2500 MHz Auction: New entrants, Telus get chance to bolster spectrum holdings
OTTAWA – Industry Canada’s latest auction kicked off earlier this week with 11 companies looking to secure some of the more than 300 licences up for grabs in the 2500 […]
600 MHz Auction: Upstart wireless companies tell feds to ignore calls for cash from broadcasters
OTTAWA – Making sure to set aside cash for TV broadcasters from the auction of 600 MHz wireless spectrum just might drive the prices to be paid for that spectrum […]
LET’S TALK TV: Independent producers appealing elimination of Terms of Trade
OTTAWA – The Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) is seeking leave to appeal to quash a recent CRTC decision that did away with the Terms of Trade agreement the organization […]
LET’S TALK TV: BDUs must offer skinny basic with a-la-carte, small bundles; penetration based rate cards must be “reasonable”
GATINEAU – The CRTC continued to remake the Canadian broadcasting system in its latest Let’s Talk TV decision. Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2015-96 forces TV distributors to offer a $25 entry-level […]
LET’S TALK TV: Less will just be less under new Cancon rules, say producers, writers
OTTAWA – Announcing the most recent round of Let’s Talk TV decisions last week, CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais spoke about the need to create fewer, higher quality Canadian TV shows […]
LET’S TALK TV: Big changes as genre protection rules go, new online VOD exemption, set top data to be gathered; daytime Cancon set at zero
OTTAWA – The CRTC unveiled sweeping changes to the Canadian TV broadcasting system earlier today. The Regulator has eliminated genre protection rules, shifted from Canadian content exhibition quotas to spending […]
Prime Time in Ottawa: A strong CBC and a light regulatory touch is a must, if Cancon industry is to survive say TV execs
OTTAWA – More flexible deal making, predictable and long-term funding for CBC/Radio-Canada and a light hand from the broadcast regulator are key to ensure Canadian content can be successful, achieve […]
Shaw fires back at claims of unreasonable wholesale broadband rate hikes
GATINEAU – Increased network costs, significant growth in bandwidth usage and outdated cost studies are three of the main reasons Shaw Communications has had to raise its Third Party Internet […]
B.C. government ups its commitment to broadband for all
VICTORIA – The government of British Columbia is allocating an additional $10 million over two years to accelerate the rollout of high speed Internet for residents in rural and remote […]
Shaw’s proposed wholesale broadband rates just unreasonable, independent ISPs argue
OTTAWA – A number of independent ISPs are telling the CRTC that Shaw Communications’ proposed wholesale broadband rate increases are out of whack with economic reality. They say if the […]