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Cablevision offer to increase wholesale capacity not good enough: Videotron
telecom | 09/29/2020 5:16 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron told the CRTC that a proposal by BCE Inc. subsidiary Cablevision du Nord in response to Videotron’s request to increase the wholesale capacity it buys from Cablevision is too little, too late. Videotron first filed a complaint with the CRTC in early September accusing Cablevision of “manoeuvring for months to unduly delay Videotron’s arrival” by delaying access to its infrastructure in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Que.. Bell then responded that the delay...
Bell says TPIA delays are Videotron’s fault
telecom | 09/24/2020 5:34 pm EDT
In response to a complaint to the CRTC from Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron that BCE Inc. was unduly delaying Videotron's arrival in the Abitibi region, Bell subsidiary Cablevision du Nord says the delay is Videotron's fault. In a Tuesday filing with the CRTC, Bell said that the delay is a "direct consequence of Videotron's errors" in forecasting the number of subscribers that would need third-party internet access, according to the French-language filing. On Aug. 4, Bell said in its filing, Quebecor told Bell it was forecasting ten times the number of third party internet access (TPIA)...
Videotron launches physical distancing wristband
telecom | 09/24/2020 2:34 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has launched a wristband that lights up and vibrates when individuals come too close to...
Federal Court dismisses incumbents’ wholesale rates appeal
telecom | 09/10/2020 10:55 am EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Thursday the large telecom...
CRTC presses pause on measures to combat phone porting
telecom | 09/08/2020 6:10 pm EDT
The CRTC has asked telecoms to indefinitely refrain from starting or relaunching any measures to block unauthorized SIM swapping or porting, after Quebecor Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. reported...
Videotron accuses Bell subsidiary of delaying access to infrastructure
telecom | 09/04/2020 2:24 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron has filed another complaint with the CRTC over wholesale access in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Que., this time accusing BCE Inc. subsidiary Cablevision du Nord de Québec of...
CRTC tells Bell it is still giving undue preference to RDS over TVA Sport
telecom | 08/07/2020 10:23 am EDT
The CRTC has sent a letter to BCE Inc. informing the company that its submission of a new sports package to the regulator was still giving undue preference to its own RDS...
Peggy Tabet named VP of regulatory at Quebecor
Media | 07/24/2020 1:37 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has promoted Peggy Tabet, previously vice-president of broadcasting regulatory affairs, to the job of vice-president of regulatory and public affairs. In the new position, Tabet will oversee regulatory matters for...
Telecoms back Quebecor over Bell support structure access
telecom | 07/23/2020 5:42 pm EDT
Small telecommunications providers, the Canadian Communications Systems...
Videotron accuses Bell of undue preference over access to support structures
telecom | 06/22/2020 5:09 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC over access to BCE Inc. support structures. The June 16 French-language application, which is not yet available on the CRTC website, says...
Bell names new V Media head
Media | 06/17/2020 5:12 pm EDT
BCE Inc. Wednesday announced that Jean-Philippe Pineault will lead up the news division at Groupe V Media Inc., the Francophone broadcaster Bell was approved to purchase in April. The position -- general manager, news and information -- is a new one, and will be created June 27. "The...
Questions remain about Huawei gear as Bell, Telus pick Ericsson, Nokia
telecom | 06/02/2020 6:03 pm EDT
On Tuesday, BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. announced new partnerships with...
Rogers, Quebecor ask CRTC to intervene in small cell dispute with Bell
telecom | 05/21/2020 4:20 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. and Quebecor Inc. have asked the CRTC to compel BCE Inc. to allow them to attach small cell technologies to Bell’s poles at rates set by the Support Structure Service...
Quebecor cuts back capex plans for 2020
Media | 05/14/2020 8:27 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. is dialing back its capital expenditure projections for the upcoming year, owing to the...
Rovi’s STB suit against Quebecor will proceed via Zoom
Media | 05/13/2020 4:14 pm EDT
A Federal Court proceeding between Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron and Rovi Guides Inc. that was halted in early March as the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began, will resume via Zoom, over the objections of...
