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CBC’s Tait says IP ownership has to remain front and centre of CanCon rules; Amazon disagrees
Media | 02/03/2023 5:14 pm EST
OTTAWA– An Amazon Inc. Prime Video executive has said CanCon rules hinder getting Canadian stories to a world market, but CBC/ Radio-Canada’s president and CEO says...
Streamers should be obliged to sell cable integration apps to small BDUs: CCSA
Media | 10/27/2022 11:35 am EDT
The organization representing independent companies providing cable TV and IPTV services is arguing that the Online Streaming Act has ignored the needs of small broadcasting...
Netflix and MPA-Canada want C-11 to be flexible for global undertakings
Media | 10/04/2022 5:14 pm EDT
Netflix Inc., and the Motion Picture Association - Canada (MPA-Canada), of...
C-11 will “hang over the system until Supreme Court has spoken” over jurisdiction: Palmer
Media | 05/31/2022 6:29 pm EDT
A former senior general counsel at the Department...
Scott is wrong to think the CRTC can handle C-11: former CRTC vice-chair; Unifor wants local news fund added
Media | 05/24/2022 5:44 pm EDT
Former CRTC vice-chair Peter Menzies has claimed...
Tories denounce Bill C-11 while Bloc defends it
Media | 05/06/2022 4:08 pm EDT
Debate continued in the House of Commons Thursday on the Online Streaming Act, known as Bill C-11....
Bill C-11 a new bill with no new ideas, and a ‘legal pretzel’ for censorship: CPC
Media | 03/01/2022 5:05 pm EST
For the second time in the span of a year, the Liberal government has introduced a new bill to update Canada’s broadcasting act but “what it doesn't bring is new ideas,”...
Broadcasting regulation debate at electoral standstill as advocates, industry react
Media | 09/14/2021 7:16 pm EDT
According to an advocacy group opposing restrictions on the internet,...
Consensus on CRTC data collection for foreign outlets; disagreement on how
Media | 08/09/2021 5:32 pm EDT
Civil groups and Canadian telecoms companies agree that the CRTC should...
Majority of Canadians support subjecting foreign broadcasters to Canadian laws: survey
Media | 06/17/2021 6:05 pm EDT
A survey by the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting,...
Heritage committee moves to table 2017 “Netflix deal”
Media | 06/14/2021 6:07 pm EDT
The Heritage Committee will be making the 2017 “Netflix deal” public after the NDP brought a motion to the committee compelling its disclosure. At Monday’s committee meeting -- the first...
Conservatives oppose C-10; watchdog Friends says criticism of exemption removal ‘overblown’
Media | 04/27/2021 2:56 pm EDT
The Conservatives “continue to oppose” Bill...
Heritage Committee strikes social media exemption from C-10; moves away from 7 year licence terms
Media | 04/23/2021 8:56 pm EDT
The House of Commons Heritage committee has moved...
We’re ‘used to’ broadcaster interpretations of CRTC content regs: Scott
Media | 03/26/2021 4:38 pm EDT
Asked whether or not the CRTC is up to the task of dealing with broadcasters who may try to circumvent Canadian content regulations if Bill C-10 is passed and brings streaming...
Cogeco accuses Wildbrain of “glaring abuse” of CRTC process over Part 1
Media | 03/03/2021 5:26 pm EST
Cogeco Inc. has responded to a Part 1 from television company Wildbrain,...
Heritage committee to ask Guilbeault for draft policy directive for CRTC, summon Zuckerberg
Media | 02/26/2021 5:39 pm EST
MPs on the House of Commons Heritage Committee said Friday they want to see the first draft of the directions the CRTC is going to get from Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault...
Sales tax for foreign digital services coming July 1
Media | 11/30/2020 6:07 pm EST
The federal government plans to begin imposing sales taxes on foreign digital services on July 1, 2021...
Digital platforms won’t fight or flee new regulations, Guilbeault says
Media | 11/04/2020 5:46 pm EST
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault isn’t concerned about potential...
Broadcast Act updates not comprehensive enough: NDP, Conservatives
Media | 11/03/2020 6:44 pm EST
The Liberal government’s proposed updates to the Broadcasting Act have...
Back to Parliament: your (pandemic) preview
Media | 09/22/2020 12:43 pm EDT
Given the precarious situation around the now-escalating COVID-19 pandemic, what will actually be...
