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Tory convention takes aim at Streaming Act, CBC

Internet and Governance | 09/06/2023 4:29 pm EDT

Tories seek committee hearings on Rogers-Shaw deal

Dissatisfaction with the Online Streaming Act and defunding the CBC are among the resolutions being raised at the Conservative Party of Canada policy convention coming up in Quebec City. A 51-page book of policy statements has been released by the party in advance of the...

Cbc

No financial justification to increase skinny basic rate from $25 to $28: CRTC

Media | 09/05/2023 3:40 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

The CRTC denied an application by BCE Inc., Bragg Communication Inc.’s Eastlink, Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp., and Cogeco Inc. to increase the price of...

Broadcast CRTC Television

CRTC changes ad rules for discretionary services

Media | 09/05/2023 3:34 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statistics

The CRTC said Tuesday that it was altering the rules for commercials on discretionary services. The...

CRTC Streaming Television

Stingray adds Peavey Mart to retail audio network

Media | 08/31/2023 5:26 pm EDT

Fiscal 2024 off to a strong start: Stingray

Canadian retail chain Peavey Mart has joined Stingray Group Inc.’s audio advertising network, according...

Broadcast

CRTC approves mandatory carriage for Francophone TV station despite incumbent opposition

Media | 08/31/2023 5:18 pm EDT

CRTC approves mandatory carriage for Francophone TV station despite incumbent opposition

The CRTC added Natyf Inc., a Francophone station...

Broadcast Cancon carriage

Another FM station gets short-term renewal for non-compliance

Media | 08/29/2023 4:50 pm EDT

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

The CRTC issued another short-term broadcasting licence renewal after it...

CRTC Radio

CRTC renews Cogeco On Demand’s licence, announces upcoming described video proceedings

Media | 08/25/2023 4:31 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statistics

The broadcasting licence for Cogeco Inc.’s on-demand service has been renewed by the CRTC until Aug. 31, 2028. The renewal application for Cogeco On Demand’s licence,...

CRTC

TVO workers on strike with no talks looming

Media | 08/24/2023 4:12 pm EDT

TVO workers on strike with no talks looming

Unionized workers at TVOntario walked off the job on Monday, marking the first strike the public...

labour Television

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

Media | 08/22/2023 4:39 pm EDT

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

The CRTC will defer new applications and complaints relating to radio as it...

CRTC Online streaming act Radio

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

Small-town N.S. radio station has licence renewed for another short term following continued non-compliance

A community radio station in Parrsboro, Nova...

Broadcast CRTC Radio

Longtime Rogers executive Philip Lind dies at 80

Media | 08/21/2023 2:10 pm EDT

Longtime Rogers executive Philip Lind dies at 80

Philip Lind, one of the earliest hires at Rogers Communications Inc., has died at the age of 80, the...

Rogers

Bell blames Videotron for shuttering of Vrak channel

Media | 08/18/2023 4:14 pm EDT

Bell blames Videotron for shuttering of Vrak channel

BCE Inc. has announced it is closing its Vrak Channel and is laying the blame squarely at the feet of...

Bell Quebecor

CRTC directed to include modified U.S. home shopping programs as authorized foreign programming services

Media | 08/16/2023 6:03 pm EDT

CRTC directed to include modified U.S. home shopping programs as authorized foreign programming services

The CRTC is being directed to include modified...

CRTC NAFTA Television

Montreal radio station gets short term renewal over non-compliance

Media | 08/15/2023 4:42 pm EDT

Montreal radio station gets short term renewal over non-compliance

Once again the CRTC has decided to issue a short term renewal licence to a...

CRTC Radio

Two BC radio stations have hands slapped by CRTC over non-compliance

Media | 08/14/2023 5:32 pm EDT

Two BC radio stations have hands slapped by CRTC over non-compliance

Two radio stations in British Columbia have been granted short-term...