Quebecor launches music streaming service
Media | 05/04/2020 3:54 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has launched a music streaming service, QUB musique, focused on Quebec-based artists.
In a Monday release, Quebecor said the service features some 50 million songs, and "hundreds of playlists created by avid local curators who understand Quebecers' needs...
Quebecor claims Bell’s Super Écran rates caused it undue disadvantage
telecom | 04/28/2020 5:59 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has lodged another complaint with the CRTC in its long-running fight against BCE Inc., alleging Bell placed it at an undue disadvantage by unreasonably increasing the rate for its Super...
2020 a ‘lost year’ for telecom growth: analyst
telecom | 04/20/2020 5:35 pm EDT
The telecommunications sector will have an "irrelevant" first quarter and will "write off" the second...
Quebecor hits out at Bell’s ‘unfounded’ IBW extension request
telecom | 04/20/2020 4:36 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has urged the CRTC to deny a BCE Inc. request to indefinitely...
Canadian wireless sub adds down slightly from 2018
telecom | 04/07/2020 4:39 pm EDT
Canada’s publicly-traded wireless service providers added just under 1.29 million wireless subscribers...
CRTC approves Bell acquisition of V
telecom | 04/03/2020 4:36 pm EDT
The CRTC has said BCE Inc. can go ahead and buy Groupe V Media Inc.’s conventional TV network V. The regulator approved the transaction Friday, but said it would publish the rationale for that decision at a later date. Bell will have to pay tangible benefits of $3.13 million for the deal. Bell rival Quebecor Inc. has strongly opposed the deal, asking the Quebec government to block the purchase because if approved, it would give Bell too much market power, resulting in an “untenable” situation. "With this timely approval, Bell is now one step closer to ensuring the long-term...
TVA news staff to return to Sherbrooke following positive COVID-19 tests
telecom | 04/02/2020 4:30 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s TVA news team in Sherbrooke, Que. will return to the station on Friday after receiving the all clear from Quebec Public Health, the company says. In a statement in French,...
Quebecor, Cogeco lay off staff due to COVID-19
telecom | 03/27/2020 4:26 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. and Cogeco Inc. have both announced staff layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Quebecor announced on Friday morning it would lay off 10 per cent of its workforce, which the company said amounted to about 1000...
Financial analysts say telecoms ‘resilient’ to impact of COVID-19
telecom | 03/18/2020 5:24 pm EDT
Canada’s telecommunications sector is a “constructive place to hide” for financial investors as markets continue to feel the impact of COVID-19, RBC Capital Markets analyst Drew McReynolds...
COVID-19 prompts multiple ISPs to suspend data caps
telecom | 03/13/2020 5:46 pm EDT
Multiple Canadian internet providers have suspended caps on data usage as they prepare for a huge...
Quebecor ‘not worried’ about COVID-19 impact on capacity
Media | 03/12/2020 5:09 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. says COVID-19 is not expected to have a “material financial...
Government, non-VI companies defend standstill rule
Media | 03/03/2020 5:47 pm EST
Telus Corp., Cogeco Inc. and the attorney general have filed arguments defending the CRTC’s application of its standstill rule in the fight over carriage of TVA Sports. The attorney general, who represents the CRTC...
Court must consider Charter rights in site-blocking case: BCCLA
Media | 03/02/2020 6:05 pm EST
Court mandated website-blocking is an "extraordinary" remedy and should only be granted sparingly, according to a court filing from the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association. The BCCLA has...
Quebecor threatens legal action if MVNOs are mandated
telecom | 02/25/2020 6:22 pm EST
GATINEAU, Que. — Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau says he would take legal action against both...
Bell backs Quebecor on standstill rule — but not for TVA Sports
Media | 02/10/2020 5:48 pm EST
In the case that sparked a year of conflict between rivals BCE Inc. and Quebecor Inc., Bell has now told the Federal Court of Appeal it actually agrees with Quebecor on its...
Bell to add French-language content to Crave
Media | 01/21/2020 4:49 pm EST
Starting on Jan. 28, BCE Inc.’s Crave streaming service will launch some 6,000 hours of French-language...
