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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,...
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...
CRTC proposes $10M exemption threshold for broadcasting groups, 35% upper-fee limit, for broadcasting fee regime
Internet and Governance | 08/23/2023 6:19 pm EDT
The CRTC has launched a consultation for its...
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...
Applications to reduce CPE, PNI, requirements will lower the bar for streamers’ contributions: Friends
telecom | 07/18/2023 5:56 pm EDT
The public broadcasting advocacy group Friends...
Streamers tell CRTC to “take pause” before regulating CanCon contributions
Internet and Governance | 07/18/2023 3:04 pm EDT
Streaming platforms are saying it is too early to be discussing...
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...
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 chooses DHX’s offer for children’s programming rates over Rogers in final offer arbitration
Media | 12/20/2022 6:08 pm EST
In a dispute between Rogers Communications Inc....
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 rejects Stingray COVID relief request, orders broadcaster to pay $9M in tangible benefits
telecom | 08/16/2022 5:05 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied an application from Stingray...
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...