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CTRC considering updating eligibility for Independent Local News Fund
Media | 07/24/2024 8:50 am EDT
The CRTC said Tuesday it is “prepared” to reconsider the eligibility requirements of the Independent Local News Fund.
The regulator said in a call for comments on the...
Blue Ant joins broadcasters in call for CanCon relief
Media | 07/18/2024 5:30 pm EDT
Blue Ant Media Inc. is calling on the CRTC to lighten its CanCon spending obligations, blaming its “inability” to compete in the broadcasting market on the company’s restrictive licence conditions.
In a request submitted to the CRTC last month but made public on...
Meta considers blocking Facebook news in Australia
Internet and Governance | 07/04/2024 2:02 pm EDT
Meta Platforms, Inc. is threatening to apply the same rules on news content in Australia as it uses in...
CMPA accuses Corus of non-compliance, seeks appeal of regulatory relief
Media | 06/13/2024 9:31 pm EDT
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) is asking the Federal Court...
Streamers ‘disappointed’ in five per cent base contribution requirement
Internet and Governance | 06/04/2024 10:15 pm EDT
Online streaming services generating over $25 million in annual Canadian...
CRTC grants Corus, TVA CanCon relief; other BDUs must wait
Media | 05/13/2024 1:46 pm EDT
The CRTC approved amendments to Corus Entertainment Inc.'s broadcasting...
Wildbrain reports revenue declines and net loss in Q3
Media | 05/10/2024 7:44 pm EDT
Kids and family entertainment company Wildbrain Ltd. released the financial results for its third quarter of 2024. It reported a drop in revenues accompanied by a net loss.
For the three-month period ended March 31, revenue declined by 29 per cent to $100.1 million from...
Bell confirms appearance at heritage committee; responds to criticisms over job cuts
Media | 04/04/2024 6:16 pm EDT
In the wake of recent controversy surrounding BCE Inc.’s restructuring...
Indigenous Screen Office to receive permanent funding
Media | 03/14/2024 4:01 pm EDT
The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) will receive permanent government funding to support Indigenous-led...
Foreign streamers a problem for all Canadian broadcasters, CMPA hears
Media | 02/05/2024 4:39 pm EST
OTTAWA–Foreign streamers will be a prickly problem for mainstream...
Telus asks CRTC to go easy on vBDUs for initial base contributions into broadcasting system
Internet and Governance | 12/08/2023 9:34 am EST
Gatineau, Que. – Telus Corp. asked the CRTC to...
Job cuts reason enough for access to online platform contributions: CBC tells CRTC
Internet and Governance | 12/06/2023 9:18 am EST
Gatineau, Que. - CBC/Radio-Canada's decision to slash 600 jobs and leave...
Blue Ant says contribution regime should be flexible
Internet and Governance | 12/04/2023 3:32 pm EST
Foreign streamers must pay their fair share of contributions to the Canadian broadcasting system, but...
Netflix urges contribution limit be set at two per cent at CRTC hearings
Media | 12/01/2023 11:21 am EST
Netflix Services Canada ULC says it has invested large amounts of money...
Corus proposes contribution framework at CRTC, says time to regulate streamers is now
Internet and Governance | 11/30/2023 11:13 am EST
Those who stand to benefit from the Online...
Only foreign streamers should be paying contribution, CRTC told
Internet and Governance | 11/29/2023 10:48 am EST
Major broadcasters think that there should be a flexible contribution regime for Canadian programming – just so long as they don’t have to pay into it. The CRTC is continuing its hearings into the ramifications of the Online Streaming Act.
Tuesday’s session began...
IATSE calls for variety of funds to promote Canadian broadcasting
Media | 11/28/2023 9:24 am EST
Renewal of the Canadian broadcasting system should not rely on one rigid...
BQ media fund idea won’t solve problems, St-Onge maintains
Media | 11/27/2023 5:31 pm EST
The Bloc Québécois is continuing its fight for a fund to help Canadian...
Community radio calls for new funding at CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/24/2023 7:56 am EST
Representatives from several community radio stations emphasized their role as a third-pillar of the...
