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Court adds MLB, UFC, UEFA Euro live streams to site-blocking order
Internet and Governance | 07/24/2024 11:21 am EDT
More sports leagues have been added to the list of game live streams protected from pirate streamers through a site-blocking order issued by the Federal Court earlier this...
IPTV site ordered to pay millions in damages to Turkish broadcaster for piracy
Internet and Governance | 07/22/2024 3:47 pm EDT
An online TV streamer has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a Turkish broadcaster millions of dollars in damages as part of a copyright dispute over the pirating of...
TV broadcasters denounce streamers’ appeals of CRTC’s broadcasting contribution decision
Media | 07/05/2024 5:26 pm EDT
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB)...
UPDATED: Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel options
Media | 06/25/2024 12:27 pm EDT
Stingray Group Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. both announced new...
Rogers sells Monday night NHL rights to Amazon Prime streaming service
Media | 04/25/2024 1:24 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday that it is entering into an...
Bell Media launches FAST channels in English and French
Media | 04/25/2024 1:14 pm EDT
BCE Inc. announced Thursday that it is launching seven English and three...
Eastlink unveils video streaming app
Media | 03/26/2024 5:34 pm EDT
Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced Tuesday that it is introducing a video streaming application for its mobile users. The TiVo Stream mobile app will permit customers to watch programming on the go.
"We're on a mission to do things differently," Eastlink CEO...
CMPA joins international call for streaming regulation
Media | 01/17/2024 3:50 pm EST
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) has joined up with other...
CRTC changes ad rules for discretionary services
Media | 09/05/2023 3:34 pm EDT
The CRTC said Tuesday that it was altering the rules for commercials on discretionary services. The...
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...
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...
Corus sells over 400 episodes of different series to Hulu
Media | 04/07/2022 3:31 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s Corus Studios announced Thursday it has sold...
Quebecor accuses Radio-Canada of undue preference over Tou.tv
Media | 01/17/2020 2:11 pm EST
Quebecor Inc. wants CBC/Radio-Canada to shut down its subscription streaming service ICI Tou.tv Extra, and has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC. In a Friday morning press release, Quebecor...
CPC plans for Netflix, rural broadband still unclear days ahead of vote
Media | 10/17/2019 12:54 pm EDT
Despite Conservative leader Andrew Scheer indicating throughout this...
Telecoms say speed throttling doesn’t violate net neutrality
telecom | 08/06/2019 2:37 pm EDT
The big three telecoms are telling the CRTC that their practice of slowing...
GoT glitches show challenge in streaming high-viewership events
Media | 05/10/2019 6:23 pm EDT
When the Game of Thrones series premiere aired in 2011, streaming services were still in their infancy. Now, as the HBO ratings juggernaut wraps up its final few episodes, it draws the kind of massive live audiences that are becoming increasingly rare in an over-the-top...
Sales tax regime for digital services outdated: auditor general
Media | 05/07/2019 6:06 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Canadian companies that sell digital products which are subject...
Bell-branded wireless hits sub-1% churn, continuing industry trend
Media | 05/02/2019 5:46 pm EDT
The expected focus by the country’s largest wireless service providers...
26% of Canadians access pirated content, new report shows
Media | 05/30/2018 6:16 pm EDT
A government-commissioned report is shedding light on the extent of...
Reality TV streaming service launching in Canada
Media | 05/02/2018 4:40 pm EDT
Hayu, a streaming service from Comcast Corp.'s NBC Universal focusing on reality TV programming, will...
Corus focuses on content over broadcast with Historia, Séries+ sale
Media | 10/18/2017 6:16 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc. announced Tuesday it is selling two French-language specialty channels, Historia and Séries+, to BCE Inc.’s Bell Media in a deal valued at...