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Business Development Bank of Canada announces $30M, partnership with Telefilm, for Canadian cultural sector

Media | 02/02/2023 3:59 pm EST

Business Development Bank of Canada announces $30M, partnership with Telefilm, for Canadian cultural sectorOTTAWA — The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) announced the deployment of a new $30 million financing envelope, and a partnership with Telefilm Canada, in an effort...

Bram Abramson appointed Ontario Commissioner at CRTC 

Media | 01/30/2023 4:23 pm EST

Bram Abramson leaving TekSavvyHeritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Monday announced the appointment of telecom and technology lawyer Bram Abramson as the regional commissioner for Ontario at the CRTC.  Abramson's five-year term will begin on Feb. 15.  The lawyer comes to the commission after a...

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

Media | 01/26/2023 11:48 am EST

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choiceAll eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for...

Market reaction positive to appeal outcome over Rogers-Shaw merger

Media | 01/25/2023 6:23 pm EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionCommissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell said Tuesday his agency will not take the fight against the takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. by Rogers Communications Inc. to the Supreme Court. The...

Updated: Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Competition Bureau case

Media | 01/24/2023 3:08 pm EST

Updated: Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Competition Bureau caseTuesday afternoon the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed with costs the...

CRTC calls for FM radio applications in Joliette, Que.

Media | 01/23/2023 3:06 pm EST

CRTC calls for FM radio applications in Joliette, Que.Monday the CRTC opened up the radio market in Joliette, Que., calling for applications for a new FM station in the region. The process was spurred on by a 2021 request from Arsenal Media Inc. seeking a second FM station in the city.  Arsenal currently operates CJLM-FM in...

CRTC awards Mennonite group FM station in Alberta

Media | 01/17/2023 5:20 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC Tuesday approved a proposal for an FM station serving La Crete, Alta. Two years ago the...

Rogers Communications Announces the Passing of Alan Horn

Media | 01/17/2023 5:10 pm EST

Rogers Communications Announces the Passing of Alan HornRogers Communications Inc. announced late-Monday night the passing of...

London Ont. to get commercial ethnic radio station

Media | 01/16/2023 4:09 pm EST

London Ont. to get commercial ethnic radio stationMonday the CRTC approved an application by Malayalam Commercial Radio Inc. for a low-power commercial...

Corus still feeling effects of advertising recession

Media | 01/13/2023 5:43 pm EST

Corus still feeling effects of advertising recessionCorus Entertainment Inc. president and CEO Doug Murphy said an “advertising recession” is the cause...

Online Streaming Act will modernize broadcast laws: CRTC commissioner

Media | 01/12/2023 3:49 pm EST

Online Streaming Act will modernize broadcast laws: CRTC commissionerBill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, is a necessary tool to update...

Bell and Snapchat launch Raptors immersive experience 

Media | 01/06/2023 2:59 pm EST

Bell warns about some Apple Watch 911 capabilitiesBCE Inc. announced Friday that the company was partnering with Snap Inc....

Konrad von Finckenstein named to Order of Canada

Media | 01/04/2023 4:54 pm EST

Konrad von Finckenstein named to Order of CanadaFormer CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein has been appointed a member of the Order of Canada. The honour...

CRTC chair Ian Scott: the exit interview

Media | 01/04/2023 4:52 pm EST

CRTC chair Ian Scott: the exit interviewIan Scott's tenure as chair of the CRTC comes to a close Thursday. The Wire Report sat down with Scott to...

Quebec hotel company keeps exempt BDU status, despite protests of Quebecor and Bell

Media | 01/04/2023 4:47 pm EST

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: reportThe CRTC has denied Quebecor Inc.’s request to sanction Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley, and to remove it from the list of exempted broadcasting distribution...

UPDATED: Rogers comes out victorious in competition challenge over Shaw buyout

Media | 12/30/2022 12:34 am EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionCanada’s Competition Tribunal is dismissing the Commissioner of...

Competition Bureau undercuts its own case, National Bank analyst maintains

Media | 12/21/2022 3:25 pm EST

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': BarclaysAs spectators await the release of a decision in the takeover of Shaw...

