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CRTC to hold proceedings on Fox News carriage in Canada

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

The CRTC will review the carriage of Fox News as a non-Canadian programming service following a Part 1 application by the LGBTQ rights group Egale. The organization is seeking to remove Fox News over what it deems hate speech directed against LGBTQ people. “As evidenced...

“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)...

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...

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...

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 to a Thursday press release. Stingray announced that the new deal will bring over 90 hardware store locations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba,...

Bell asks CRTC to eliminate local news requirements and reduce CPE, PNI expenditures

Internet and Governance | 06/23/2023 6:26 pm EDT

BCE Inc. says in order for it to be competitive the CRTC must amend its...

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...

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 licence (COL) and reporting requirements for its subsidiary Groupe TVA Inc., calling the current...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 online legislation, with a party critic seizing on the Liberals’ own answers to combat them. The...

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...

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...

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 to release broadcaster revenue data, aggregated by industry segment

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

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

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

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

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

Conservatives seek Quebec consultation on Online Streaming Act

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

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

Australia provides a model for Canadian production, CMPA conference hears

Media | 02/03/2023 4:35 pm EST

OTTAWA–Australia has followed a different path to film and television...

CRTC to hold hearings on radio station proposals

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

The CRTC announced Monday that it will hold proceedings in February to consider six applications before it. Two are proposals for new stations, two are transfers of existing stations and two are for rebroadcasting transmitters. Pickering College Campus Radio is asking for...

Broadcasting arbitrator divides free-time broadcasts among federal parties

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

Broadcasting arbitrator Monica Song has released the schedule for free-time...

Tories take aim at future of CBC in leadership race

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

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

CRTC grants CBC flexibility for push to digital

Media | 06/22/2022 6:45 pm EDT

The CRTC has granted a sweeping flexibility that paves the way for CBC/Radio-Canada to shift toward a...

Bill C-11 could be fully implemented within two years of receiving Royal Assent: CRTC chair

Media | 05/19/2022 5:19 pm EDT

The CRTC will take at least two years to fully implement the government’s Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11, once it receives Royal Assent, according to the commission’s...

CRTC opens consultation on Russia Today removal after request from Gov.

Media | 03/03/2022 5:45 pm EST

Following the issuing of an order-in-council from the cabinet on Wednesday...

Marla Boltman to head up Friends

Media | 02/02/2022 12:19 pm EST

Friends, formerly known as Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, announced Wednesday that Marla Boltman has...

Regulating internet will be difficult, online panel told

Internet and Governance | 01/26/2022 6:28 pm EST

Canada’s attempts to control internet content and online harms will be a...

Court grants CIPPIC, Beanfield intervenor status in dynamic site-blocking case

Media | 10/14/2021 5:39 pm EDT

A Federal Court judge has granted intervenor status to the...

New ‘dynamic’ site-blocking needs new safeguards: CIPPIC 

Media | 09/22/2021 5:56 pm EDT

The site-blocking order that will block a rolling list of pirate streaming...

CRTC reports drop in broadcast revenue for 2020

Media | 07/16/2021 5:38 pm EDT

With advertising revenues battered by the pandemic -- particularly the second half of the year -- the...

Hockey broadcasters seek injunction against pirate streamers

Media | 06/17/2021 6:11 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc., and Quebecor Inc. are asking a...

CRTC revokes Shaw Sault Ste. Marie broadcasting licence

Media | 05/05/2021 3:50 pm EDT

The CRTC granted a request by Shaw Cablesystems Ltd. to revoke its broadcasting licence for the Sault Ste. Marie area of Ontario on Wednesday. Shaw Communications Inc. said in its application its...