Bell appeals CRTC decision in fight over undue preference
telecom | 01/20/2020 5:19 pm EST
A months-long dispute between BCE Inc. and Quebecor Inc. entered yet another phase Friday, as Bell filed for judicial review of the CRTC’s Dec. 19 decision that found Bell gave undue preference to...
Telecoms deadlocked ahead of 5G rollout: analyst
telecom | 01/10/2020 5:32 pm EST
No major wireless provider stands out as most likely to benefit from Canada’s looming 5G network rollout, despite two players’ extensive combined wireline footline placing them on the “front foot”, RBC Capital Markets...
Bell did unduly disadvantage TVA Sports: CRTC
Media | 12/19/2019 3:48 pm EST
The CRTC has ruled on two applications in which rivals BCE Inc. and Quebecor Inc. accused each other of...
Quebecor’s court appeal over Bell’s G7 gov’t contract dismissed
telecom | 12/11/2019 4:35 pm EST
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a case brought forward by Quebecor Inc. over the federal government granting BCE Inc. the contract to improve wireless coverage ahead...
V buy would give Bell too much market share: PIAC, Quebecor
Media | 12/03/2019 5:44 pm EST
BCE Inc.’s proposed acquisition of French-language Groupe V Media...
BDUs appeal new distant signal tariffs
Media | 11/12/2019 12:00 pm EST
The country’s largest TV service providers are appealing an increase in the over-the-air distant signal...
Quebecor says it cut gig speeds due to new wholesale rates
telecom | 11/07/2019 5:12 pm EST
Quebecor Inc. executives confirmed on Thursday that its previously...
PKP accused gov’t of ‘flagrantly’ favouring Bell over G7 contracts
telecom | 11/01/2019 1:59 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau wrote a letter taking the Liberal...
Federal Court rejects Quebecor’s leave to appeal on STB data
telecom | 10/16/2019 1:19 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal has decided it will not hear a case brought by Quebecor Inc. on handing over set-top-box (STB) data to the CRTC. In the latest in a months-long dispute between...
Videotron eliminates gigabit internet service
telecom | 10/15/2019 5:29 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron has shut down its 1 Gbps internet service, effective Oct. 11.
The move...
Telus says Bell in no position to defend CRTC jurisdiction on standstill rule
Media | 10/09/2019 6:08 pm EDT
The CRTC is within its jurisdiction to order companies to keep carrying each other’s TV signals even in the middle of a dispute, Telus Corp. told Federal Court, but the company also argued BCE Inc....
Telecoms say oral hearing on wholesale rate not necessary
telecom | 09/26/2019 3:21 pm EDT
After an urgent plea by BCE Inc. requesting the Federal Court hold an oral hearing on the deadline of a CRTC order to implement new wholesale internet rates that it is protesting, Bell and other...
Distributel asks court for ability to challenge future site-blocking
Media | 09/19/2019 7:22 pm EDT
In the event Federal Court allows a site-blocking application brought by three of the country’s largest broadcasters, Distributel Communications Ltd. wants to ensure...
CRTC tells Federal Court TVA info request akin to ‘fishing’
Media | 09/18/2019 5:01 pm EDT
The CRTC is objecting to a document-collection request Quebecor Inc. is...
Creative groups lobbying for tax credits on content development
Media | 09/03/2019 5:44 pm EDT
Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal is lobbying both the Alberta and Ontario...
Patrick Jutras in new role at Quebecor
Media | 09/03/2019 4:28 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. announced in a release Tuesday that Patrick Jutras would take over as senior vice-president and chief advertising officer of Quebecor and its TVA Group subsidiary. Jutras was previously vice-president of digital...
CRTC says Bell cannot cut roaming service to Videotron customers
telecom | 09/03/2019 1:45 pm EDT
In the latest development in the months-long conflict between BCE Inc. and Quebecor Inc., the CRTC has decided that Bell cannot suspend its wholesale roaming service to Quebecor subsidiary Videotron,...
Telecoms discussing CRTC wholesale rate appeal: Videotron chief
Media | 08/28/2019 4:23 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is in talks with other telecom companies about potentially appealing the CRTC’s new rates for wholesale internet service, CEO Jean-François Pruneau told The Wire Report.
