pm EDT

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024

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...

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Bell files leave to appeal over CRTC decision to renew its licence without hearing

Media | 10/16/2023 5:45 pm EDT

The front entrance of the Bell Canada building on Albert Street in Ottawa on Nov. 2, 2021 (photo by Andrew Meade)

BCE Inc. filed an application with the Federal Court of Appeal for leave to...

Broadcast Cancon Court

Federal arbitrator releases free time political broadcast schedule

Media | 10/11/2023 4:42 pm EDT

Canadians split between traditional, online viewing: MTM

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...

St-Onge cites professor to quiet Conservative MP on online bills

Media | 10/06/2023 6:08 pm EDT

New Heritage Minister St-Onge promises to battle tech giants

Conservative MP Rachael Thomas brought a motion before the House of Commons...

Canadian Heritage News Compensation Online news act

CPAC announces board changes

Media | 10/03/2023 5:57 pm EDT

CRTC to allow CPAC to participate in Rogers-Shaw hearing

Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc. (CPAC) announced changes to its board of directors as it launches a...

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APTN defends new structure proposal from broadcaster criticism

Media | 10/03/2023 4:29 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

APTN says its proposal to shift the terms of its licence will be good for the state of Canadian broadcasting and the five major broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs) are wrong to quibble about it. “It is time to act. Indigenous languages are in crisis around the...

APTN CRTC Indigenous Content

TVO strikers reject latest management offer

Media | 10/02/2023 3:49 pm EDT

TVO strikers reject latest management offer

Striking members of the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) have voted to reject the latest offer from provincial...

labour

Social media and podcast services must register with CRTC, not users, under new regime

Internet and Governance | 09/29/2023 5:48 pm EDT

Social media and podcast services must register with CRTC, not users, under new regime

The CRTC has determined that online services that...

CRTC Online streaming act

CRTC directs CBC to hold Indigenous consultation by March

Media | 09/20/2023 4:36 pm EDT

CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: study

The CRTC denied an application by CBC/Radio-Canada to delay consultations...

Cbc CRTC Indigenous Content

CRTC to hold proceedings on Fox News carriage in Canada

Media | 09/20/2023 4:19 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

The CRTC will review the carriage of Fox News as a non-Canadian programming...

Broadcast CRTC Television

Trudeau announces parliamentary secretaries

Media | 09/18/2023 4:14 pm EDT

Trudeau announces parliamentary secretaries

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,...

‘WildBrain can’t have their cake and eat it too,’ Bell tells CRTC in undue preference dispute

Media | 09/14/2023 6:10 pm EDT

WildBrain animators taking part in union drive

BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that WildBrain...

Broadcast CRTC Television

Script coordinators get Writers Guild, IATSE coverage

Media | 09/12/2023 5:13 pm EDT

Script coordinators get Writers Guild, IATSE coverage

The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)...

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Squamish BC gets new FM station to compete with Rogers

Media | 09/08/2023 5:41 pm EDT

CRTC defers radio filings for two years to focus on Online Streaming Act

The CRTC Friday granted an FM licence to Four Senses Entertainment Inc. to...

Broadcast CRTC Radio

WildBrain animators taking part in union drive

Media | 09/07/2023 4:48 pm EDT

WildBrain animators taking part in union drive

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,...

Broadcast