CRTC Radio

Blue Ant and marblemedia announce merger

Media | 08/10/2023 4:26 pm EDT

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

Blue Ant Media and Marblemedia have decided to merge their operations into one firm, the companies said on Thursday. Marblemedia’s Mark Bishop and Matthew Hornburg will serve as co-presidents of the new venture, reporting to Blue Ant CEO Michael MacMillan. “With Mark...

Cancon Cbc Television

WildBrain says Bell is giving one up to its competitor Corus

Media | 08/09/2023 5:33 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

WildBrain Ltd. is accusing BCE Inc. of breaching its regulatory obligations...

Bell CRTC Television

Fiscal 2024 off to a strong start: Stingray

Media | 08/09/2023 4:37 pm EDT

Fiscal 2024 off to a strong start: Stingray

Stingray Group Inc. reported revenue and subscriber growth for the first quarter of the 2024 fiscal year...

c-18 Quarterly Reports

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...

Competition bureau News Compensation Online news act

Rebel News case against Al Jazeera turned down by SCC

Media | 08/03/2023 5:07 pm EDT

Rebel News case against Al Jazeera turned down by SCC

The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear two appeals brought by Rebel News Network Ltd. against...

Court

CBC request to alter CPE, PNI, expenditures is result of licence renewal flaw: Friends

Media | 08/01/2023 6:35 pm EDT

CBC board postings extended

Canadian public broadcasting advocacy group Friends says CBC/Radio-Canada’s request that the CRTC amend its conditions of licence (COL) to exclude Olympic and Paralympic...

Cbc CRTC Television

New Heritage Minister St-Onge promises to battle tech giants

Internet and Governance | 07/26/2023 5:04 pm EDT

New Heritage Minister St-Onge promises to battle tech giants

OTTAWA–Pascale St-Onge vows to keep up the fight with tech giants over...

Canadian Heritage News Compensation Online news act

Privacy commission, CRTC among best PS workplaces, survey finds

Media | 07/25/2023 4:42 pm EDT

Privacy commission, CRTC among best PS workplaces, survey finds

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is the third best workplace in the...

CRTC OPC

Rogers’s proposal to expand PNI categories requires larger public consultation: CMPA

Media | 07/20/2023 4:36 pm EDT

Rogers to expand CityNews nationally

Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposal to change...

CRTC Rogers Television

Corus adds itself to Meta boycott

Internet and Governance | 07/17/2023 5:03 pm EDT

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

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

CRTC releases described video statistics

In an ongoing tug-of-war at the CRTC, tech giants are arguing that a level...

Broadcast Online streaming act Streaming

FRPC, PIAC, demand CRTC handle consolidated broadcasting proceeding request as Part 1

Media | 07/11/2023 3:35 pm EDT

FRPC, PIAC, demand CRTC handle consolidated broadcasting proceeding request as Part 1

The Forum for Research and Policy in...

CRTC Television

CRTC entertaining idea of consolidating multiple broadcasting COL requests

Media | 07/10/2023 4:15 pm EDT

CRTC entertaining idea of consolidating multiple broadcasting COL requests

The CRTC is seeking comments on whether it should consolidate several...

Bell CRTC Television

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

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

APTN has applied to the CRTC to consolidate its four channels into two, one with English- and French-language programming and the other almost entirely Indigenous-language...

APTN CRTC Television

All sides continue fight in Streaming Act regulation proceeding

Internet and Governance | 06/30/2023 5:13 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statistics

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...

Olympics programming costs need to be excluded from CPE and PNI requirements: CBC

Media | 06/30/2023 5:09 pm EDT

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

The CBC is requesting the CRTC amend its conditions of licence (COL),...

Cancon Cbc

Google confirms removal of Canadian news links

Internet and Governance | 06/30/2023 12:00 am EDT

Google confirms removal of Canadian news links

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has announced it will be removing Canadian news links from its websites. The...

c-18 News Compensation Online news act

ILNF recipients want Corus excluded from the pot until CRTC conducts wider policy review

Media | 06/29/2023 4:27 pm EDT

ILNF recipients want Corus excluded from the pot until CRTC conducts wider policy review

Local independent news stations want to exclude...