Vicky Eatrides appointed new CRTC chair; consumer advocates pleased

Media | 12/19/2022 4:08 pm EST

Vicky Eatrides appointed new CRTC chair; consumer advocates pleasedMinister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez Monday morning announced the...

CRTC’s regulatory policy plays central role in Rogers-Shaw closing arguments

Media | 12/16/2022 9:47 am EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionIn the drama that has unfolded in front of the Competition Tribunal over the past month, as the tribunal hears arguments on whether or not it should approve Rogers...

Ministers vow to monitor American proposals on TikTok

Media | 12/15/2022 2:03 pm EST

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banThe ministers most responsible for telecom and broadcasting policy in Canada are pledging to follow...

Connectivity, not content, is king, Carleton study says

Media | 12/14/2022 4:50 pm EST

Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: ResearchA report issued by a Carleton University professor asserts that revenue from communications and internet access services and subscription services far surpass advertising revenues. They outstrip the...

Increase to skinny basic rates not popular with public, CRTC hears

Media | 12/13/2022 6:15 pm EST

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: reportAn application by four companies to hike the price of basic television...

CRTC revamps Canadian content regulations for radio; CAB dismayed

Media | 12/07/2022 5:43 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC has revised its rules for Canadian content in commercial radio. In...

Senate votes to keep controversial “exemption to the exemption” in Bill C-11

Media | 12/06/2022 5:55 pm EST

Chair of Senate committee studying C-11 defends his fundraising letter against the billThe Senate Transport and Communications Committee defeated two amendments on Tuesday that would have struck the “exemption to the exemption” on user generated content (UGC) in the Online Streaming...

CRTC to hold hearings on radio station proposals

Media | 12/05/2022 3:57 pm EST

CRTC to hold hearings on radio station proposalsThe CRTC announced Monday that it will hold proceedings in February to consider six applications before...

Senate won’t define discoverability in Online Streaming Act definitions

Media | 11/24/2022 5:11 pm EST

CRTC releases described video statisticsSupporters and opponents of the Online Streaming Act alike have their eyes...

Rodriguez urges senators to pass Online Streaming Act

Media | 11/22/2022 8:17 pm EST

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: reportCanadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez and members of his department were the final witnesses as the Senate Transport and Communications Committee wrapped up its hearings into the Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11. The minister praised the committee, pointing out it has...

Tories slow down C-18 clause-by-clause consideration with amendments

Media | 11/22/2022 3:23 pm EST

Tories slow down C-18 clause-by-clause consideration with amendmentsThe House of Commons’ Heritage Committee’s clause-by-clause review of...

CRTC’s finances are ‘fine’ for new responsibilities: Scott

Media | 11/22/2022 2:20 pm EST

Bell, Rogers defend sales practices to CRTCMISSISSAUGA – CRTC chair Ian Scott said he does not know what the state of the CRTC’s finances will look like in future but the commission is “fine” for the moment as it prepares to take on a...

Libs, NDP, accuse Conservatives of running out the clock on C-18 clause-by-clause review

Media | 11/18/2022 5:11 pm EST

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois infoThe first day of the House of Commons’ Heritage...

Scott tells senators CRTC won’t regulate algorithms

Media | 11/17/2022 1:40 pm EST

CRTC changes position on MVNOs, proposes mandated accessCRTC chair Ian Scott told members of the Senate Committee on Transport and Communication that the...

CRTC reports fewer spam complaints in bi-annual report

Media | 11/17/2022 1:14 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsCanadians have been sending slightly fewer complaints per week to the Spam Reporting Centre (SRC), according to a bi-annual report issued by the CRTC. Thursday, the CRTC released its Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) “snapshot” for the six-month period ending...

Jesse Wente proposes amendments to bring C-11 in line with UNDRIP

Media | 11/15/2022 5:30 pm EST

Jesse Wente proposes amendments to bring C-11 in line with UNDRIPIndigenous broadcasting stakeholders proposed amendments to the Online...

