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Federal Court orders ban on ‘Mr. Blamo’ Kodi add-on software
Media | 10/03/2018 6:04 pm EDT
Nearly a dozen content producers have obtained a court order banning set-top box software developed by an individual in Canada that allows users to watch their content for free, according to court documents. The Sept. 24 decision by the Federal Court ordered Samuel Horkoff, a developer of Kodi add-on software, to stop developing, maintaining, updating, hosting, distributing or promoting applications that allowed users to access unlicensed content. The decision also forbids Horkoff from operating websites or making the plaintiffs’ works available on the internet, effectively banning his...
‘Narrow window’ to make new comms laws with USMCA: Nordicity
Media | 10/02/2018 3:28 pm EDT
OTTAWA -- There is an “urgent need” for Canadian lawmakers to set out a new communications framework now that Canada has hammered out a new trilateral agreement on trade to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) so that Canadian industry isn’t put at a disadvantage, according to a Canadian telecom consultant. Nordicity’s Stuart Jack told a Senate committee reviewing Canada’s communications industry laws that Canada is three decades “out of date” with other OECD countries in adopting a “unified” communications act. He said there’s a “narrow window”...
New NAFTA allows Super Bowl simsub ahead of SCC review
Media | 10/01/2018 7:18 pm EDT
The new trade pact forged by Canada, the U.S. and Mexico to replace the...
Netflix expects to ‘exceed’ planned investment in Canadian content
Media | 09/28/2018 3:24 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. says it’s “on track to exceed” its $500 million pledge...
Netflix Canada’s first employee plucked from the CMF
Media | 08/30/2018 4:40 pm EDT
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has confirmed that its vice-president of...
NDP to lobby government on foreign digital sales, ad taxes
Media | 08/29/2018 6:10 pm EDT
The federal NDP said it will enter the new parliamentary session with a focus on pressuring the government to right wrongs they say have been committed by allowing foreign internet companies to skirt...
Canadians agreed to pay at least $200K to settle copyright suits in 2018
Media | 08/22/2018 5:08 pm EDT
More than a dozen movie studios have sued Canadians in recent months in a flurry of cases that has so far yielded over $200,000 in settlement agreements from individuals,...
Netflix has 75% of Canadian OTT market: report
Media | 08/01/2018 4:15 pm EDT
Just under half of Canadians, or 47.2 per cent, use subscription over-the-top (OTT) services, according...
TV dominates OTT in viewership: industry group
Media | 07/25/2018 5:12 pm EDT
Despite the impact over-the-top (OTT) streaming services have had on the television market for sometime in Canada, a new report by Think TV suggests that linear is still dominating those services. The report said that,...
Joly out at Heritage as Pablo Rodriguez named new minister
Media | 07/18/2018 5:00 pm EDT
Former chief government whip Pablo Rodriguez is the new heritage minister,...
We have no obligation to offer paper bills: telecoms
telecom | 07/10/2018 4:54 pm EDT
There is no legal or regulatory obligation on telecoms to offer paper bills, BCE Inc. said in a filing to the CRTC, responding to an application asking the regulator to ensure companies must provide a paper bill to customers who...
OTT co-productions trending up: study
Media | 06/26/2018 12:41 pm EDT
Domestic and international content producers and over-the-top (OTT) services are continuing to partner...
Live TV streaming services opportunity for Corus, CEO says
Media | 06/13/2018 5:30 pm EDT
U.S.-based video services like Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube TV and Amazon.com...
Canadians using multiple devices, but adoption leveling off: MTM
Media | 06/08/2018 6:29 pm EDT
According to the latest data from CBC/Radio-Canada’s Media Technology Monitoring (MTM) project, 35 per cent of English-speaking internet users in Canada continue to own four types of electronic...
ISED won’t rule out using spectrum proceeds for CanCon: Bains
Media | 06/01/2018 4:47 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and Heritage Minister Mélanie...
CRTC calls for ISPs to pay for CanCon, ‘equitable’ OTT contributions
Media | 05/31/2018 11:18 am EDT
GATINEAU — The CRTC is recommending the government undertake a bevy of changes to the Canadian content system, including a new approach to funding content that would include...
26% of Canadians access pirated content, new report shows
Media | 05/30/2018 6:16 pm EDT
A government-commissioned report is shedding light on the extent of...