Corus CRTC Television

Meta confirms it is 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 platforms Facebook and Instagram now that the Online News Act, Bill C-18 is law. “We are confirming that news availability will be ended on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada prior to...

c-18 News Compensation Online news act

Rogers asks CRTC to redefine PNIs, change conditions of licence

Media | 06/21/2023 5:42 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Rogers Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to amend the conditions of...

Broadcast Cancon Rogers

TVA changes mind about cutting weekend newscasts

Media | 06/21/2023 8:54 am EDT

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

Quebecor Inc. has reversed itself and will not be suspending TVA’s newscasts in Quebec City on weekends...

CRTC Quebecor Television

SiriusXM latest broadcaster denied relief from the CRTC

Media | 06/20/2023 5:37 pm EDT

SiriusXM latest broadcaster denied relief from the CRTC

The CRTC denied SiriusXM Canada Inc.’s request for relief from its...

CRTC Music streaming Radio

Quebecor and CRTC clash over “regulatory straitjacket”

Media | 06/19/2023 5:36 pm EDT

Quebecor and CRTC clash over "regulatory straitjacket"

Quebecor Media Inc. is asking the CRTC to remove some of the conditions of...

Broadcast Cancon CRTC

Technology changes to be studied by all-party caucus in Parliament

Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 5:05 pm EDT

Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: Research

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...

Unions opposed to broadcasters’ calls to lighten regulatory load until C-11 is fully implemented

Media | 06/16/2023 4:35 pm EDT

Unions opposed to broadcasters’ calls to lighten regulatory load until C-11 is fully implemented

Several trade unions representing Canadian media...

Cancon Corus CRTC

Change financial threshold for Online Streaming Act exemptions, CRTC told

Internet and Governance | 06/15/2023 6:05 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The proposed financial threshold for exemption for online streaming...

Bill C-11 CRTC Online streaming act

Bell blames advertising, challenging regulatory environment, for its 1,300 layoffs and closed radio stations

Media | 06/14/2023 2:17 pm EDT

MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEO

Approximately 1,300 BCE Inc. employees will be...

Advertising Bell CRTC

Trudeau says Meta’s behaviour is unacceptable

Media | 06/13/2023 7:29 pm EDT

Blair says ‘no timeline’ on Huawei ban; Bains promises ‘more’ on prices

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Meta Platforms Inc.’s move to block news content on its platform is “unacceptable” while Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez said the company is being reckless by “trying to intimidate Canadians." “Facebook is...

c-18 News Compensation

Broadcasters announce new climate group

Media | 06/13/2023 6:47 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

Sunday in Banff saw the launch of Canadian Broadcasters for Sustainability, a consortium of 22...

Broadcast

Court of Appeal directs CRTC to reconsider Radio-Canada N-word decision

Media | 06/09/2023 1:47 pm EDT

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

In a Thursday ruling, the Federal Court of Appeal sided with Société...

Cbc CRTC

Feds earmark $5.5 million to fight disinformation

Internet and Governance | 06/07/2023 5:59 pm EDT

Feds earmark $5.5 million to fight disinformation

The federal government is spending $5.5 million to create the Canadian Digital Media Research Network...

Internet

Stingray reports revenue and subscriber growth in Q4

Media | 06/07/2023 5:33 pm EDT

Stingray to double number of employees

Revenues and subscriber growth featured prominently in Stingray Group Inc.’s quarterly report...

Quarterly Reports

Online News Act should be passed despite imperfections, Senators told

Internet and Governance | 06/06/2023 5:51 pm EDT

More subscribing to basic service speeds, but availability unchanged

Tuesday the Senate Transport and Communications Committee continued its study of Bill C-18, the Online News Act. Witnesses told the panel they had concerns about the...

c-18 News Compensation

Google disincentivized from engaging with Online News Act, company says

Internet and Governance | 06/06/2023 1:56 pm EDT

Google disincentivized from engaging with Online News Act, company says

Spokespeople for Alphabet Inc.’s Google expressed further concerns they...

c-18 News Compensation

TikTok facing public relations crisis: report

Media | 06/05/2023 3:16 pm EDT

TikTok's logo on an iPhone.

