André Bureau: From transistor radios to smart phones
MONTREAL – Former CRTC chair and Astral Media president André Bureau succumbed to cancer on Friday, April 12. He was 83. A lawyer and communications business executive, Bureau was the […]
Proposed CRTC order: Don’t weaken facilities-based policy, say incumbents
Industry, others, provide feedback OTTAWA – On February 26th, the Government of Canada proposed new CRTC Policy direction to put Canadians at the forefront of future telecommunications decisions, as Cartt.ca […]
Quebecor vs. Bell: TVA Sports is back for now, but we’ll see you in Gatineau on Wednesday
MONTREAL – On Friday, in a ruling from the Bench, Justice Claude Champagne of the Québec Superior Court issued an injunction requiring Québecor to provide the signals of TVA Sports […]
Quebecor carries out its threat and yanks TVA Sports from Bell in defiance of CRTC
MONTREAL – Two weeks ago, Cartt.ca reported Québecor had complained to the CRTC alleging undue preference in Bell TV’s treatment of TVA Sports. Tuesday, Bell filed its answer, saying it […]
Quebecor versus Bell: What happens next, if TVA Sports is removed from Bell TV
SHOULD QUEBECOR FOLLOW through on its threat to take TVA Sports away from Bell TV customers (which seems sure to happen, given this tweet from Quebecor’s SVP, corporate and institutional […]
Wireless Review: Competition Bureau not backing down from CRTC, carriers
Reiterates push for “granular data” GATINEAU – The Canadian wireless market reaps $24.5 billion in annual retail sales, accounts for 155,000 jobs and 31.7 million subscribers (2017 figures*) so the […]
Si la réglementation ne change pas maintenant, des chaînes pourraient fermer, dit Péladeau
Le président de Québecor sent qu’il est le seul pour se battre pour la culture C’EST UN PIERRE KARL PÉLADEAU en grande forme à qui nous avons parlé cette semaine […]
If regs and laws don’t change now, channels will close, says Péladeau
CEO says he feels alone fighting for our culture IT WAS A PIERRE KARL PÉLADEAU in fine form with whom we had a phone conversation on Tuesday after a speech […]
CanWISP 2019: Spectrum scarcity means sharing
GATINEAU – One of the presentations at last week’s Canadian Association of Wireless Internet Service Providers was somewhat mind blowing, when you know how governments work (or don’t). Spectrum scarcity […]
2019 Quebec budget: $400 million for broadband and wireless everywhere
QUEBEC CITY – Through a new initiative announced in the Quebec provincial budget this week, Québec businesses and households in rural and remote areas who still do not have access […]