CRTC extends deadline in Quebecor advertising application 

Media | 11/15/2022 5:14 pm EST

CRTC extends deadline in Quebecor advertising application The CRTC has extended the deadline for interventions on a consultation...

Rogers-Shaw Tribunal hearings reveal the extent of Telus efforts to block merger

Media | 11/14/2022 5:59 pm EST

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFOThe second week of the Competition Tribunal's hearing into whether or not...

Arguments begin in NHL site-blocking case before Federal Court

Media | 11/10/2022 4:24 pm EST

Bell, Rogers, and Quebecor seek first-ever 'dynamic' site-blocking orderArguments began Thursday in a Federal Court case that would see pirated...

Freedom Mobile sales hurt by merger uncertainty, dealer says

Media | 11/09/2022 10:52 am EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionService and sales improved when Shaw Communications Inc. bought Wind Mobile...

Heritage Committee hears final witnesses on Online News Act

Media | 11/04/2022 5:50 pm EDT

BTLR recs could see U.S. tariff levies under USMCA: GeistCanada’s Online News Act could serve as a template for countries around...

Telus posts 10 per cent revenue increase in Q3

Media | 11/04/2022 4:33 pm EDT

Telus posts 10 per cent revenue increase in Q3Telus Corp. reported a 9.9 per cent increase in its overall revenues for the three months that ended on...

Bell mopped up customers switching from Rogers in Q3

Media | 11/03/2022 6:15 pm EDT

MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEOBCE Inc. reported what it said were record subscriber additions in the third quarter of 2022, according...

PKP still hopeful over Freedom acquisition despite unfruitful mediation with Competition Bureau

Media | 11/03/2022 4:29 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau saysQuebecor Inc. released its third quarter figures on Thursday, with president and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau pleased with the prospects for the future. This was despite a slight...

Unions call on Senate to pass Online Streaming Act

Media | 11/01/2022 5:04 pm EDT

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promisesA collection of labour unions appeared before the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications...

Facebook denounces Online News Act as it finally appears at committee

Media | 10/28/2022 6:02 pm EDT

International legislators flag regulatory options for data giantsMeta Platforms Inc., parent company of Facebook, came out swinging against...

UPDATED: Senators want incoming CRTC chair to testify about C-11

Media | 10/27/2022 5:41 pm EDT

Chair of Senate committee studying C-11 defends his fundraising letter against the billHopes that the government’s Online Streaming Act would receive quick...

Tandy Yull rejoins CAB as regulatory VP

Media | 10/27/2022 5:35 pm EDT

Tandy Yull rejoins CAB as regulatory VPTandy Yull is returning to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters as Vice President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs. She arrives from the CRTC, where she was Senior Manager of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Yull was the CAB’s Manager of Television Policy and Social...

PIAC wins partial victory as CRTC extends basic skinny proceeding

Media | 10/27/2022 3:11 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: reportThe CRTC announced Thursday it was extending the deadline for interventions...

Streamers should be obliged to sell cable integration apps to small BDUs: CCSA

Media | 10/27/2022 11:35 am EDT

CRTC releases described video statisticsThe organization representing independent companies providing cable TV and...

Champagne announcement may signal eagerness to approve Rogers-Shaw deal: analysts

Media | 10/26/2022 2:56 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionFinancial analysts reacting to Tuesday's announcement from Innovation...

Facebook threatens to leave Canada, MP wants it to testify on C-18

Media | 10/25/2022 4:08 pm EDT

CRTC consulting on new radio stations in Northern OntarioOTTAWA–Meta Platforms Inc., parent company of Facebook, is so upset that...

Rodriguez, Scott, given rough ride on C-18 in appearance before Heritage committee

Internet and Governance | 10/21/2022 7:21 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banCanadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez and CRTC chair Ian Scott were...

Chair of Senate committee studying C-11 defends his fundraising letter against the bill

Media | 10/20/2022 3:44 pm EDT

Chair of Senate committee studying C-11 defends his fundraising letter against the billThe chair of the Senate Transport and Communications Committee is under attack for sending out a fundraising letter against the Online Streaming Act while the bill is before...