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

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

The government has extended the term of Catherine Tait as president and CEO...

Broadcast Cbc Radio

Call for broadcast participation fund cash injection gets support at CRTC

Internet and Governance | 05/31/2023 3:06 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

A group of consumer advocacy organizations have received some support for...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

Federal Court dings hotel rebroadcasters for copyright infringement against Quebecor

Media | 05/30/2023 7:38 am EDT

Federal Court dings hotel rebroadcasters for copyright infringement against Quebecor

Quebecor Inc. has won a copyright infringement case against a trio of...

CRTC Television

Corus wants in on local news fund post Rogers-Shaw

Media | 05/26/2023 3:58 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

Corus Entertainment Inc. has written to the CRTC asking whether or not that the company will be allowed...

Cable Cancon CRTC

CBC gets support on consult delay request

Media | 05/24/2023 5:33 pm EDT

CBC board postings extended

CBC/Radio-Canada has received several letters of support in its attempt to delay a mandated consultation...

Cbc CRTC

CBC asked to prove claim of Indigenous ‘consultation fatigue’ by May 29

Media | 05/23/2023 12:23 pm EDT

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

In a back-and-forth between CBC/Radio-Canada on when the broadcaster should...

Cbc CRTC

Public interest groups call for more time on C-11 consults

Media | 05/23/2023 12:13 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statistics

A coalition of 12 different public sector and public interest groups have written to the CRTC asking for an extension of several deadlines in the regulator's consultation on the implementation of Bill C-11 – the Online Streaming Act – announced last week. Under the...

Bill C-11 Online streaming act

Parliamentary committee calls for China TV ban

Media | 05/19/2023 2:11 pm EDT

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

A House of Commons committee is calling for the Minister of Canadian Heritage to ban Chinese state media...

Television

Judge rejects broadcasters’ request for increased fine in set-top box case

Media | 05/19/2023 2:05 pm EDT

Judge rejects broadcasters' request for increased fine in set-top box case

A Federal Court of Appeal judge has dismissed an attempt by BCE Inc.,...

Bell Rogers Television

CanCon rules do not need vast overhaul, IIC Canada hears

Media | 05/15/2023 3:36 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statistics

OTTAWA–Delegates to the International Institute of Communications...

Bill C-11 Broadcast Cancon

CRTC becoming more accommodating to stakeholders: Eatrides

Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 2:34 pm EDT

Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wireless

OTTAWA–The CRTC is improving its process to be more responsive to its...

CRTC Internet Television

CRTC unveils consultations following passage of Streaming Act

Media | 05/12/2023 12:32 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statistics

Now that the Online Streaming Act has become law, the CRTC is launching a series of consultations with stakeholders to see how to apply the first major revision of the Broadcasting Act in more than 30 years. First the commission is asking what contributions online...

Bill C-11 Cancon CRTC

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...

c-18 News Compensation

CRTC approves new area codes for Toronto and British Columbia

Media | 05/10/2023 4:45 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

Wednesday the CRTC announced it had allowed new area code overlays for...

CRTC

Online News Act should be defeated, Alberta publisher maintains

Internet and Governance | 05/09/2023 5:01 pm EDT

Senators asked to champion net neutrality in comms laws review

The Senate Committee on Transport and Communication continued its study of...

c-18 CRTC News Compensation

Facebook’s refusal to send witnesses angers Heritage committee

Internet and Governance | 05/08/2023 5:41 pm EDT

International legislators flag regulatory options for data giants

Sir Nicholas Clegg’s reversal of an agreement to appear before the House...

CRTC Facebook Internet

Young Liberals call for telecom reform including foreign investment rules

Media | 05/04/2023 2:23 pm EDT

Young Liberals call for telecom reform including foreign investment rules

OTTAWA–As the Liberal Party of Canada gathers in the capital for its...