“We’re in discussions currently with our industry counterparts. The...
Helix will keep cord-cutters in Videotron ‘ecosystem,’ CEO says
Media | 08/27/2019 5:52 pm EDT
MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron unveiled its new Helix platform...
Telecoms asking SCC to review Quebec bylaw case
telecom | 08/19/2019 2:22 pm EDT
The country’s biggest telecoms are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review a decision by a lower...
Quebecor files appeal in TVA Sports fight
Media | 08/16/2019 5:01 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. filed its appeal Wednesday in the Federal Court of Appeal in Montreal asking to overturn an...
CRTC commissioning report about market impact of online BDUs
Media | 08/09/2019 6:40 pm EDT
The CRTC wants to know more about the potential for the Canadian...
Three-year financing, if approved, should extend to subsidy model: Péladeau
telecom | 08/08/2019 6:27 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said he’s “happy” that...
Big providers get behind Bell in CloudWifi fight
telecom | 07/31/2019 6:35 pm EDT
The country's largest telecoms are siding with BCE Inc. in its fight against a CRTC decision that ruled providers including CloudWifi Inc. can access only its fibre wires in multi-dwelling buildings. Earlier this month, BCE...
Serge Sasseville retiring from Quebecor
Media | 06/25/2019 4:38 pm EDT
Long-standing Quebecor Inc. executive Serge Sasseville has announced he will retire from his position as...
Court will hear Quebecor appeal in TVA Sports signal case
Media | 06/19/2019 4:48 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal has granted Quebecor Inc.’s application to challenge the CRTC’s ruling that it must continue to provide its TVA Sports signal to BCE Inc. customers following a tiff...
Bell-Videotron fight widens to permanent roaming
telecom | 06/17/2019 1:43 pm EDT
The conflict between BCE Inc. and Quebecor Inc. that has been simmering since April has again reached the CRTC, this time with the threat of Bell cutting off some Videotron wireless customers. Quebecor filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC on June 11, asking the regulator to force Bell to keep providing roaming service to Videotron customers. It said in the French-language filing that Bell had threatened to cut their service by June 23. In a May 24 letter, included in Videotron’s filing, Bell had accused a “significant” number of Videotron subscribers -- the specific number...
Shaw says patience, not regulation, required to see organic MVNO market
telecom | 05/17/2019 4:55 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom, the country’s major fourth wireless player, says it is most susceptible to harm if the CRTC decides to mandate MVNO access to incumbent facilities, and that...
Quebecor appealing CRTC order to resume TVA Sports signal
Media | 05/14/2019 4:54 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has turned to the Federal Court of Appeal to overturn the CRTC’s decision forcing it to keep providing the signal for its TVA Sports to BCE Inc.’s TV customers. It filed for leave...
Fizz still ‘minimal’ part of wireless for Videotron: CEO
Media | 05/09/2019 6:49 pm EDT
The new Fizz flanker brand launched by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is still...
Bell says Quebecor unfairly disadvantages its TV service
Media | 05/06/2019 5:55 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC alleging Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron removed its film and TV show service Super Écran from its premium pack selection, giving its competitor Club...
$10 fees on customer service tasks don’t violate Wireless Code: Bell, Telus
telecom | 05/03/2019 5:27 pm EDT
BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., Telus Corp., and Shaw Communications Inc. have responded to the CRTC’s questions about $10 fees they charge for some customer service tasks. Telecom companies were asked to respond to CRTC questions following media reports that telecoms were charging customers to complete some tasks through a customer service representative that they could otherwise do themselves online. All four companies told the CRTC they have such fees in place for at least some...
CRTC issues mandatory order to keep TVA Sports available
Media | 04/18/2019 4:56 pm EDT
The CRTC will register a mandatory order with the Federal Court forbidding Quebecor Inc. from withholding the signal for TVA Sports from BCE Inc. subscribers — meaning that if Quebecor chooses to...