Working from home binge: OTT viewing up during the pandemic
Media | 07/28/2020 6:08 pm EDT
A quarter of anglophone Canadian over-the-top (OTT) service subscribers opted in to a new platform during the COVID-19 pandemic, while a majority of subscribers increased their usage, according to a new survey from Media Technology Monitor (MTM), a project of...
Netflix lowers Canadian bit rate for next 30 days
telecom | 03/27/2020 12:44 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. has announced it will lower its bit rate in Canada by 25 per cent for the next 30 days, just days after three telecommunications associations publicly urged the streaming giant to lower rates to lessen network...
‘Task force’ assembled for Canadian screen industry
Media | 03/20/2020 4:48 pm EDT
The COVID-19 global pandemic represents "an unprecedented challenge for all involved in the screen-based industry across Canada," according to the Canadian Media Fund. As such, the CMF has joined...
There was never a Netflix deal: federal government
Media | 02/25/2020 5:27 pm EST
Former Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly’s much-touted 2017 deal with Netflix Inc. to spend $500 million...
BTLR reaction mixed, no clarity on gov’t implementation
Media | 01/29/2020 5:32 pm EST
OTTAWA — A broadcasting and telecommunications legislative review report...
‘Clock ticking’ on new content rules for web giants, Guilbeault says
Media | 01/13/2020 2:30 pm EST
The Liberal government's minority mandate means it will have to move fast...
Netflix disclosure ‘nothing to do with regulation,’ company says
Media | 12/18/2019 5:51 pm EST
Following the federal parties’ shared pursuit to further regulate foreign...
Facebook to lobby feds on digital services tax after election promises
Media | 11/21/2019 5:34 pm EST
Facebook Inc. has registered to lobby the federal government on “proposed...
Blair says ‘no timeline’ on Huawei ban; Bains promises ‘more’ on prices
Media | 11/20/2019 1:51 pm EST
OTTAWA — New Public Safety Minister Bill Blair indicated Wednesday he is...
CPC plans for Netflix, rural broadband still unclear days ahead of vote
Media | 10/17/2019 12:54 pm EDT
Despite Conservative leader Andrew Scheer indicating throughout this fall’s election campaign that he would make sure Netflix Inc. pays its “fair share,” his party is...
Consensus on ‘digital giants,’ data breaches in French debate
Media | 10/10/2019 11:57 pm EDT
Federal party leaders agreed Thursday evening in the last debate of the...
OECD seeks unified tax regime for web giants
telecom | 10/10/2019 5:49 pm EDT
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development will host a public consultation next month on its proposed “unified approach” to the taxation of the world’s biggest tech companies. A document released by the...
CanCon producers silent on CBC-Netflix rift
Media | 10/09/2019 7:14 pm EDT
Organizations that represent important stakeholders in the field of Canadian content are staying...
Leaders talk Netflix taxes, privacy in TVA election debate
Media | 10/02/2019 10:51 pm EDT
During the first French-language debate of the federal election campaign,...
Liberals, Conservatives promise new rules for Netflix
Media | 09/30/2019 5:27 pm EDT
The Liberal Party platform, released Sunday, includes promises of new regulations for Canadian content on streaming services — while the Conservatives gear up to announce new taxes affecting foreign digital giants, the specifics of which are still unclear.
As Heritage...
Telecoms ‘caught off guard’ by allegations piracy promoted at retailers: Super Channel
Media | 09/16/2019 6:38 pm EDT
Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc.’s Super Channel...
Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei ban
Media | 09/10/2019 12:03 pm EDT
Even before the federal election campaign officially kicked off, telecom...
Helix will keep cord-cutters in Videotron ‘ecosystem,’ CEO says
Media | 08/27/2019 5:52 pm EDT
MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron unveiled its new Helix platform...
Feds putting $14.6 million toward French-language network
Media | 08/12/2019 4:41 pm EDT
The federal government last week announced that it would pour $14.6 million...
CRTC commissioning report about market impact of online BDUs
Media | 08/09/2019 6:40 pm EDT
The CRTC wants to know more about the potential for the Canadian...
CRTC asks wireless providers to justify post-data cap throttling
telecom | 07/04/2019 4:52 pm EDT
The CRTC has asked several telecoms to explain how their throttling of wireless speeds once customers exceed their data allotments doesn’t violate the commission’s regulatory policy on internet...
Rodriguez promises CanCon rules for ‘web giants’
Media | 06/26/2019 5:53 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said in a social media post Wednesday that the Liberal government plans...
