The CRTC says its 2016 decision that U.S. shopping channel QVC could not be distributed in Canada was justified, but a clause in the soon to come into force Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) means it will be permitted to be distributed from July 1. In a decision issued Monday, the CRTC provided further reasons for its 2016 denial of V Media Inc.’s application to add QVC to the list of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution, but will add...
OTTAWA — Any content levy on internet giants, as the telecom and broadcasting legislative review panel recently recommended, could expose Canada to retaliatory tariffs under the new NAFTA, University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist told the parliamentary trade...
In a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump’s economic and foreign affairs teams, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 14 other organizations have told the American government that they are concerned...
The Canadian government announced Tuesday it has reached an agreement with 10 other countries taking part in the negotiations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). It said it had...
Weeks ahead of the 2018 Super Bowl, BCE Inc., along with the National...
Canadian telecommunications companies should expect lower household...
Because some aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) raise privacy concerns, the Canadian government should bring border search and related privacy matters to the trade negotiating table, University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist told the committee...
Canada, Mexico and the United States have made “meaningful...
OTTAWA — Canada should be cognizant of a potential multi-jurisdictional...
Everything old is new again when it comes to telecom and media issues...
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly met Friday with representatives from Canada’s creative industries to...
Canada’s continued preservation of the provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...
A group of American TV stations seems to be renewing its efforts to put compensation for signals...
The government must protect Canadian culture as it renegotiates the North...
The United States is calling for its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners to limit restrictions and make it easier for its companies to compete in their telecommunications markets....
American companies and organizations took aim at Canadian cultural protections, the country’s copyright regime and expressed concern over any potential rules requiring domestic storage of data, when given the chance to provide feedback to their government on priorities to...