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“WildBrain can’t have their cake and eat it to,” Bell tells CRTC in undue preference dispute
Media | 09/14/2023 6:10 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that WildBrain Ltd. is “flooding” the subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) market with its programming and “diluting” the value of its...
Script coordinators get Writers Guild, IATSE coverage
Media | 09/12/2023 5:13 pm EDT
The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) have reached an agreement on representation of script coordinators on television and film projects. The script coordinator is an entry level position in the industry,...
Squamish BC gets new FM station to compete with Rogers
Media | 09/08/2023 5:41 pm EDT
The CRTC Friday granted an FM licence to Four Senses Entertainment Inc. to...
WildBrain animators taking part in union drive
Media | 09/07/2023 4:48 pm EDT
Animators at WildBrain Ltd.’s Vancouver studios are attempting to unionize. A drive by the...
Tory convention takes aim at Streaming Act, CBC
Internet and Governance | 09/06/2023 4:29 pm EDT
Dissatisfaction with the Online Streaming Act and defunding the CBC are among the resolutions being...
No financial justification to increase skinny basic rate from $25 to $28: CRTC
Media | 09/05/2023 3:40 pm EDT
The CRTC denied an application by BCE Inc., Bragg Communication Inc.’s...
CRTC changes ad rules for discretionary services
Media | 09/05/2023 3:34 pm EDT
The CRTC said Tuesday that it was altering the rules for commercials on discretionary services. The matter was instigated by a filing from Quebecor Inc.’s TVA Group.
The commission is removing the limit of 12 minutes of advertising per hour but is keeping the...
Stingray adds Peavey Mart to retail audio network
Media | 08/31/2023 5:26 pm EDT
Canadian retail chain Peavey Mart has joined Stingray Group Inc.’s audio advertising network, according...
CRTC approves mandatory carriage for Francophone TV station despite incumbent opposition
Media | 08/31/2023 5:18 pm EDT
The CRTC added Natyf Inc., a Francophone station...
Another FM station gets short-term renewal for non-compliance
Media | 08/29/2023 4:50 pm EDT
The CRTC issued another short-term broadcasting licence renewal after it...
CRTC renews Cogeco On Demand’s licence, announces upcoming described video proceedings
Media | 08/25/2023 4:31 pm EDT
The broadcasting licence for Cogeco Inc.’s...
TVO workers on strike with no talks looming
Media | 08/24/2023 4:12 pm EDT
Unionized workers at TVOntario walked off the job on Monday, marking the first strike the public...
CRTC defers radio filings for two years to focus on Online Streaming Act
Media | 08/22/2023 4:39 pm EDT
The CRTC will defer new applications and complaints relating to radio as it...
Small-town N.S. radio station has licence renewed for another short term following continued non-compliance
Media | 08/21/2023 4:39 pm EDT
A community radio station in Parrsboro, Nova...
Longtime Rogers executive Philip Lind dies at 80
Media | 08/21/2023 2:10 pm EDT
Philip Lind, one of the earliest hires at Rogers Communications Inc., has died at the age of 80, the...
Bell blames Videotron for shuttering of Vrak channel
Media | 08/18/2023 4:14 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has announced it is closing its Vrak Channel and is laying the blame squarely at the feet of Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron division. The cable company has said it will no longer carry the Bell channel.
Last year Videotron removed Bell’s Vrak and Z channels from...
CRTC directed to include modified U.S. home shopping programs as authorized foreign programming services
Media | 08/16/2023 6:03 pm EDT
The CRTC is being directed to include modified...
Montreal radio station gets short term renewal over non-compliance
Media | 08/15/2023 4:42 pm EDT
Once again the CRTC has decided to issue a short term renewal licence to a...
Two BC radio stations have hands slapped by CRTC over non-compliance
Media | 08/14/2023 5:32 pm EDT
Two radio stations in British Columbia have been granted short-term...
Blue Ant and marblemedia announce merger
Media | 08/10/2023 4:26 pm EDT
Blue Ant Media and Marblemedia have decided to merge their operations into one firm, the companies said...