BQ says media is in crisis and needs immediate action
Media | 11/23/2023 8:40 am EST
Canada’s news media are in crisis and the government is taking too long to respond, the House of...
Indigenous content is distinct from CanCon: Indigenous Screen Office
Media | 11/23/2023 8:29 am EST
The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), newly certified as an independent production fund on Nov. 8, closed out day three of the ongoing CRTC hearings with calls for continued...
Bell lays out contribution framework proposal at CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/22/2023 9:13 am EST
BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online...
PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearings
Media | 11/21/2023 4:59 am EST
The long-awaited hearing on how the CRTC should...
Producers say French streaming regulations could serve as an example for Canada
Media | 10/26/2023 6:33 pm EDT
As the CRTC works out how it is going to wrangle streaming platforms and...
WGC report finds gains in member diversity but stagnant work opportunities
Media | 10/25/2023 5:02 pm EDT
The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) published a comprehensive report on...
CRTC considers regulatory relief for Corus as profits decline
Media | 10/20/2023 12:46 pm EDT
The CRTC is proposing to loosen some of Corus Entertainment Inc.’s...
Bell files leave to appeal over CRTC decision to renew its licence without hearing
Media | 10/16/2023 5:45 pm EDT
BCE Inc. filed an application with the Federal Court of Appeal for leave to...
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 denies request from Rogers-owned radio station to lower CanCon requirement
telecom | 08/10/2023 4:32 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied a request from Rogers Communications Inc. to delete the...
Blue Ant and marblemedia announce merger
Media | 08/10/2023 4:26 pm EDT
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...
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...
Olympics programming costs need to be excluded from CPE and PNI requirements: CBC
Media | 06/30/2023 5:09 pm EDT
The CBC is requesting the CRTC amend its conditions of licence (COL),...
OpenMedia hopeful ahead of meeting with CRTC chair
Internet and Governance | 06/26/2023 2:11 pm EDT
Lobby group OpenMedia has been polling the public about what the major issues in broadcasting and telecom...
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 licence (COL) for its broadcasting properties to allow for more independently-produced programming and to expand what is defined as a program of national interest (PNI).
Under its current COL, Rogers...
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...
Unions opposed to broadcasters’ calls to lighten regulatory load until C-11 is fully implemented
Media | 06/16/2023 4:35 pm EDT
Several trade unions representing Canadian media...
Deadline extended for Indigenous and CanCon framework
Media | 06/09/2023 2:21 pm EDT
Friday the CRTC extended the deadlines for interventions on its consultation on a modernized framework...
Corus wants in on local news fund post Rogers-Shaw
Media | 05/26/2023 3:58 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. has written to the CRTC asking whether or not that the company will be allowed...
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...
CRTC unveils consultations following passage of Streaming Act
Media | 05/12/2023 12:32 pm EDT
Now that the Online Streaming Act has become law, the CRTC is launching a...
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...
CRTC grants CanCon producers flexibility on stock footage costs
Media | 03/24/2023 5:30 pm EDT
The CRTC has adjusted how it considers the use of stock footage for the...
Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills
Internet and Governance | 03/23/2023 3:24 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is not worried that American president Joe Biden will lobby against the Canadian government’s two online bills, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, and Bill C-18, the Online News Act. There are reports that the president...
Bell and Telus being “difficult” in MVNO negotiation: PKP
Media | 02/23/2023 4:58 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s efforts to reach all wholesale and MVNO access agreements...
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...
Senators continue fight over Streaming Act and CBC’s future
Media | 02/08/2023 1:22 pm EST
The battle over the government’s Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11,...
Unscripted series the wave of the future for streamers, CMPA conference hears
Media | 02/06/2023 1:31 pm EST
OTTAWA–Streaming is the way of the future, a panel told the Canadian...
CBC’s Tait says IP ownership has to remain front and centre of CanCon rules; Amazon disagrees
Media | 02/03/2023 5:14 pm EST
OTTAWA– An Amazon Inc. Prime Video executive has said CanCon rules hinder getting Canadian stories to a world market, but CBC/ Radio-Canada’s president and CEO says...
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...
UPDATED: Senate passes C-11; Rodriguez expects C-11 to become law next week
Media | 02/02/2023 7:17 pm EST
OTTAWA – The Senate officially adopted the Online Streaming Act, a year...