Historia, Series+ sale blocked in surprise move
Media | 05/28/2018 5:51 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has blocked the $200 million sale of the Historia and Series+ channels from Corus...
Dennis Heaton named new president of WGC
Media | 05/07/2018 3:33 pm EDT
Showrunner Dennis Heaton is the new president of the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC), the organization said Monday.
The two-year term is effective May 1 and will end on April 30, 2020, a press release said.
A member of the...
Trade committee recommends sales tax for foreign ‘intangible products’
telecom | 04/27/2018 4:54 pm EDT
The House standing committee on international trade is calling on the government to implement sales taxes on “intangible products” sold by foreign companies, improve rural internet access and...
CBS All Access launches early in Canada
Media | 04/23/2018 1:28 pm EDT
CBS Corp.’s All Access streaming service is now available in Canada, the company said in a press release Monday.
The company’s president and CEO, Leslie Moonves, previously indicated CBS was planning a June launch.
The service, which costs $5.99 a month, “will...
Quebecor, cultural groups praise Que. budget digital sales tax
Media | 03/28/2018 4:01 pm EDT
The Quebec government’s 2018 budget, unveiled Tuesday, includes a measure...
Radio-Canada asks broadcasters ‘to pool our strengths’ on OTT, content
Media | 03/16/2018 10:02 am EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada is in negotiations over opening up its French-language...
Money for CanCon in budget stopgap measure: CMPA
Media | 03/01/2018 1:33 pm EST
The 2018 federal budget, released Tuesday, confirmed the Canadian Media Fund (CMF) will receive top ups...
Data, programmatic ads benefit in telecoms’ media ownership: Moody’s
Media | 02/23/2018 12:53 pm EST
Data insights and programmatic advertising that could disrupt digital...
Get rid of digital media exemption, CUPE asks CRTC
Media | 02/16/2018 4:31 pm EST
CUPE’s Provincial Council for Communications (CPSC) in Quebec is calling on the CRTC to drop the rules that exempt digital over-the-top (OTT) services from the same regulations as traditional broadcasters, in a news release on...
CRTC asks digital giants for info, promises confidentiality
Media | 02/05/2018 2:02 pm EST
As part of its government-ordered proceeding on future content distribution models, the CRTC is asking a number of companies — including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Netflix Inc. — for information...
Joly cites confidentiality for redactions in Netflix ATIP request
Media | 02/02/2018 2:32 pm EST
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly faced questions this week about why a...
Cross-industry coalition calls for website-blocking
Media | 01/29/2018 6:21 pm EST
A broad coalition made up of Canada’s largest telecoms and broadcasters, as well as groups representing...
CBC launches $5 a month premium OTT service
Media | 12/05/2017 4:20 pm EST
In a memo to its employees on Monday, CBC/Radio-Canada announced it has improved its over-the-top (OTT) app, which will introduce live TV streaming and a new ad-free, subscription-based content streaming service at $5 a month.
The improvements to the CBC-TV streaming...
Amazon Fire TV stick launches in Canada
telecom | 11/07/2017 1:48 pm EST
Amazon.com Inc. is making available its Fire TV Stick Basic Edition plug-in streaming device available...
Creative Canada ‘cultural policy, not tax policy’: Joly
Media | 11/02/2017 9:39 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Opposition MPs continued their criticism of Heritage Minister...
Freedom set to support older iPhones with spectrum rejig, deployment
telecom | 10/26/2017 5:37 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. announced Thursday that it would move to redeploy...
57% of anglophones subscribe to OTT services: MTM
Media | 10/19/2017 5:41 pm EDT
Fifty-seven per cent of Canadian anglophones subscribe to over-the-top (OTT) streaming services, with Netflix Inc. as the strong leader, according to the latest report from Media Technology Monitor (MTM), a project of...
How big a threat are OTT sports services?
Media | 10/10/2017 5:55 pm EDT
Sports remains one of the last bastions of defence for traditional TV against a wave of over-the-top (OTT) services that continue to push audiences toward cord-cutting, though for now at least, they appear to form a stronger barrier in Canada than south of the border....
Netflix responds to post-Creative Canada criticism
Media | 10/10/2017 2:53 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. has published a blog post in support of a deal it reached with the government to invest $500...