WildBrain says Bell is giving one up to its competitor Corus
Media | 08/09/2023 5:33 pm EDT
WildBrain Ltd. is accusing BCE Inc. of breaching its regulatory obligations regarding its English-language services Family Channel, Family Jr., and WildBrain TV, and its French-language service Télémagino and as a result has given Corus Entertainment Inc. an unfair...
Fiscal 2024 off to a strong start: Stingray
Media | 08/09/2023 4:37 pm EDT
Stingray Group Inc. reported revenue and subscriber growth for the first quarter of the 2024 fiscal year...
News companies ask Competition Bureau to look at Meta news-blocking
Media | 08/08/2023 12:40 pm EDT
A group of news organizations have filed an application with the...
Rebel News case against Al Jazeera turned down by SCC
Media | 08/03/2023 5:07 pm EDT
The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear two appeals brought by Rebel News Network Ltd. against...
CBC request to alter CPE, PNI, expenditures is result of licence renewal flaw: Friends
Media | 08/01/2023 6:35 pm EDT
Canadian public broadcasting advocacy group...
New Heritage Minister St-Onge promises to battle tech giants
Internet and Governance | 07/26/2023 5:04 pm EDT
OTTAWA–Pascale St-Onge vows to keep up the fight with tech giants over...
Privacy commission, CRTC among best PS workplaces, survey finds
Media | 07/25/2023 4:42 pm EDT
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is the third best workplace in the...
Rogers’s proposal to expand PNI categories requires larger public consultation: CMPA
Media | 07/20/2023 4:36 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposal to change...
Corus adds itself to Meta boycott
Internet and Governance | 07/17/2023 5:03 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. is adding itself to the list of industry players who are suspending advertising on Meta Platform Inc. after the tech giant announced it will block Canadian news content on Facebook and its other platforms...
Streamers hope to illustrate emerging consensus on exemption orders
Internet and Governance | 07/17/2023 4:48 pm EDT
In an ongoing tug-of-war at the CRTC, tech giants are arguing that a level of consensus has emerged surrounding the applicable revenue threshold for registration under the...
FRPC, PIAC, demand CRTC handle consolidated broadcasting proceeding request as Part 1
Media | 07/11/2023 3:35 pm EDT
The Forum for Research and Policy in...
CRTC entertaining idea of consolidating multiple broadcasting COL requests
Media | 07/10/2023 4:15 pm EDT
The CRTC is seeking comments on whether it should consolidate several...
Support grows for Meta boycott following News Act blackout
Media | 07/10/2023 2:46 pm EDT
Other governments and private sector companies are joining in the boycott of Meta Platforms Inc. after it announced plans to block Canadian news from Facebook and Instagram. Meta’s move came in...
APTN to increase Indigenous-language programming with new ‘Languages’ channel
Media | 07/04/2023 2:35 pm EDT
APTN has applied to the CRTC to consolidate its four channels into two, one...
All sides continue fight in Streaming Act regulation proceeding
Internet and Governance | 06/30/2023 5:13 pm EDT
The CRTC has now received reply comments in its ongoing proceeding into how to implement the Online Streaming Act. As with the original interventions, proposals vary depending on the group submitting the suggestions.
The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) calls for online undertakings to reveal the date they began operating in Canada, their annual revenues, operational model, and how much Canadian content is available. It disagreed with calls to exempt smaller...
Olympics programming costs need to be excluded from CPE and PNI requirements: CBC
Media | 06/30/2023 5:09 pm EDT
The CBC is requesting the CRTC amend its conditions of licence (COL),...
Google confirms removal of Canadian news links
Internet and Governance | 06/30/2023 12:00 am EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has announced it will be removing Canadian news links from its websites.
The...
ILNF recipients want Corus excluded from the pot until CRTC conducts wider policy review
Media | 06/29/2023 4:27 pm EDT
Local independent news stations want to exclude...