Business Development Bank of Canada announces $30M, partnership with Telefilm, for Canadian cultural sector
Media | 02/02/2023 3:59 pm EST
OTTAWA — The Business Development Bank of Canada...
CRTC vice-chair broadcasting prioritizing public policy goals over financial implications of C-11
Media | 01/24/2023 6:19 pm EST
The purpose of the CRTC is to achieve policy...
CRTC awards Mennonite group FM station in Alberta
Media | 01/17/2023 5:20 pm EST
The CRTC Tuesday approved a proposal for an FM station serving La Crete, Alta. Two years ago the...
CRTC revamps Canadian content regulations for radio; CAB dismayed
Media | 12/07/2022 5:43 pm EST
The CRTC has revised its rules for Canadian content in commercial radio. In...
Senators add audience interest in broadcasting act objectives which could ease discoverability concerns
Media | 12/01/2022 1:40 pm EST
Senators voted to add a clause in Bill C-11, the...
CRTC must hold public hearings for interim exemption orders in Online News Act
Media | 11/29/2022 7:02 pm EST
The House of Commons Heritage committee passed an amendment to the...
Consultation will be held for exemption under Bill C-18, committee votes down amendment to force negotiation with all outlets
Media | 11/25/2022 4:56 pm EST
The committee studying the Online News Act unanimously voted to include a clause in Bill C-18 that would ensure that the CRTC can hold public consultations regarding...
Senate won’t define discoverability in Online Streaming Act definitions
Media | 11/24/2022 5:11 pm EST
Supporters 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
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez and members of his department were the final witnesses as the...
Tories slow down C-18 clause-by-clause consideration with amendments
Media | 11/22/2022 3:23 pm EST
The House of Commons’ Heritage Committee’s clause-by-clause review of...
Libs, NDP, accuse Conservatives of running out the clock on C-18 clause-by-clause review
Media | 11/18/2022 5:11 pm EST
The 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 chair Ian Scott told members of the Senate Committee on Transport and Communication that the commission has no intention of regulating algorithms under the terms of the Online Streaming Act. The legislation, Bill C-11, is currently before the Senate.
“What the bill...
Heritage Committee hears final witnesses on Online News Act
Media | 11/04/2022 5:50 pm EDT
Canada’s Online News Act could serve as a template for countries around...
Facebook denounces Online News Act as it finally appears at committee
Media | 10/28/2022 6:02 pm EDT
Meta 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
Hopes that the government’s Online Streaming Act would receive quick...
Streamers should be obliged to sell cable integration apps to small BDUs: CCSA
Media | 10/27/2022 11:35 am EDT
The organization representing independent companies providing cable TV and...
Facebook threatens to leave Canada, MP wants it to testify on C-18
Media | 10/25/2022 4:08 pm EDT
OTTAWA–Meta Platforms Inc., parent company of Facebook, is so upset that...
C-11 allows Canadian cultural sector to avoid becoming “service industry”: Canada Media Fund
Media | 10/25/2022 4:03 pm EDT
Whether or not enough content is produced in...
Corus partially blames advertising recession, CRTC required programming expenditures, for fourth-quarter losses
Media | 10/21/2022 7:18 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. revealed a $367.1 million...
Chair of Senate committee studying C-11 defends his fundraising letter against the bill
Media | 10/20/2022 3:44 pm EDT
The chair of the Senate Transport and...
Google amplifies its messaging around C-18 through commissioned poll
Internet and Governance | 10/14/2022 5:18 pm EDT
A survey commissioned by Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada found that most Canadians are unfamiliar with the provisions set out in Canada’s News Compensation Act, but when...
Thomas makes heritage critic, Perkins moves to industry in CPC shadow cabinet shuffle
Media | 10/12/2022 2:51 pm EDT
New Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre...
Unregulated algorithms is “privatized discoverability regulations” not consumer choice, Senate hears
Media | 10/06/2022 6:22 pm EDT
The question over the place of algorithms and...
Group suing CRTC worried language-minority groups will get left out of consultations, Senate hears
Media | 10/06/2022 10:51 am EDT
Executives from the French-language music group...
