Talk Broadband: What the industry thinks of the chairman’s strategic broadband challenge
GATINEAU – The basic service objective (BSO) hearing changed mid-stream when CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais made the unprecedented move of delivering a statement declaring broadband “vital” to Canadians. After that, […]
BSO Hearing: Why ISPs say let government funding and market forces work
GATNIEAU – Many broadband Internet providers say the CRTC must refrain from adopting new funding mechanisms for the deployment of high-speed networks to under-served and unserved areas of the country […]
CBC lays out priorities for its new funding
Outlines fresh approach to local news OTTAWA – The national public broadcaster got a relatively easy ride at the Heritage committee on Thursday. CBC/Radio-Canada was given the opportunity to explain […]
LOCAL NEWS: Journalists tell MPs more funding is needed
"Citizen journalists" don't follow same high standards as pros, says RTDNA OTTAWA – The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) told the Heritage Committee Tuesday that there has to be […]
VANCOUVER RADIO: Ethnic station groups vie for new AM and FM station licenses
VANCOUVER – The CRTC kicked off a review this morning of several applications for new AM and FM ethic radio stations in the Vancouver and Surrey markets. The Commission will […]
HERITAGE COMMITTEE: Bell explains why local news needs help, now
OTTAWA – The local news business, while still attracting eyeballs, has ceased working from a financial perspective, Bell Canada told a Parliamentary committee on Tuesday. Echoing its appearance in front […]
BSO Hearing Day 13 and 14: Don’t reinvent the broadband wheel, says Quebecor
GATINEAU – The telecommunications regulator should let market forces and targeted government funding finish the broadband job, according to Quebecor Media. The company told the CRTC on Thursday that it […]
BSO Hearing day 12: Market forces not working in rural Canada, say SILECs
Focus on transport, says Shaw GATINEAU – The Joint Task Force (JTF) of small incumbent local exchange carriers (SILECs) in Canada offered a rather different option to the CRTC on […]
BSO Hearing Day 10, 11: Why targeted government funding, not more regs, is better for broadband
GATINEAU – Three of the country’s smaller, but major, ISPs have told the CRTC’s basic service objective hearing that it shouldn’t micromanage the broadband file by explicitly developing mechanisms to […]
BSO Hearing: The words “essential broadband” have a far different meaning for deaf and blind Canadians
GATINEAU – Broadband has become, as CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais put it earlier basic service objective hearing, “vital” to Canadians, all Canadians. It’s perhaps even more essential to those with […]