Meta confirms its ending news availability on its platforms
Media | 06/22/2023 7:39 pm EDT
Meta Platforms Inc. said it will no longer provide news on social media...
Rogers asks CRTC to redefine PNIs, change conditions of licence
Media | 06/21/2023 5:42 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to amend the conditions of...
TVA changes mind about cutting weekend newscasts
Media | 06/21/2023 8:54 am EDT
Quebecor Inc. has reversed itself and will not be suspending TVA’s newscasts in Quebec City on weekends...
SiriusXM latest broadcaster denied relief from the CRTC
Media | 06/20/2023 5:37 pm EDT
The CRTC denied SiriusXM Canada Inc.’s request for relief from its...
Quebecor and CRTC clash over “regulatory straitjacket”
Media | 06/19/2023 5:36 pm EDT
Quebecor Media Inc. is asking the CRTC to remove some of the conditions of...
Technology changes to be studied by all-party caucus in Parliament
Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 5:05 pm EDT
The rapid pace of change in the technology sector has led a group of Parliamentarians to form an emerging technology caucus where members of all parties can learn about the brave new world.
The caucus was the brainchild of Alberta Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner who tweeted out the idea and was flooded with responses. Liberal MP Anthony Housefather was...
Unions opposed to broadcasters’ calls to lighten regulatory load until C-11 is fully implemented
Media | 06/16/2023 4:35 pm EDT
Several trade unions representing Canadian media...
Change financial threshold for Online Streaming Act exemptions, CRTC told
Internet and Governance | 06/15/2023 6:05 pm EDT
The proposed financial threshold for exemption for online streaming...
Bell blames advertising, challenging regulatory environment, for its 1,300 layoffs and closed radio stations
Media | 06/14/2023 2:17 pm EDT
Approximately 1,300 BCE Inc. employees will be...
Trudeau says Meta’s behaviour is unacceptable
Media | 06/13/2023 7:29 pm EDT
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Meta Platforms Inc.’s move to block news content on its platform is...
Broadcasters announce new climate group
Media | 06/13/2023 6:47 pm EDT
Sunday in Banff saw the launch of Canadian Broadcasters for Sustainability, a consortium of 22 organizations committed to working together for environmentally sustainable change.
The members pledged to meet four times per year to work on five common goals: collaboration...
Court of Appeal directs CRTC to reconsider Radio-Canada N-word decision
Media | 06/09/2023 1:47 pm EDT
In a Thursday ruling, the Federal Court of Appeal sided with Société...
Feds earmark $5.5 million to fight disinformation
Internet and Governance | 06/07/2023 5:59 pm EDT
The federal government is spending $5.5 million to create the Canadian Digital Media Research Network...
Stingray reports revenue and subscriber growth in Q4
Media | 06/07/2023 5:33 pm EDT
Revenues and subscriber growth featured prominently in Stingray Group Inc.’s quarterly report...
Online News Act should be passed despite imperfections, Senators told
Internet and Governance | 06/06/2023 5:51 pm EDT
Tuesday the Senate Transport and Communications Committee continued its...
Google disincentivized from engaging with Online News Act, company says
Internet and Governance | 06/06/2023 1:56 pm EDT
Spokespeople for Alphabet Inc.’s Google expressed further concerns they...
TikTok facing public relations crisis: report
Media | 06/05/2023 3:16 pm EDT
Monday Horizon Media Canada released a report that found TikTok is facing a crisis in trust due to the bad press it has been receiving of late. There are concerns that the Chinese-owned platform may be sharing users’ private...
Catherine Tait reappointed as president of CBC/Radio-Canada
Media | 06/01/2023 5:04 pm EDT
The government has extended the term of Catherine Tait as president and CEO...
Call for broadcast participation fund cash injection gets support at CRTC
Internet and Governance | 05/31/2023 3:06 pm EDT
A group of consumer advocacy organizations have received some support for...
