CRTC LET’S TALK TV: Is basic bloated? Does it need a diet?
GATINEAU – The quest of both the CRTC and the federal government to ensure consumers have more choice in their TV packages is running into some difficult headwinds. Vertically integrated […]
LET’S TALK TV: Should Yankee go home? The changing role of U.S. channels in the Canadian broadcasting system
GATINEAU – The place, and prominence, of American specialty networks in Canadian television programming packages may soon be changing as the CRTC grapples with the part that U.S. discretionary services […]
It took a while to sprout, but The Rural Channel, a unique spot on the dial, is growing
EMERALD PARK, Sask. – It may have taken a little longer than expected for Ag-Com Productions to bring The Rural Channel (TRC) to life, but it recently celebrated its one […]
Rogers fires back at Wind over domestic roaming comments
TORONTO – “It was not a take or leave it situation,” Ken Engelhart, senior VP of regulatory at Rogers Communications Inc., says of the roaming agreement the company signed with […]
Wind’s Lockie lambastes Rogers in front of Senate committee
OTTAWA – “A suitable framework” and “a good interim measure” were the words Simon Lockie, chief regulatory officer at Wind Mobile, used to describe the federal government’s domestic wireless roaming […]
CRTC WHOLESALE WIRELESS REVIEW: New entrants pan wholesale services regime while incumbents say more regs would warp competition
GATINEAU – New entrants and would-be wireless providers find themselves trying to again convince the federal telecom regulator that it needs to intervene in the wireless market. At the same […]
ECGL and VMedia ratchet up battle, CRTC to allow for full airing of concerns
TORONTO and GATINEAU – Ethnic Channels Group Ltd. has lobbed pretty serious accusations at VMedia Inc., alleging the company is using the public Internet to deliver TV services and that […]
Bell tells Senate its privacy policy is balanced, legal
OTTAWA – Bell Canada told a Senate committee Wednesday that its new customer information collection practices and its targeted advertising program comply with current privacy laws. Its policy strikes an […]
Privacy commish, who is currently scrutinizing Bell, outlines challenges of privacy law and communications business
OTTAWA – Bell Canada’s new privacy policy, implemented last fall and which sparked outcry from customers, is now under scrutiny of the Senate. The communications and broadcasting company’s practices are […]
CRTC HEARING: Interveners worry about the negative impact of Rogers NHL deal on the overall system
OTTAWA – Various parties continued to question the level to which Rogers Media will use its recently acquired NHL hockey content as a component of its Canadian programming expenditures (CPE) […]