Internet Wireless

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

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

A Part 1 application has officially been opened...

CRTC Television

Cheers, jeers, as streaming act becomes law

Media | 04/28/2023 4:34 pm EDT

Cheers, jeers, as streaming act becomes law

After months of contentious debate, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, has become law. The Senate voted...

Broadcast Cancon

Rogers reports strong first quarter of 2023

Media | 04/26/2023 5:02 pm EDT

Rogers reports strong first quarter of 2023

Rogers Communications Inc. released its first quarterly report since it was granted approval to take over...

Quarterly Reports Rogers

Google defends restricting access, calls for changes to C-18

Internet and Governance | 04/21/2023 5:08 pm EDT

Google defends restricting access, calls for changes to C-18

Senior executives of Alphabet Inc.’s Google appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage Thursday to discuss the Online News Act, Bill C-18. They defended a test which restricted access to news feeds and called for the establishment of a...

c-18 News Compensation

Ex-minister Navdeep Bains joins Rogers c-suite

Media | 04/20/2023 5:14 pm EDT

Gov’t tables PIPEDA reform, new consumer privacy legislation

Former Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has been appointed Rogers Communications Inc.'s chief corporate...

Rogers Shaw

CBC asks for more time for Indigenous consultation

Media | 04/20/2023 2:25 pm EDT

CBC board postings extended

CBC/Radio-Canada is asking the CRTC to give it more time before holding a required consultation with...

Cbc CRTC

Conservatives and Liberals keep up dispute over online legislation

Internet and Governance | 04/18/2023 5:04 pm EDT

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

The Conservatives are keeping up their battle against the government’s...

Bill C-11 Broadcast c-18

Public interest groups call for shored up Broadcasting Participation Fund

Media | 04/17/2023 5:08 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

A group of six consumer and public advocacy organizations is asking the CRTC to step in to restructure a Rogers Communications Inc. payment to...

CRTC Rogers Television

Corus again blames ‘recession’ for revenue drop; looks ahead to C-11

Media | 04/13/2023 6:31 pm EDT

Corus again blames 'recession' for revenue drop; looks ahead to C-11

Fiscal 2023 will be an "especially challenging" year for Corus Entertainment Inc., according to the company's CEO, because of the "double whammy" of an advertising recession...

Broadcast Quarterly Reports

Small player groups like direction of CRTC under Eatrides

Internet and Governance | 03/30/2023 4:27 pm EDT

Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wireless

The new regime at the CRTC met with general approval Wednesday from...

CRTC Internet

CBC funding absent in budget 2023; gov. cracking down on telecom fees

Internet and Governance | 03/28/2023 6:44 pm EDT

CBC funding absent in budget 2023; gov. cracking down on telecom fees

Public broadcasting advocacy group Friends is “frustrated” that the...

Broadcast Cbc Federal Budget

ACTRA boycotts Rogers and other firms over non-union commercials

Media | 03/28/2023 4:09 pm EDT

Extend private copying levy: ACTRA

The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is...

Rogers

CRTC denies final arbitration request in hotel broadcaster’s dispute with Quebecor

Media | 03/27/2023 4:03 pm EDT

CRTC denies final arbitration request in hotel broadcaster's dispute with Quebecor

The CRTC won’t force Quebecor Inc. into final...

CRTC Quebecor Television

CRTC grants CanCon producers flexibility on stock footage costs

Media | 03/24/2023 5:30 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statistics

The CRTC has adjusted how it considers the use of stock footage for the...

Cancon CRTC

Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills

Internet and Governance | 03/23/2023 3:24 pm EDT

Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is not worried that...

Cancon CRTC Internet

CRTC issues broadcasting licence fees

Media | 03/22/2023 1:03 pm EDT

CRTC issues broadcasting licence fees

The CRTC has issued the broadcasting licence fees for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The estimated total...