Broadcast, TV service revenues down again: CRTC
Media | 06/20/2019 8:26 pm EDT
New data released by the CRTC Thursday shows the industry-wide trend of tumbling broadcast sector revenue...
Heritage committee calls for end of ISP safe harbour copyright rules
Media | 05/16/2019 1:10 pm EDT
The House heritage committee says the government should do more to fight piracy, including holding internet service providers “accountable,” and put in place efforts to...
Canadians want more money for CBC, don’t trust OTTs to support CanCon: Poll
Media | 05/13/2019 5:18 pm EDT
Almost 60 per cent of Canadians have “low trust and confidence” in Netflix Inc. to “protect Canadian culture and identity on television”; half of Canadians don't trust cable companies to do...
NDP calls for OTT sales tax, end of ad tax exemption
Media | 05/13/2019 2:25 pm EDT
MONTREAL — The NDP’s platform for this year’s federal election will include requiring foreign...
Sales tax regime for digital services outdated: auditor general
Media | 05/07/2019 6:06 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Canadian companies that sell digital products which are subject...
Rural broadband, new tax rules among industry pre-budget asks
Media | 03/15/2019 5:55 pm EDT
As the Liberal government unveils its last budget before the upcoming...
Netflix setting up production hub in Toronto
Media | 02/19/2019 1:09 pm EST
Netflix Inc. will expand its production presence in Canada by leasing space at two Toronto production studios, the company said in a press release Tuesday.
The news follows discussions with Toronto mayor John Tory about the streaming company setting up a production hub in...
YouTube top source of mobile traffic: Sandvine
Media | 02/18/2019 10:12 am EST
Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube makes up just over 35 per cent of worldwide mobile data traffic, making it the...
Don’t exclude online services from Broadcasting Act: Private radio
Media | 02/04/2019 12:00 pm EST
Canada’s private radio broadcasters are fighting against a push to keep...
CBC president likens Netflix to colonialism
Media | 01/31/2019 4:27 pm EST
OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada’s president Catherine Tait compared Netflix Inc.’s worldwide presence to...
MPs demand removal of Lac Mégantic images from Netflix
Media | 01/30/2019 3:14 pm EST
The House of Commons unanimously passed a motion Tuesday condemning Netflix...
New Broadcast Act should ‘unambiguously exclude’ OTT: Netflix
Media | 01/25/2019 4:51 pm EST
Netflix Inc. is defending against calls to rope foreign over-the-top...
Netflix considering setting up hub in Toronto: report
Media | 01/10/2019 12:34 pm EST
Toronto mayor John Tory said he has been in discussion with Netflix Inc. about setting up a production...
English Canadian subs to OTT jumps to 65%: MTM
Media | 12/06/2018 1:17 pm EST
The number of English-speaking adults in Canada subscribing to over-the-top streaming services continues...
Canadian Netflix had best value-for-money compared to other countries: study
Media | 11/30/2018 4:05 pm EST
A new analysis published by the consumer website Comparitech this week...
Cost of TV service driving cord-cutting: Angus Reid
Media | 10/18/2018 6:18 pm EDT
A new report from the Angus Reid Institute indicates that the cost of services is the main driver behind the choice of Canadians who have gotten rid of their traditional TV service subscriptions.
The Angus Reid polling analysis released Thursday said despite the current...
OPC asks for more flexibility on info sharing with CRTC
telecom | 10/16/2018 4:38 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Canada’s federal privacy watchdog asked a Senate committee...
Canada waiting on other countries for new digital tax rules: Morneau
Media | 10/12/2018 5:23 pm EDT
Canada has been “pushing hard” to speed up development of a plan for...
More than half of internet traffic is encrypted: Sandvine
Media | 10/02/2018 6:49 pm EDT
Internet traffic is “more encrypted than ever,” with a “conservative estimate” suggesting more than half of all internet traffic is encrypted, according to Sandvine Corp.’s 2018 Global...
Netflix expects to ‘exceed’ planned investment in Canadian content
Media | 09/28/2018 3:24 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. says it’s “on track to exceed” its $500 million pledge...
Netflix has 75% of Canadian OTT market: report
Media | 08/01/2018 4:15 pm EDT
Just under half of Canadians, or 47.2 per cent, use subscription over-the-top (OTT) services, according to new data from eMarketer.
More than 75 per cent of those subscription OTT users watch Netflix Inc.’s service, eMarketer said in a Wednesday press release,...