Federal Court dings hotel rebroadcasters for copyright infringement against Quebecor
Media | 05/30/2023 7:38 am EDT
Quebecor Inc. has won a copyright infringement case against a trio of companies the Federal Court as agreed was illegally broadcasting Quebecor's TVA Sports channels in...
Corus wants in on local news fund post Rogers-Shaw
Media | 05/26/2023 3:58 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. has written to the CRTC asking whether or not that the company will be allowed...
CBC gets support on consult delay request
Media | 05/24/2023 5:33 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada has received several letters of support in its attempt to delay a mandated consultation...
CBC asked to prove claim of Indigenous ‘consultation fatigue’ by May 29
Media | 05/23/2023 12:23 pm EDT
In a back-and-forth between CBC/Radio-Canada on when the broadcaster should...
Public interest groups call for more time on C-11 consults
Media | 05/23/2023 12:13 pm EDT
A coalition of 12 different public sector and public interest groups have...
Parliamentary committee calls for China TV ban
Media | 05/19/2023 2:11 pm EDT
A House of Commons committee is calling for the Minister of Canadian Heritage to ban Chinese state media from Canadian broadcast systems. The committee on Canada-China Relations made the demand in a report issued Thursday.
The MPs are asking minister Pablo Rodriguez to...
Judge rejects broadcasters’ request for increased fine in set-top box case
Media | 05/19/2023 2:05 pm EDT
A Federal Court of Appeal judge has dismissed an attempt by BCE Inc.,...
CanCon rules do not need vast overhaul, IIC Canada hears
Media | 05/15/2023 3:36 pm EDT
OTTAWA–Delegates to the International Institute of Communications...
CRTC becoming more accommodating to stakeholders: Eatrides
Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 2:34 pm EDT
OTTAWA–The CRTC is improving its process to be more responsive to its...
CRTC unveils consultations following passage of Streaming Act
Media | 05/12/2023 12:32 pm EDT
Now that the Online Streaming Act has become law, the CRTC is launching a...
C-18 is necessary and fair, CAB tells Senate panel
Internet and Governance | 05/11/2023 5:45 pm EDT
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) told the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications...
CRTC approves new area codes for Toronto and British Columbia
Media | 05/10/2023 4:45 pm EDT
Wednesday the CRTC announced it had allowed new area code overlays for...
Online News Act should be defeated, Alberta publisher maintains
Internet and Governance | 05/09/2023 5:01 pm EDT
The Senate Committee on Transport and Communication continued its study of...
Facebook’s refusal to send witnesses angers Heritage committee
Internet and Governance | 05/08/2023 5:41 pm EDT
Sir Nicholas Clegg’s reversal of an agreement to appear before the House...
Young Liberals call for telecom reform including foreign investment rules
Media | 05/04/2023 2:23 pm EDT
OTTAWA–As the Liberal Party of Canada gathers in the capital for its policy convention, its youth group has put forward a resolution calling for changes to the...
CRTC opens Part 1 into the removal of Fox News from Canadian distribution at request of LGBTQ rights group
Media | 05/03/2023 4:57 pm EDT
A Part 1 application has officially been opened...
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...
Rogers reports strong first quarter of 2023
Media | 04/26/2023 5:02 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. released its first quarterly report since it was granted approval to take over...
Google defends restricting access, calls for changes to C-18
Internet and Governance | 04/21/2023 5:08 pm EDT
Senior executives of Alphabet Inc.’s Google appeared before the House of...
Ex-minister Navdeep Bains joins Rogers c-suite
Media | 04/20/2023 5:14 pm EDT
Former Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has been appointed Rogers Communications Inc.'s chief corporate affairs officer as part of a larger executive level shakeup at the company in the wake of receiving final approval from the department of Innovation, Science, and...
CBC asks for more time for Indigenous consultation
Media | 04/20/2023 2:25 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada is asking the CRTC to give it more time before holding a required consultation with...
Conservatives and Liberals keep up dispute over online legislation
Internet and Governance | 04/18/2023 5:04 pm EDT
The Conservatives are keeping up their battle against the government’s...