Senator claims privilege over Digital First lobbying letter
Media | 10/05/2022 12:08 pm EDT
An 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
Netflix Inc., and the Motion Picture Association - Canada (MPA-Canada), of which it is a member, told the Senate committee studying the Online Streaming Act, that it must be...
Digital First Canada director addresses bullying, lobbying allegations, made by Heritage parliamentary secretary to Senate
Media | 09/29/2022 2:26 pm EDT
The executive director of Digital First Canada...
Senator wants to amend Online Streaming Act to deal with CBC
Media | 09/28/2022 11:31 am EDT
A 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
As the House of Commons Heritage committee Tuesday...
Opponents of Online Streaming Act out in force at Senate hearing including YouTubers
Media | 09/27/2022 4:50 pm EDT
The 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
The 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
The federal government is sending the CRTC's renewal of...
Broadcasters want policy direction on C-11; streamers want their algorithms left alone
Media | 09/15/2022 7:51 pm EDT
Canadian broadcasting executives, from companies...
Former commissioner laughs at idea that CRTC is capable of handling C-11; PIAC advocates for static discoverability
Media | 09/15/2022 1:22 pm EDT
The idea that the CRTC is capable of handling the...
CRTC to arbitrate Rogers dispute over Family Channel
Media | 09/08/2022 4:50 pm EDT
In a Sept. 6 letter, the CRTC has accepted a request from Rogers Communications Inc. for final offer arbitration (FOA) with WildBrain Ltd. over carriage of the Family Channel and its subsidiary Family Jr.
In a redacted letter to both parties, the commission said it had...
Senator hopes ‘nonpartisan’ committee study of C-11 will clear up ‘misinformation’ around Online Streaming Act
Internet and Governance | 08/30/2022 5:34 pm EDT
The Senate’s upcoming review of the Online...
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...
OUTtv licence renewed, becomes must-offer in English Canada
Media | 08/18/2022 5:05 pm EDT
Thursday the CRTC renewed the licence of OUTtv Network Inc. for five years...
In petitions to GiC, broadcasting stakeholders upset of lack of local news requirements for CBC
telecom | 08/12/2022 5:06 pm EDT
Several broadcast industry stakeholders are...
AG won’t fight CMPA’s application for leave to appeal CBC license
Media | 08/11/2022 3:22 pm EDT
The Attorney General of Canada will not make any representations for itself in an application for judicial review to which it is a party over the CRTC's renewal of the...
CMPA files petition to cabinet on CBC license
Media | 08/08/2022 6:57 pm EDT
The Canadian Media Producers Association, with support from parties across the television and film...
CBC says CRTC decision on French N-word threat to journalistic independence; issues apology to complainant
Media | 07/13/2022 4:28 pm EDT
Editor's note: for clarity, this story makes...
Online harms panel finds diverging opinions on content removal for planned legislation
Internet and Governance | 07/08/2022 5:11 pm EDT
The removal of problematic content online remains...
Radio-Canada personalities say mandated apology for using French N-word is censorship
Media | 07/04/2022 5:29 pm EDT
More than 50 personalities for CBC/...
Scott says platforms may be asked to ‘manipulate’ algorithms for Canadian discoverability
Media | 06/23/2022 10:49 am EDT
The CRTC chair has said that social media...
Rodriguez lashes out at Online Streaming Act critics, Senate begins study
Media | 06/17/2022 3:44 pm EDT
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez attacked Conservative party...
Rodriguez slams Tories for misinformation on Online Streaming Act
Media | 06/07/2022 3:45 pm EDT
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez attacked the opposition for...
C-11 needs to incentivize a new era of foreign-domestic partnerships: Bell
Media | 06/02/2022 2:54 pm EDT
BCE Inc. wants the government to incentivize foreign-domestic partnerships...
Intent of C-11 is to exclude digital creators: CRTC chair
Media | 06/01/2022 6:01 pm EDT
CRTC chair Ian Scott told the House of Commons Heritage Committee Tuesday that Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, is needed to modernize Canada’s broadcast sector. The Broadcasting Act from 1991 did a lot of good but stands out as a product of its time, he said.
“I...