Fibre Hearing: To regulate, or not to regulate fibre access. CRTC hears two opposing views on day one
GATINEAU – While the Competition Bureau argued Monday it’s better not to regulate fibre facilities, others countered that Canada is far too big for facilities based competition and that the […]
Hearing Preview: Independents demand more wholesale broadband access, large TSPs say they’ll stop investing
GATINEAU – Here we go again. Several years after the CRTC set the rules for mandated access to essential broadband facilities, the big telecommunications service providers (TSPs) and their smaller […]
IIC CANADA: YouTube, shifting ad dollars, OTT, spectrum rights buffeting communications sector
OTTAWA – The massive shift in advertising dollars from television to digital, the growing impact of over the top (OTT) and spectrum rights were among the big issues highlighted by […]
AWS-3 SPECTRUM: Big Three pan auction proposals as unfair subsidy; new entrants laud government approach
OTTAWA – Spectrum set asides, eligibility to purchase set-aside spectrum, and the band plan remain the primary sticking points for Canada’s wireless service providers in reply comments to Industry Canada’s […]
WHOLESALE WIRELESS: Commission has duty to forbear from wholesale roaming, despite new law imposing rate caps
GATINEAU – It doesn’t matter what the recently amended Telecommunications Act says regarding rate caps for wholesale roaming, the CRTC still has a duty to forbear from regulation if it […]
LET’S TALK TV: Blais pulls plug, albeit briefly, on Netflix testimony
GATINEAU – The screen went black for about 15 minutes Friday morning at the CRTC’s Let’s Talk TV policy hearing when chairman Jean-Pierre Blais abruptly called for a break after […]
LET’S TALK TV: Worried about VI power, independents, ethnic broadcasters, plead their cases
GATINEAU – Canada’s independent and ethnic broadcasters faced off before the CRTC on Thursday, with the more established Category A services arguing the removal of buy-through provisions which sustain their […]
LET’S TALK TV: TekSavvy says telecom and broadcast rulings clash; bandwidth costs prohibitive for new BDU service
GATINEAU – Independent ISP TekSavvy Solutions told the CRTC Tuesday it would love to become a broadcast distributor because that’s what its customers are asking, but added it can’t enter […]
LET’S TALK TV: Set top box data critical for better measurement, targeting; Disney is for simsub, against pick and pay
GATINEAU – The CRTC briefly changed the channel on Monday. The Let‘s Talk TV policy hearing turned its attention away from the impact that Netflix and over the top (OTT) […]
LET’S TALK TV: Unreasonable affiliation agreements a serious problem for non VI carriers
GATINEAU – The non-vertically integrated cablecos, Cogeco and members of the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) entered the Let’s Talk TV policy hearing discussion fray on Thursday with both arguing […]