Quebec legislature votes to tax Netflix
Media | 10/04/2017 2:46 pm EDT
The Quebec national assembly voted Tuesday to impose provincial sales tax on foreign digital services,...
Netflix in 33% Que. households, Illico at 19%: report
Media | 10/03/2017 2:55 pm EDT
Just over half, or 53 per cent, of Quebec households with internet access watch streaming video services,...
Joly’s cultural policy continues drawing mixed reaction
Media | 09/29/2017 5:20 pm EDT
Various groups praised the promised investment in production and promotion...
Future reviews to determine much of DigiCanCon strategy: experts
Media | 09/28/2017 11:25 am EDT
OTTAWA — While the response to the long-awaited results of Heritage...
France imposing Netflix tax
Media | 09/26/2017 12:47 pm EDT
France will put in place a two-per-cent tax on foreign digital video platforms, according to a report in Le Monde. The tax will begin in January 2018, the newspaper reported last week. In Canada, the federal government has indicated it’s not likely to begin imposing sales tax on platforms...
Quebec ready to tax Netflix: culture minister
Media | 09/22/2017 3:55 pm EDT
If the federal government isn’t willing to impose taxes on foreign over-the-top (OTT) services, Quebec is willing to do so itself, Le Devoir quoted Quebec culture minister Luc Fortin as saying Thursday. He said Quebec would...
BQ criticizes Joly over OTT tax policy
Media | 09/19/2017 4:56 pm EDT
The Bloc Québécois has accused Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly of favouritism toward the likes...
House of Cards arrives on Canadian TV
Media | 09/07/2017 4:29 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. original series House of Cards will broadcast on Channel Zero Inc.’s CHCH this fall, the company said in a press release Wednesday, calling the broadcast “a first for conventional television in North America.”
The French-language version of House of...
NFB awareness lagging behind Disney, CBC
Media | 09/05/2017 1:15 pm EDT
Canadians’ awareness of the National Film Board (NFB) as an organization that produces documentary or...
Skinny TV has room to grow: Macquarie
Media | 08/21/2017 11:52 am EDT
Skinny-basic uptake will only grow in Canada and that could spell bad news for broadcasters’ bottom lines in the future, according to Macquarie Capital Markets analyst Greg MacDonald. In a Monday note, MacDonald highlighted...
New OTT offerings pose threat to BDUs, opportunity for producers
Media | 08/17/2017 4:47 pm EDT
A proliferation of new streaming TV competition in Canada is set to benefit...
Disney going it alone with planned streaming services
Media | 08/09/2017 5:17 pm EDT
Walt Disney Co. will end its partnership with Netflix Inc. and launch two of its own separate...
U.S. broadcasters look to resume retransmission row
Media | 07/21/2017 2:52 pm EDT
A group of American TV stations seems to be renewing its efforts to put compensation for signals retransmitted in Canada back on the government’s agenda as it enters into renegotiations of its free-trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico.
The U.S. Television Coalition,...
FCC’s net neutrality changes could affect Canada, some experts say
telecom | 07/12/2017 4:37 pm EDT
On Wednesday, major internet and tech companies teamed up to rally against...
‘Battle for the Net’ coming Wednesday
Media | 07/10/2017 2:23 pm EDT
Major internet-based companies and organizations are preparing to participate in a Wednesday campaign...
TMN Go to offer downloads
Media | 06/29/2017 3:58 pm EDT
TMN Go, the TV-everywhere service from BCE Inc.’s media division, will begin allowing viewers to download content for offline viewing.
The service will be available to...
U.S. NAFTA consult targets CanCon, copyright, data rules
Media | 06/27/2017 4:11 pm EDT
American companies and organizations took aim at Canadian cultural...
CCSA leads lobbying after Hill visit
Media | 06/26/2017 2:55 pm EDT
Last month’s deluge of Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) members on Parliament Hill for the...
Canadians watching more movies online: MTM
Media | 06/19/2017 5:25 pm EDT
More anglophone Canadians are watching movies online, as the popularity of over-the-top (OTT) services continues, according to the latest Media Technology Monitor (MTM) report. The Thursday report by MTM, a project...
‘Level playing field’ for foreign digital news services: committee
Media | 06/15/2017 4:52 pm EDT
OTTAWA — After a year of study and hearing from 131 witnesses, some of...
CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: study
Media | 06/12/2017 3:04 pm EDT
Canadians rely heaviest on CBC/Radio-Canada and the CRTC to protect...
CBC, Netflix jump in brand trust ranking
Media | 05/25/2017 5:19 pm EDT
Both CBC/Radio-Canada and Netflix Inc. saw dramatic improvements in how Canadians view their brands over the past year, according to the latest edition of the Gustavson Brand Trust Index. The annual University of Victoria study, released earlier this month, saw CBC climb to 16th place after ranking at number 77 last year, while Netflix was in 45th place, up from 130th in 2016. Meanwhile, Canada’s largest telecoms continued to be ranked near the bottom of the list, with BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. at numbers 291 and 290, respectively, Shaw Communications Inc. at 265, and...
CBC must collaborate with OTT competition: Lacroix
Media | 05/23/2017 2:34 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada’s president and CEO Hubert Lacroix said the Crown corporation’s competition comes...
Joly could reconsider OTT regs over Quebec: Desjardins
Media | 05/23/2017 2:27 pm EDT
Pressure from Quebec could lead Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to consider imposing taxes on foreign over-the-top (OTT) services, according to Desjardins Capital Markets analyst Maher Yaghi....
Netflix to have Ont. ‘download zones’ for cottage season: CP
Media | 05/19/2017 4:43 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. is setting up “download zones” in certain areas in Ontario to help the data starved pre-load movies and TV shows onto their devices, according to a Canadian Press report. WiFi...
Cultural exemptions at risk in NAFTA renegotiations: Nantel
Media | 05/04/2017 8:42 pm EDT
NDP heritage critic Pierre Nantel is raising the alarm that cultural protection could be on the chopping block if a wholesale renegotiation of the country’s trade agreement with the United States and Mexico occurs, and is asking the heritage minister to take a stand. In an opinion piece published in French-language...
Joly to discuss promoting CanCon with Google, Facebook
Media | 04/11/2017 8:41 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly will travel to California later this month to meet with representatives from Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc., her office has confirmed. Spokesman Pierre-Olivier Herbert said the minister will go to San Francisco and Los Angeles next week and will meet with officials from Google, YouTube and Facebook. While a report in La Presse Monday quoted the minister as saying she would be accompanied by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and would also meet representatives from Netflix Inc., Herbert said over the...
Quebec union ‘disappointed’ budgets didn’t address taxation imbalance
Media | 03/29/2017 8:58 pm EDT
A Quebec union representing communications sector employees said it is disappointed with both the federal and provincial budgets, saying that in “both cases, no action has been taken to counter...
Affordable Internet carrot, legislation review in federal budget
Media | 03/22/2017 8:54 pm EDT
OTTAWA — With a focus on the digital economy, the federal government will start looking beyond geography to bridge the digital divide in Canada, adding new funding to encourage Internet Service...
Cogeco launches 4K PVR
Media | 03/21/2017 5:06 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. has launched a new 4K personal video recorder (PVR) to allow its subscribers to record and watch content at four times the resolution of high-definition TV. “This evolution in our offering is consistent with our ongoing commitment to better meet the changing needs of our...
CPC leadership contenders outline views on media, telecom issues
Media | 03/09/2017 9:51 pm EST
On May 27, members of the Conservative Party of Canada will select who will succeed former prime minister Stephen Harper as permanent leader of the party, relieving interim Opposition leader Rona...
Imposing taxes on foreign OTT could bring in $1B: report
Media | 03/09/2017 4:37 pm EST
Taxing foreign digital services such as Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime service, Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube and Netflix Inc. could provide the federal...
Federal budget coming March 22
Media | 03/07/2017 9:52 pm EST
The federal budget will be presented March 22, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced Tuesday. Morneau will rise to give the budget speech at 4 p.m. that day in the House of Commons, marking the Liberal...
Patent infringement claim made against Shaw’s BlueSky TV
Media | 02/28/2017 5:27 pm EST
A Swiss corporation and two of its subsidiaries are alleging that Shaw Communications Inc.’s new IPTV service is infringing on a handful of its patents, according to a statement of claim...
Most Canadians oppose ISP tax for CanCon: survey
Media | 02/07/2017 7:28 pm EST
According to a new survey commissioned by Internet advocacy group OpenMedia, while half of Canadians support creating a new revenue source for Canadian content, there is strong opposition to taxing Internet service and more...
