Budget 2019: Canadian government creates Universal Broadband Fund aimed at 100% broadband coverage by 2030 (Updated)
Three new tax measures to support Canadian journalism, but nothing for broadcasters. Oh, and no Netflix taxes OTTAWA – In the federal government’s budget released this afternoon, Finance Minister Bill […]
Wireless Review: MVNOs coming to Canada? Yes, but neither fast, nor enthusiastically, nor forever
GATINEAU – Two days after the ISED Minister Navdeep Bains issued a proposed policy direction requiring the CRTC to put Canadian consumers at the forefront of all future decisions so […]
Proposed Commission Directive: Federal government orders the CRTC to put Canadians at the forefront (Updated with the official Gazetted order)
OTTAWA – In something of a surprising move, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains announced Tuesday during Question Period he planned to issue a Policy direction […]
Rural connectivity: Committee arguments spark déjà vu
OTTAWA – On Thursday, February 21st, as just about everybody else in Ottawa was watching the Clerk of the Privy Council defend the Prime Minister in front of the Justice […]
Broadband Fund: Stick with the formula, CRTC is told
GATINEAU – When the CRTC released its Broadband Fund Decision in September 2018, it set out a methodology to allot the disbursement of the expected $750 million to fund broadband […]
Reply phase sees incumbents caution Commission over code construction
GATINEAU – CRTC submissions are sometimes entertaining when issues are significant, potentially polarizing and wildly debated. However, and as we indicated previously, this new proceeding into the establishment of an […]
Altering the Acts: Few surprises in the Bell Canada BTLR submission
MOST OF THE arguments we found in the Bell Canada Enterprises submission to the Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review panel we’ve heard before, which is not surprising since the largest […]
Altering the Acts: Netflix rebuffs the Canadian consensus
TWO WEEKS AFTER THE DEADLINE for filing comments with the Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review panel – and on the eve of this week’s CMPA Prime Time conference in Ottawa, […]
Altering the Acts: Fear the power of the vertically integrated
It’s the oligopsony, of course THE CANADIAN MEDIA Producers Association’s mission is to defend it members, so of course it is the focus of its submission to the Broadcast and […]
Altering the Acts: It’s (still) the Internet, stupid
THE START OF GOOGLE’S submission to the Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review panel may be just be a boilerplate presentation of what they do (“Google’s mission is to organize the […]