Videotron assessing options after CRTC says it violated community TV policy
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Videotron’s French-language community channel MAtv is not serving the diverse cultural communities in Greater Montreal, the CRTC told the Quebec broadcaster Wednesday, before approving its request for an […]
CRTC’s mobile TV decision “a shock”, says Bell
TORONTO – The CRTC left no doubt as to its stance on an open internet when it clamped down on Bell and Videotron’s practice of exempting their own mobile television […]
CRTC fumbles simsub regs for Super Bowl, says Bell Media
TORONTO – The topic of simultaneous substitution always comes up a lot at this time of year, in the same breath as the Super Bowl and its nifty new ads. […]
Bell, City of Hamilton, square off in front of CRTC
OTTAWA – The CRTC has been asked to step in to help resolve a standoff between Bell Canada and the City of Hamilton over a new municipal access agreement (MAA). […]
Wind Mobile aggressively courts Mobilicity customers
TORONTO – Wind Mobile is wooing customers of struggling Mobilicity with an appealing new offer that promises six months of free service. The promotion, which dropped Thursday and runs through […]
UPDATED: Glentel calls Rogers’ injunction to halt Bell sale “meritless”
BURNABY – Independent wireless retailer Glentel said Wednesday that the terms of a retail agreement that it renewed with Rogers Wireless earlier this year is not enough to block its […]
CRTC should ice complaints over online NHL exclusives, says Rogers
TORONTO – Rogers wants the CRTC to dismiss Bell’s allegations that its new GamePlus online hockey viewing app provides Rogers with an “anticompetitive advantage.” In a submission Thursday to the […]
While others bet big on media, Telus goes all-in on health care
TORONTO – “What’s the phone company doing in healthcare?” That’s a question that Paul Lepage (right), president of Telus Health, and Michael Guerriere (left), its chief medical officer, hear often. […]
New BlackBerry Passport aimed ‘squarely’ at mobile professionals
TORONTO – BlackBerry executive chairman and CEO John Chen paraphrased a line from a popular Huey Lewis and the News song Wednesday while showing off the company’s new Passport smartphone. […]
Feds move to axe paper bill fees
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The federal government said that it will force the communication industry to abandon paper bill charges after the country’s biggest companies failed to commit to doing so at […]