Joly says Canada leading international ‘conversation’ on OTT
Media | 02/06/2017 5:03 pm EST
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is leading the charge in pushing for the presence of “cultural diversity,” or domestic content, on foreign digital platforms like the over-the-top (OTT) service provided by Netflix Inc. — despite other countries already having regulations and tax structures in place. “As a government, the most important thing we want to do is make sure we can continue to support and promote our national content and this is exactly what I’m saying at the international level and this is exactly the concern of other states. And that’s why we’ll be leading this conversation,” Joly told reporters Thursday afternoon, following an on-stage appearance answering questions from Canadian...
Joly not afraid of change following cultural review
Media | 02/03/2017 1:36 am EST
OTTAWA — If Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly was clear about anything during a Thursday afternoon appearance at the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) Prime Time in Ottawa conference, it was that the...
Blais calls out demands for ‘political interference’ with CRTC
Media | 02/02/2017 9:04 pm EST
OTTAWA — CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais used his opening remarks at a panel discussion Thursday to criticize individuals who are calling for “political interference” in the...
75% of anglophones subscribe to TV service: MTM
Media | 01/31/2017 6:58 pm EST
New data shows that the number of anglophone Canadians with TV subscriptions has continued to fall, reaching 75 per cent in the fall of 2016 — a 14-per-cent decline over the past five years. That number is down two per cent...
Cogeco shifting data centre strategy due to Amazon, Microsoft: Audet
Media | 01/12/2017 9:56 pm EST
MONTREAL — Moves by Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. into the Canadian data centre business won’t compete directly with Cogeco Inc., which is changing its data...
Impact of wholesale rates, pick-and-pay will be felt in 2017: Canaccord
Media | 01/05/2017 10:09 pm EST
The initial pinch of the CRTC’s decisions on two important issues in 2016 — wholesale rates and pick-and-pay — will be felt in the new year, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Aravinda Galappatthige. In a Thursday note forecasting the year ahead, Galappatthige said wireline competition, which he noted previously will pressure telecoms in 2017, will be exacerbated by the CRTC’s October decision on wholesale rates. ...
Amazon little threat to Netflix, Crave for now: analyst
Media | 01/05/2017 9:44 pm EST
A tepid launch of Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime video streaming service in Canada doesn’t seem likely to pose a challenge to existing players in the Canadian streaming market — for...
Avoid ISP tax, tweak CanCon rules, companies say in Heritage review
Media | 12/19/2016 6:10 pm EST
There isn’t much disagreement between some of the country’s biggest media and telecom service providers over whether foreign entities, such as over-the-top providers like Netflix...
Few boomers have cut the cord: MTM
Media | 12/15/2016 9:33 pm EST
The anglophone generation that is in, or nearing, retirement is consuming more traditional TV than their younger counterparts, as less than a tenth of boomers has cut the cord, according to the latest MTM report...
Amazon Prime streaming service officially available in Canada
Media | 12/14/2016 9:08 pm EST
Amazon.com Inc.’s Amazon Prime Video has entered the Canadian market, as part of a worldwide launch for the streaming service, the company announced in a press release Wednesday. The...
Most Canadians satisfied with Internet service: CIRA
Media | 12/14/2016 4:48 pm EST
Canadians are “generally satisfied” with the speed of their home Internet service, according to a new report from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA). “More than 80 per cent of those surveyed...
Canadians favour funding for international CanCon success: PIAC poll
Media | 12/09/2016 9:02 pm EST
Canadians are broadly in support of making domestic film and TV productions successful internationally and being provided the funding to do so, but don’t share a consensus on where that money...
Netflix downloads bad sign for telecoms: Desjardins
Media | 12/02/2016 8:16 pm EST
A move by Netflix Inc. to allow users to download some content for offline viewing is part of a wider push for customers among streaming services, according to a research note from Desjardins Capital Markets....
Canada part of int’l talks on taxing foreign digital services
Media | 12/01/2016 10:27 pm EST
OTTAWA — Canada is involved in international discussions about how to address the issue of foreign digital vendors not being subject to domestic sales tax, a parliamentary committee...