TV dominates OTT in viewership: industry group
Media | 07/25/2018 5:12 pm EDT
Despite the impact over-the-top (OTT) streaming services have had on the television market for sometime in Canada, a new report by Think TV suggests that linear is still dominating those services. The report said that,...
Joly out at Heritage as Pablo Rodriguez named new minister
Media | 07/18/2018 5:00 pm EDT
Former chief government whip Pablo Rodriguez is the new heritage minister,...
We have no obligation to offer paper bills: telecoms
telecom | 07/10/2018 4:54 pm EDT
There is no legal or regulatory obligation on telecoms to offer paper bills, BCE Inc. said in a filing to the CRTC, responding to an application asking the regulator to ensure companies must provide a paper bill to customers who...
OTT co-productions trending up: study
Media | 06/26/2018 12:41 pm EDT
Domestic and international content producers and over-the-top (OTT) services are continuing to partner...
Canadians using multiple devices, but adoption leveling off: MTM
Media | 06/08/2018 6:29 pm EDT
According to the latest data from CBC/Radio-Canada’s Media Technology Monitoring (MTM) project, 35 per cent of English-speaking internet users in Canada continue to own four types of electronic...
ISED won’t rule out using spectrum proceeds for CanCon: Bains
Media | 06/01/2018 4:47 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and Heritage Minister Mélanie...
CRTC calls for ISPs to pay for CanCon, ‘equitable’ OTT contributions
Media | 05/31/2018 11:18 am EDT
GATINEAU — The CRTC is recommending the government undertake a bevy of...
Trade committee recommends sales tax for foreign ‘intangible products’
telecom | 04/27/2018 4:54 pm EDT
The House standing committee on international trade is calling on the government to implement sales taxes on “intangible products” sold by foreign companies, improve rural internet access and...
CBS All Access launches early in Canada
Media | 04/23/2018 1:28 pm EDT
CBS Corp.’s All Access streaming service is now available in Canada, the company said in a press release Monday.
The company’s president and CEO, Leslie Moonves, previously indicated CBS was planning a June launch.
The service, which costs $5.99 a month, “will...
Quebecor, cultural groups praise Que. budget digital sales tax
Media | 03/28/2018 4:01 pm EDT
The Quebec government’s 2018 budget, unveiled Tuesday, includes a measure...
Radio-Canada asks broadcasters ‘to pool our strengths’ on OTT, content
Media | 03/16/2018 10:02 am EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada is in negotiations over opening up its French-language...
Money for CanCon in budget stopgap measure: CMPA
Media | 03/01/2018 1:33 pm EST
The 2018 federal budget, released Tuesday, confirmed the Canadian Media Fund (CMF) will receive top ups...
Data, programmatic ads benefit in telecoms’ media ownership: Moody’s
Media | 02/23/2018 12:53 pm EST
Data insights and programmatic advertising that could disrupt digital...
CRTC asks digital giants for info, promises confidentiality
Media | 02/05/2018 2:02 pm EST
As part of its government-ordered proceeding on future content distribution models, the CRTC is asking a number of companies — including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Netflix Inc. — for information about their digital media broadcasting revenues, subscribers and viewing in Canada. Several years ago, during its Let’s Talk TV proceeding, those two companies refused to provide such info to the regulator, triggering conflict with the commission that saw then-chairman Jean-Pierre Blais briefly walk out of a hearing and threaten to revoke the digital-media exemption order under which Netflix...
Joly cites confidentiality for redactions in Netflix ATIP request
Media | 02/02/2018 2:32 pm EST
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly faced questions this week about why a...
57% of anglophones subscribe to OTT services: MTM
Media | 10/19/2017 5:41 pm EDT
Fifty-seven per cent of Canadian anglophones subscribe to over-the-top (OTT) streaming services, with Netflix Inc. as the strong leader, according to the latest report from Media Technology Monitor (MTM), a project of...
Netflix responds to post-Creative Canada criticism
Media | 10/10/2017 2:53 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. has published a blog post in support of a deal it reached with the government to invest $500...
Quebec legislature votes to tax Netflix
Media | 10/04/2017 2:46 pm EDT
The Quebec national assembly voted Tuesday to impose provincial sales tax on foreign digital services,...
Netflix in 33% Que. households, Illico at 19%: report
Media | 10/03/2017 2:55 pm EDT
Just over half, or 53 per cent, of Quebec households with internet access watch streaming video services,...
Joly’s cultural policy continues drawing mixed reaction
Media | 09/29/2017 5:20 pm EDT
Various groups praised the promised investment in production and promotion...