Radio Television

Supreme Court to hear appeal by CBC and other media

Media | 03/16/2023 2:14 pm EDT

Supreme Court to hear appeal by CBC and other media

Thursday the Supreme Court announced it was allowing an appeal by a group of media into the unsealing of...

Cbc

CRTC grants Indigenous station radio license

Media | 03/09/2023 3:01 pm EST

CRTC grants Indigenous station radio license

The CRTC Thursday approved a radio broadcasting license for Piikani Resource Development Ltd. on behalf of Piikani Tsi Nii Ka Sin Broadcasting Association to broadcast a low-power Indigenous FM radio station in Brocket, Alberta. Piikani Broadcasting is a not-for-profit,...

CRTC Radio

Senators call for CBC to keep traditional broadcasting model

Media | 03/09/2023 2:22 pm EST

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024

Members of the Senate are calling on the CBC/Radio-Canada to maintain its...

Cbc

Free-time political time allocations released by federal arbitrator

Media | 03/09/2023 11:44 am EST

Free-time political time allocations released by federal arbitrator

Broadcasting arbitrator Monica Song has updated her list on the amount of...

Broadcast

CRTC releases pair of broadcasting reports that paint dire picture

Media | 03/03/2023 6:04 pm EST

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

The CRTC released two commissioned reports on the changing nature of the...

CRTC Radio Television

CBC and CTV lose leave to appeal BC case to Supreme Court

Media | 03/02/2023 11:06 am EST

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it had dismissed a leave to...

Television

BDUs raising TV rates for customers not covered by small basic rate is irrelevant: Bell

Media | 03/01/2023 6:12 pm EST

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

BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that it is irrelevant to consider whether a broadcasting distribution undertaking (BDU) might raise rates for customers who are not covered by...

CRTC Television

Heritage Committee summons Google execs over news blocking

Internet and Governance | 02/28/2023 4:46 pm EST

Google Canada

The House of Commons Heritage committee voted Tuesday to summon top...

c-18 News Compensation

Masse calls for CRTC review of cross-border advertising

Media | 02/27/2023 3:08 pm EST

Conservatives and NDP united for enforcement of wholesale rates

A New Democrat representing a border city wants the CRTC to review...

CRTC Television

Bell and Telus being “difficult” in MVNO negotiation: PKP

Media | 02/23/2023 4:58 pm EST

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

Quebecor Inc.’s efforts to reach all wholesale and MVNO access agreements...

Cancon Cbc CRTC

CRTC reopens basic television price hike proceeding

Media | 02/21/2023 5:25 pm EST

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

The CRTC is reopening its proceeding into whether or not BCE Inc., Cogeco Inc., Bragg Communications...

Bell CRTC Television

Online News Act leads to internet fragmentation: Internet Society

Internet and Governance | 02/17/2023 4:20 pm EST

Online News Act leads to internet fragmentation: Internet Society

The Online News Act, Bill C-18, will “fundamentally change the...

c-18 CRTC Internet

CRTC to release broadcaster revenue data, aggregated by industry segment

Media | 02/16/2023 4:43 pm EST

CRTC releases described video statistics

The CRTC announced that it will publish the data collected in its Annual...

Broadcast Cancon CRTC

CRTC won’t grant Yellowknife FM station, two commissioners dissent

Media | 02/15/2023 5:01 pm EST

CRTC won’t grant Yellowknife FM station, two commissioners dissent

After years of consideration, the CRTC determined that Yellowknife, NWT...

Broadcast CRTC Radio

Conservatives seek Quebec consultation on Online Streaming Act

Media | 02/15/2023 4:59 pm EST

Conservatives seek Quebec consultation on Online Streaming Act

During Tuesday’s Question Period, two Conservative MPs from Quebec took...

Bill C-11 Broadcast

Ethics commissioner finds MP Fergus violated rules with letter to CRTC

Media | 02/14/2023 2:20 pm EST

Ethics commissioner finds MP Fergus violated rules with letter to CRTC

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has found that Liberal MP Greg Fergus violated the Conflict of Interest Act by writing a letter to the CRTC in support...

CRTC Radio