Netflix now allows customers to download shows
Media | 11/30/2016 5:59 pm EST
Netflix Inc. viewers will now be able to download content from its over-the-top (OTT) service to watch off-line. The company said in a press release Wednesday that the new free feature is included in all plans and available on phones and tablets running on both Apple Inc.’s and Alphabet Inc.’s Android operating systems. “Many of your favorite streaming series and movies are already available for download, with more on the way,” Netflix said in the release....
Bell Media ‘comfortable’ with Crave, president tells CRTC
Media | 11/29/2016 11:22 pm EST
GATINEAU, Que. — BCE Inc. has to take both offensive and defensive positions when facing off against international competitors, the company told the CRTC Tuesday, as it took its...
News, video games, VR should be eligible for CanCon funding: Rogers
Media | 11/28/2016 10:27 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. is proposing a tax credit-based federal program to support Canadian content of all types and on all platforms. In a submission to the Heritage Minister Mélanie...
Netflix tells gov’t it plays positive role in Canadian productions
Media | 11/24/2016 9:53 pm EST
Canada is one of Netflix Inc.’s top three locations for original productions, and while the company doesn’t play a part in the official Canadian content system, the dollars invested...
Anglophones spend two thirds of time on Netflix on TV content: MTM
Media | 11/24/2016 4:33 pm EST
Anglophone viewers of Netflix Inc.’s over-the-top (OTT) service now spend 67 per cent of their time on the platform watching TV shows and 33 per cent watching movies and other content, MTM,...
ISP tax possible as part of CanCon review, Joly says
Media | 11/17/2016 10:12 pm EST
OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday that imposing a tax on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to fund cultural content remains a possible outcome of her sweeping review of Canadian content in a digital age. “This is one of the scenarios that was presented during the public consultations. At the same time, I’m very much aware of the accessibility issue,” she said, noting the cost of telecommunications services, during a question-and-answer session with Policy Options editor-in-chief Jennifer Ditchburn at the International...
Netflix now on SaskTel set-top box
Media | 11/17/2016 4:54 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. said Thursday that subscribers of its infiNET maxTV set-top box will now have access to Netflix Inc.’s over-the-top service (OTT). “SaskTel is...
Google not ‘grabbing’ media revenue, VP tells MPs
Media | 11/15/2016 9:53 pm EST
OTTAWA — Creating the oft-asked-for level playing field by making foreign digital services subject to Canadian sales tax would hurt smaller companies trying to break into the country’s market, a House of Commons...
Internet companies reach out to new U.S. leadership
Media | 11/14/2016 10:37 pm EST
An organization representing four-dozen major online-based companies has reached out to president-elect Donald Trump, congratulating him on his victory while proposing digital policy planks for his administration to consider....
Create new government agency for CanCon: report
Media | 11/09/2016 10:00 pm EST
The creation of a new federal agency to handle government funding for Canadian content could help the heritage minister’s goal of boosting exports of domestic cultural products, according to a report sponsored by Rogers...
Wireless industry needs ‘stick’ to boost rural coverage: MP
Media | 10/27/2016 11:55 pm EDT
OTTAWA — While traditionally, government funding has been directed to boost fixed Internet service, perhaps there should be some public assistance for improving wireless coverage, a member of...
Trudeau responds to CIPF concern
Media | 10/26/2016 8:57 pm EDT
Even though the CRTC is an arms-length organization, there is “a lot this government can do directly to support artists and creators across this country,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday, in response...
Netflix should pay taxes: CUPE
Media | 10/25/2016 9:01 pm EDT
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is suggesting Netflix Inc. be taxed, as it calls on the government to take action. Netflix is benefiting from Canadian tax exemptions and a lack of regulation, while the...
AT&T, Time Warner deal shows VI trending in opposite directions: analyst
Media | 10/24/2016 9:18 pm EDT
A potential merger between AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc. highlights a move by United States-based companies toward vertical integration, just as developments in Canada...
Millennials spend 30 hours a week online: MTM
Media | 10/21/2016 9:02 pm EDT
Anglophone millennials spend more than 30 hours a week on the Internet, and about four-fifths of that generation watch TV online, according the latest report from Media Technology Monitor, a project of CBC/Radio-Canada. The report, released Thursday, surveyed media technology adoption among the millennial generation, or those between 18 and 34 years old. It found that more than a quarter opted to watch TV content exclusively online and not pay for a TV service. More than two-thirds are also subscribers to Netflix Inc.’s over-the-top (OTT) service. Overall, 83 per cent of...