600 MHz auction: Spectrum set aside remains the big issue
Shaw says it’s a must if the government truly wants competition OTTAWA – The large incumbent wireless operators and their smaller rivals continue to spar over proposed 600 MHz spectrum […]
CREATIVE CANADA: Netflix gets preferential Cancon treatment; CMF getting more money
OTTAWA – In a speech today at an Economic Club of Canada event, Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly officially unveiled the federal government’s long awaited digital content strategy. Dubbed […]
CBC succeeding in a digital broadcasting era, says Lacroix
CBC/Radio-Canada explores credibility, democracy and public values at Annual General Meeting OTTAWA – Despite “serious financial challenges, a fragmented ecosystem, the appearance of the global Facebooks and Netflixes of the […]
Shy of crowd funding goal, questions raised about Frank
OTTAWA – It’s a little more than a week into its crowd source funding campaign and Frank Technologies has yet to meet its initial three day target, amid many questions […]
CRTC Broadband Fund: At risk of another deferral account fiasco (UPDATED)
GATINEAU – Some of the project evaluation and eligibility criteria proposed by the CRTC for its new broadband deployment fund must be altered or it risks repeating the deferral account […]
Why spectrum could get in the way of 5G – and why policy is still years away
GATINEAU – The Wireless World Research Forum’s (WWRF) 5G Huddle in Gatineau QC last week delved into a variety of matters that could shape the rollout of 5G networks across […]
How 5G will drive connected cars, massive machine communications, augmented reality and much more
GATINEAU – What is 5G and what will be the new killer application driving 5G network adoption? Those were two of the main questions that a number of speakers at […]
Licence Renewals: CRTC standardizes Cancon spending, will spot check local programming
Will be harder to close stations GATINEAU – The CRTC has tweaked broadcasting policy in Canada by standardizing Canadian Programming Expenditure (CPE) requirement at 30% for the country’s major private […]
UPDATED: Vidéotron offside with Unlimited Music as CRTC bans preferential pricing
GATINEAU – The CRTC took a big step towards ensuring that net neutrality reigns in Canada with its decision today to order Vidéotron to no longer zero-rate its Unlimited Music […]
Radio Hearing: Groups make final pitches for Aboriginal radio stations
Perhaps co-operation is the key GATINEAU – Arguments that the British Columbia market isn’t big enough to support two distinct radio broadcasters don’t hold water, according to First Peoples Radio. […]