CRTC will take over 2 years to determine scope of Bill C-11: ex-Vice Chairperson

Media | 10/20/2022 2:11 pm EDT

Peter Menzies leaving CRTC in JulyThe former Vice Chairperson of the CRTC and a media company president...

Rogers, Shaw, accused of fishing expedition over Bell, Telus, subpoenas

Media | 10/20/2022 12:37 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionTelus Corp. and BCE Inc. have accused Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

Google amplifies its messaging around C-18 through commissioned poll 

Internet and Governance | 10/14/2022 5:18 pm EDT

Google CanadaA survey commissioned by Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada found that most...

CRTC’s Scott comments on Marouf controversy, vows to review costs awards

Media | 10/13/2022 4:20 pm EDT

CRTC changes position on MVNOs, proposes mandated accessCRTC chair Ian Scott issued a statement on Thursday over the controversy...

Thomas makes heritage critic, Perkins moves to industry in CPC shadow cabinet shuffle

Media | 10/12/2022 2:51 pm EDT

Tories seek committee hearings on Rogers-Shaw dealNew Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre revealed a revamped shadow cabinet on Wednesday, shuffling many MPs into new positions. Alberta MP Rachael Thomas is the new...

CRTC seeking comment about removal of advertising limits

Media | 10/06/2022 2:14 pm EDT

CRTC seeking comment about removal of advertising limitsThe CRTC is seeking comments on whether or not it should allow Quebecor...

Senator claims privilege over Digital First lobbying letter

Media | 10/05/2022 12:08 pm EDT

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promisesAn Alberta Senator is claiming his privileges as a parliamentarian were...

Netflix and MPA-Canada want C-11 to be flexible for global undertakings

Media | 10/04/2022 5:14 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statisticsNetflix Inc., and the Motion Picture Association - Canada (MPA-Canada), of...

Senator wants to amend Online Streaming Act to deal with CBC

Media | 09/28/2022 11:31 am EDT

Senator wants to amend Online Streaming Act to deal with CBCA Prince Edward Island senator told his colleagues he wants to bring in a...

C-18 would harm trust in Canadian media: former CRTC chair; secrecy of deals harms trust: Tyee publisher

Internet and Governance | 09/27/2022 5:44 pm EDT

C-18 would harm trust in Canadian media: former CRTC chair; secrecy of deals harms trust: Tyee publisherAs the House of Commons Heritage committee Tuesday continued its study of the government's plan to force tech giant platforms to pay Canadian news organizations for their...

Opponents of Online Streaming Act out in force at Senate hearing including YouTubers

Media | 09/27/2022 4:50 pm EDT

Opponents of Online Streaming Act out in force at Senate hearing including YouTubersThe Senate Committee on Transportation and Communications continued its...

Heritage committee opens hearings on news compensation legislation

Internet and Governance | 09/23/2022 5:56 pm EDT

Heritage committee opens hearings on news compensation legislationThe government’s plan to force social media platforms to negotiate...

CBC licence renewal sent back to CRTC for not meeting objective of Broadcasting Act

Media | 09/22/2022 5:28 pm EDT

CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: studyThe federal government is sending the CRTC's renewal of...

Streamers want changes to C-11 while Canadian creators urge passage of bill

Media | 09/22/2022 1:37 pm EDT

Streamers want changes to C-11 while Canadian creators urge passage of billMultinational streaming platforms continue to decry the influence of the CRTC in the Online Streaming Act, calling for two amendments, while representatives of the Canadian music industry say Bill C-11 is needed as written to protect local content producers. The Senate Committee on Transportation and Communications continued to hold hearings into the bill Wednesday night....

Broadcasters, advocates call for terms of trade and stronger inclusion for racialized producers in C-11

Media | 09/20/2022 5:56 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: reportWhile both support the Online Streaming Act and would like to see it passed, executives from APTN and OutTV would like to see more added to the bill to strengthen their...

