Russian spies and the Super Bowl at the Supreme Court this week
Supreme Court to hear Bell’s Super Bowl appeal starting Tuesday OTTAWA – This week, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear a case that our readers are familiar with, but […]
The Last Must-Carry: To OMNI, or not to OMNI
GATINEAU – The oral reply phase of a CRTC hearing is the last opportunity for applicants to make their final pleas, respond to comments from competing applicants but also one […]
Copyright Act Review: More creation than ever, more viewership than ever, less revenue for creators than ever
OTTAWA – Late Monday afternoon, the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology heard from digital giants Facebook, Google, Spotify, as well as some interesting testimony from a fellow named […]
Obituary: Willie Grieve, Q.C.
“THE WORST ENEMY of a regulatory lawyer is the marketing guy,” said Willie Grieve to me during a break at a hearing once. Perplexed, as a new CRTC communications person […]
Low income broadband program Connecting Families has officially launched
OTTAWA – The Connecting Families program which was announced in June by Navdeep Bains, Minister of Industry, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) at the Telecom Summit, in Toronto was […]
Corus to shut down TV transmitters in 44 smaller markets
GATINEAU – Last week Corus Entertainment filed an application informing the CRTC that it will shut down 44 transmitters and requested an amendment to their station licences. Twenty of those […]
Liberal MP puts pressure on his own government, and CRTC, to hurry up with rural digital infrastructure
OTTAWA – Last week Will Amos, the Liberal MP for Pontiac, Que. submitted a Private Member’s Bill asking the House of Commons to recognize the importance of reliable and accessible […]
APTN launches brand new Ottawa and Toronto radio stations
LAST WEEK, FIRST Peoples Radio (FPR) , a subsidiary of APTN, launched ELMNT FM, an urban radio brand entirely devoted to Indigenous Peoples – but also targeting a wider audiences […]
Legislative review panel announces extension to comment period
OTTAWA – Today, the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review (BTLR) panel announced it has extended the period in which it will receive written comments until January 11th, 2019, Cartt.ca has […]
IIC 2018: Legislative review panel tells everyone to make their best case, first
OTTAWA – The final segment of the 16th Annual Conference of the International Institute of Communications, held in Ottawa on October 31st and November 1st, was unusually staged with the […]