Public interest groups call for shored up Broadcasting Participation Fund
Media | 04/17/2023 5:08 pm EDT
A group of six consumer and public advocacy organizations is asking the CRTC to step in to restructure a Rogers Communications Inc. payment to...
Corus again blames ‘recession’ for revenue drop; looks ahead to C-11
Media | 04/13/2023 6:31 pm EDT
Fiscal 2023 will be an "especially challenging" year for Corus...
Small player groups like direction of CRTC under Eatrides
Internet and Governance | 03/30/2023 4:27 pm EDT
The new regime at the CRTC met with general approval Wednesday from...
CBC funding absent in budget 2023; gov. cracking down on telecom fees
Internet and Governance | 03/28/2023 6:44 pm EDT
Public broadcasting advocacy group Friends is “frustrated” that the...
ACTRA boycotts Rogers and other firms over non-union commercials
Media | 03/28/2023 4:09 pm EDT
The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is...
CRTC denies final arbitration request in hotel broadcaster’s dispute with Quebecor
Media | 03/27/2023 4:03 pm EDT
The CRTC won’t force Quebecor Inc. into final...
CRTC grants CanCon producers flexibility on stock footage costs
Media | 03/24/2023 5:30 pm EDT
The CRTC has adjusted how it considers the use of stock footage for the purposes of counting toward Canadian Content requirements.
In a Thursday decision, the regulator announced it would move the treatment of stock footage costs from the "services" category to the...
Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills
Internet and Governance | 03/23/2023 3:24 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is not worried that...
CRTC issues broadcasting licence fees
Media | 03/22/2023 1:03 pm EDT
The CRTC has issued the broadcasting licence fees for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The estimated total...
Supreme Court to hear appeal by CBC and other media
Media | 03/16/2023 2:14 pm EDT
Thursday the Supreme Court announced it was allowing an appeal by a group of media into the unsealing of...
CRTC grants Indigenous station radio license
Media | 03/09/2023 3:01 pm EST
The CRTC Thursday approved a radio broadcasting license for Piikani Resource Development Ltd. on behalf...
Senators call for CBC to keep traditional broadcasting model
Media | 03/09/2023 2:22 pm EST
Members of the Senate are calling on the CBC/Radio-Canada to maintain its current broadcasting regime, saying it is necessary for those in areas with limited internet access.
On Feb. 7 CBC president and CEO Catherine Tait said in an interview with the Globe and Mail...
Free-time political time allocations released by federal arbitrator
Media | 03/09/2023 11:44 am EST
Broadcasting arbitrator Monica Song has updated her list on the amount of...
CRTC releases pair of broadcasting reports that paint dire picture
Media | 03/03/2023 6:04 pm EST
The CRTC released two commissioned reports on the changing nature of the...
CBC and CTV lose leave to appeal BC case to Supreme Court
Media | 03/02/2023 11:06 am EST
The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it had dismissed a leave to...
BDUs raising TV rates for customers not covered by small basic rate is irrelevant: Bell
Media | 03/01/2023 6:12 pm EST
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that it is...
Heritage Committee summons Google execs over news blocking
Internet and Governance | 02/28/2023 4:46 pm EST
The House of Commons Heritage committee voted Tuesday to summon top...
Masse calls for CRTC review of cross-border advertising
Media | 02/27/2023 3:08 pm EST
A New Democrat representing a border city wants the CRTC to review...
Bell and Telus being “difficult” in MVNO negotiation: PKP
Media | 02/23/2023 4:58 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s efforts to reach all wholesale and MVNO access agreements...
CRTC reopens basic television price hike proceeding
Media | 02/21/2023 5:25 pm EST
The CRTC is reopening its proceeding into whether or not BCE Inc., Cogeco Inc., Bragg Communications...
Online News Act leads to internet fragmentation: Internet Society
Internet and Governance | 02/17/2023 4:20 pm EST
The Online News Act, Bill C-18, will “fundamentally change the relationship between people and the internet,” if passed, according to the Internet Society (ISOC).
On...