Bell launches new proceeding against pirate streamers 

Media | 09/16/2022 5:34 pm EDT

Bell launches new proceeding against pirate streamers BCE Inc. has once more gone to the federal court seeking an injunction against a number of unidentified, John Doe pirate streamers.  In a statement of claim filed with the court on Thursday, Bell...

Broadcasters want policy direction on C-11; streamers want their algorithms left alone

Media | 09/15/2022 7:51 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: reportCanadian broadcasting executives, from companies...

Rogers wants more details on how Québecor-Freedom deal allegedly harms competition

Media | 09/09/2022 5:02 pm EDT

Rogers wants more details on how Québecor-Freedom deal allegedly harms competitionRogers Communications Inc. wants competition commissioner Matthew Boswell...

OneSoccer has “limited appeal” to Canadians, Rogers tells CRTC in carriage dispute

Media | 09/09/2022 3:36 pm EDT

OneSoccer has “limited appeal” to Canadians, Rogers tells CRTC in carriage disputeRogers Communications Inc. is arguing to the CRTC...

CRTC to arbitrate Rogers dispute over Family Channel

Media | 09/08/2022 4:50 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite serviceIn a Sept. 6 letter, the CRTC has accepted a request from Rogers Communications Inc. for final offer...

Broadcasting arbitrator divides free-time broadcasts among federal parties

Media | 09/06/2022 5:25 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: reportBroadcasting arbitrator Monica Song has released the schedule for free-time political broadcasts for the next federal election. A decision was written Aug. 25 but not issued...

Tories take aim at future of CBC in leadership race

Media | 08/29/2022 3:37 pm EDT

CBC board postings extendedThe CBC/ Radio-Canada’s English services may have a target on its back, depending on who wins the...

CRTC launches new consultation website

Media | 08/25/2022 5:23 pm EDT

CRTC launches new consultation websiteCRTC Thursday launched a website where Canadians can participate in a newly designed, streamlined version...

Ethics commissioner finds no conflict of interest in TekSavvy complaint over Scott-Bibic beer

Media | 08/24/2022 5:29 pm EDT

Ethics commissioner finds no conflict of interest in TekSavvy complaint over Scott-Bibic beerCanada’s Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner will not be opening an investigation into CRTC chair Ian Scott’s 2019 beer with BCE Inc. CEO Mirko Bibic having found...

TV revenues recover while radio continues decline: CRTC report

Media | 08/23/2022 5:03 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: reportTelevision revenues are rebounding from the pandemic slump while revenues...

OUTtv licence renewed, becomes must-offer in English Canada

Media | 08/18/2022 5:05 pm EDT

OUTtvThursday the CRTC renewed the licence of OUTtv Network Inc. for five years...

AG won’t fight CMPA’s application for leave to appeal CBC license 

Media | 08/11/2022 3:22 pm EDT

CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: studyThe Attorney General of Canada will not make any representations for itself...

CMPA files petition to cabinet on CBC license 

Media | 08/08/2022 6:57 pm EDT

Broadcasters need mandated contributions: CMPAThe Canadian Media Producers Association, with support from parties across the television and film...

PIAC, pensioners want cabinet to overturn CRTC’s CBC licence renewal

Media | 08/05/2022 3:45 pm EDT

CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: studyThe National Pensioners Federation and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre...

VMedia purchase will sweeten Freedom deal for regulators: Quebecor’s PKP

Media | 08/04/2022 5:37 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau saysQuebecor Inc.’s president and CEO has said the company’s recent...

Bell, Rogers and TV creators triumph over pirates

Media | 08/03/2022 5:25 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: reportA consortium of broadcasters and rights-holders have won an opening salvo of a fight against a television...

Rogers profit soars based off roaming and subscriber adds in second quarter

Media | 07/27/2022 4:59 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionRogers Communications Inc. reported a soaring profit margin for the...

Sarnia, Ont., won’t see new radio stations for at least 2 years: CRTC

Media | 07/27/2022 2:32 pm EDT

Sarnia, Ont., won’t see new radio stations for at least 2 years: CRTCThe CRTC denied a request  filed by Sarnia Media and Entertainment Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language low-power commercial FM radio station in...