Bell calls for revocation of TVA Sports licence at tense CRTC hearing
Media | 04/17/2019 5:44 pm EDT
Gatineau, Que. — Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau was unrepentant...
Bell gets court injunction on TV signal fight ahead of CRTC hearing
Media | 04/15/2019 12:56 pm EDT
The Quebec Superior Court on Friday forced Quebecor Inc. to restore a TV...
Analysts surprised by Bell’s lack of 600 MHz, incumbent spend
telecom | 04/11/2019 5:57 pm EDT
BCE Inc. walking away from the 600 MHz spectrum auction with no licences,...
Quebecor walks the talk, pulls TVA Sports signal from Bell
telecom | 04/10/2019 7:07 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has stopped broadcasting its TVA Sports signal following...
Péladeau willing to pull TVA Sports signal in fight with Bell
Media | 04/08/2019 6:03 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said...
Defendant in pre-loaded set-top box case settles for $5M
Media | 03/28/2019 5:37 pm EDT
One of the defendants in a long-running lawsuit against companies selling pre-loaded set-top boxes will pay three Canadian telecoms $5 million to settle the case, according to a March 20 consent...
Expect industry pushback on new CRTC directive, MVNOs: experts
telecom | 03/26/2019 1:27 pm EDT
The Liberal government should expect some amount of industry opposition...
Incumbent competition ‘very aggressive’ against Fizz at launch
telecom | 03/13/2019 4:25 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s company brass says its Fizz flanker brand is picking up speed in acquiring new subscribers during the first few months of 2019, following some turbulence...
ACORN asks review panel for low-income $10 internet
telecom | 03/13/2019 2:44 pm EDT
All Canadians whose earnings fall below the government’s low-income measure should have access to internet service for $10, an advocacy group is telling the panel reviewing the broadcasting and telecom acts. ACORN Canada also...
Telecoms added over 1.4 million new wireless subs in 2018
telecom | 03/13/2019 12:20 pm EDT
Canada’s publicly traded telecom companies added more than one million...
Quebecor asks CRTC to make Bell include TVA Sports in its Bon TV package
Media | 03/11/2019 2:39 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has filed a complaint with the CRTC against BCE Inc., alleging undue preference against its sports channel because it’s been excluded from a popular Bell TV package in Quebec....
Radio interference, 5G delays raised in new spectrum tier consult
telecom | 02/26/2019 6:10 pm EST
BCE Inc., Shaw Communications Inc., and Quebecor Inc. are warning against a...
Don’t mandate text message warning for emergency alerts: telecoms
telecom | 02/08/2019 3:29 pm EST
The majority of Canadian wireless providers who weighed in on a proposal to harmonize emergency alert tests told the CRTC that they shouldn’t be required to send text...
Quebecor CFO Pruneau to head Videotron
telecom | 01/07/2019 5:35 pm EST
Jean-François Pruneau, Quebecor Inc.’s chief financial officer, has been appointed the new CEO of its...
Bell ends infringement suit against Videotron
telecom | 12/14/2018 5:01 pm EST
BCE Inc. has dropped a $100-million lawsuit leveled against Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron for allegedly broadcasting CraveTV content without a licence. Bell Media vice-president of communications Scott Henderson said in an email...
CRTC tells wireless providers to offer message relay services
Media | 12/14/2018 3:27 pm EST
Wireless operators will have to begin offering message relay services (MRS) by June 2019, the CRTC said Friday. Message relay serves customers with a hearing or speech disability by allowing them...
ISPs can resell wholesale service to other providers: CRTC
telecom | 12/11/2018 5:59 pm EST
The CRTC has sided with a small telecom that was reselling wholesale...
Bell hits Videotron with $100M infringement suit
telecom | 11/07/2018 12:35 pm EST
BCE Inc.’s Bell Media is suing Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron for copyright and trademark infringement...
Quebecor focused on convergence with new radio offering: Desjardins
Media | 10/09/2018 3:50 pm EDT
A new online radio service from Quebecor Inc. indicates the company is...
Freedom deploys 700 MHz spectrum
telecom | 10/09/2018 1:50 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile has begun deploying the 700 MHz spectrum it bought last year,...