Future reviews to determine much of DigiCanCon strategy: experts
Media | 09/28/2017 11:25 am EDT
OTTAWA — While the response to the long-awaited results of Heritage...
France imposing Netflix tax
Media | 09/26/2017 12:47 pm EDT
France will put in place a two-per-cent tax on foreign digital video platforms, according to a report in Le Monde. The tax will begin in January 2018, the newspaper reported last week. In Canada, the federal government has indicated it’s not likely to begin imposing sales tax on platforms...
Quebec ready to tax Netflix: culture minister
Media | 09/22/2017 3:55 pm EDT
If the federal government isn’t willing to impose taxes on foreign over-the-top (OTT) services, Quebec is willing to do so itself, Le Devoir quoted Quebec culture minister Luc Fortin as saying Thursday. He said Quebec would be willing to impose its provincial sales tax on subscriptions to Netflix Inc.’s service, the newspaper said in a report Friday. A coalition of more than 30 cultural groups praised Fortin’s comments in a press release the same day, writing that it “shares the Minister's position that nations must apply a consistent regulatory framework for all parties,...
BQ criticizes Joly over OTT tax policy
Media | 09/19/2017 4:56 pm EDT
The Bloc Québécois has accused Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly of favouritism toward the likes...
House of Cards arrives on Canadian TV
Media | 09/07/2017 4:29 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. original series House of Cards will broadcast on Channel Zero Inc.’s CHCH this fall, the...
NFB awareness lagging behind Disney, CBC
Media | 09/05/2017 1:15 pm EDT
Canadians’ awareness of the National Film Board (NFB) as an organization that produces documentary or...
Skinny TV has room to grow: Macquarie
Media | 08/21/2017 11:52 am EDT
Skinny-basic uptake will only grow in Canada and that could spell bad news for broadcasters’ bottom lines in the future, according to Macquarie Capital Markets analyst Greg MacDonald. In a Monday note, MacDonald highlighted...
New OTT offerings pose threat to BDUs, opportunity for producers
Media | 08/17/2017 4:47 pm EDT
A proliferation of new streaming TV competition in Canada is set to benefit content producers even as it causes problems for the country’s broadcasters and TV service providers through fragmented audiences and higher content costs — though it doesn’t yet signal an...
Disney going it alone with planned streaming services
Media | 08/09/2017 5:17 pm EDT
Walt Disney Co. will end its partnership with Netflix Inc. and launch two of its own separate...
CCSA leads lobbying after Hill visit
Media | 06/26/2017 2:55 pm EDT
Last month’s deluge of Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) members on Parliament Hill for the...
CBC, Netflix jump in brand trust ranking
Media | 05/25/2017 5:19 pm EDT
Both CBC/Radio-Canada and Netflix Inc. saw dramatic improvements in how Canadians view their brands over the past year, according to the latest edition of the Gustavson Brand Trust Index. The annual University of Victoria...
ISED PS Lametti hot property for April lobbying
Media | 05/23/2017 3:30 pm EDT
The parliamentary secretary to the innovation minister was a popular target for lobbyists last month, as...
Netflix to have Ont. ‘download zones’ for cottage season: CP
Media | 05/19/2017 4:43 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. is setting up “download zones” in certain areas in Ontario to help the data starved pre-load movies and TV shows onto their devices, according to a Canadian Press report. WiFi...
Joly to discuss promoting CanCon with Google, Facebook
Media | 04/11/2017 8:41 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly will travel to California later this month to meet with representatives from Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc., her office has confirmed....
Quebec union ‘disappointed’ budgets didn’t address taxation imbalance
Media | 03/29/2017 8:58 pm EDT
A Quebec union representing communications sector employees said it is disappointed with both the federal and provincial budgets, saying that in “both cases, no action has been taken to counter...
Imposing taxes on foreign OTT could bring in $1B: report
Media | 03/09/2017 4:37 pm EST
Taxing foreign digital services such as Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime service, Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube and Netflix Inc. could provide the federal...
‘Level playing field’ for digital services: C.D. Howe
Media | 02/23/2017 5:46 pm EST
The federal government should require foreign providers of digital services to remit tax on sales in the jurisdiction where the final customer is located, the C.D. Howe Institute said. In a report released Thursday containing suggestions for the federal government ahead of the release of the 2017 budget, C.D. Howe said the measure would increase annual revenue by about $200 million and “level the playing field for domestic and foreign providers of digital products and services in Canada.” The issue of taxing foreign digital services has been raised as...