Telecom execs praise ‘healthier,’ ‘balanced’ regulatory environment
telecom | 09/26/2018 5:51 pm EDT
Representatives from BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. described a favourable relationship with regulators at a CIBC investors conference Wednesday, where they also addressed competition between...
Quebecor calls on provincial parties to support film tax credit
Media | 09/26/2018 5:00 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. is urging Quebec political parties to pledge that they’ll keep a provincial film and TV tax credit and support the province’s film industry, the company said in a press release Wednesday. Quebecor president and CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau said in the release that Quebecor has been making its case to Quebec’s Liberal government for “more than a year” that it needs “fiscal predictability” so it can invest $40 million into building new studios. “Without such guarantees, studios such as MELS are at the mercy of shifting government policies, such as the cuts in...
Videotron launching flanker brand ‘Fizz’ in Quebec
telecom | 09/13/2018 2:21 pm EDT
A new no-frills mobile service provider called Fizz has emerged in Quebec...
Quebecor sues provincial press council
Media | 08/23/2018 3:44 pm EDT
Media organizations owned by Quebecor Inc. have gone to court to push back against judgements made by a press oversight group in Quebec, according to a release on Wednesday. Le Journal de Montréal, Le Journal de Québec, 24...
Videotron appoints new VP of corporate affairs
Media | 08/08/2018 4:30 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron announced the promotion of Élodie Girardin-Lajoie to the position of...
Court nixing Que. site-blocking ‘helpful’ against FairPlay: advocates
Media | 07/24/2018 5:59 pm EDT
The Quebec Superior Court has ruled against a plan by the Quebec government...
CRTC to hold sales practices hearing in October
Media | 07/16/2018 1:57 pm EDT
The CRTC will question telecoms about their sales practices at an October hearing in Gatineau, Que., the regulator said Monday as it launched a consultation. The proceeding is in response to an order by the federal government to look into the issue and produce a report by Feb. 28, 2018. The CRTC said it is looking for comments from Canadians about their personal experiences with telecom sales providers, “including comments from consumers who are vulnerable due to their age, a disability, or a language barrier.” It also wants to hear from the telecoms, their current and former...
Canadian broadcasters drawn by ‘ton of momentum’ in podcasting
Media | 07/06/2018 11:11 am EDT
In early May, the Liberal government faced questions in the House of...
Bell tops broadband speed tests, but falls in customer satisfaction survey
Media | 06/22/2018 5:06 pm EDT
In a pair of studies measuring home internet service this week, BCE Inc. was positioned at the two ends of the spectrum, topping out the list of fastest connections in Canada, but falling to near the...
Shaw touts 5G trial success
telecom | 05/22/2018 4:21 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. said in a press release Tuesday that it has successfully completed its first 5G trial.
The company said the tests, conducted with partners...
New numbers emerge in mandatory carriage renewal consultation
Media | 05/15/2018 4:31 pm EDT
The CRTC has issued a call for comments after correcting the data it used to determine wholesale rates during the regulator’s look at mandatory carriage renewals, according to a Friday letter. ...
FairPlay hits back, claims piracy cost TV providers as much as $761M
Media | 05/15/2018 3:00 pm EDT
The FairPlay coalition has responded to the laundry list of criticism...
Quebecor buying Groupe Serdy for $24M
Media | 05/01/2018 5:26 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. will add two new channels to its stable of specialty services with the acquisition of...
It’s not ‘notice-and-Norwich,’ SCC to hear in disclosure costs case
Media | 04/20/2018 11:33 am EDT
The notice-and-notice regime requires internet service providers (ISPs) to...
Spike in complaints causing delays at CCTS, mid-year report outlines
Media | 04/10/2018 6:00 am EDT
Complaints by Canadians about their telecom services increased so much in...
Quebecor, cultural groups praise Que. budget digital sales tax
Media | 03/28/2018 4:01 pm EDT
The Quebec government’s 2018 budget, unveiled Tuesday, includes a measure to impose sales tax on digital services sold in the province.
According to budget documents, “foreign companies that sell more than $30,000 in
taxable supplies per year of incorporeal property...