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CRTC approves two new oldies radio stations in Ontario

Media | 07/11/2018 12:33 pm EDT

The CRTC has issued new radio licences for stations in Georgina and Grimsby, Ont. that will broadcast classic hits and oldies, according to a pair of decisions Tuesday. The decisions follow a November hearing in Toronto in which it considered multiple applications for the licences. For the new station serving Grimsby and Beamsville, Ont. the CRTC chose an application by Durham Radio Inc., saying the company “proposed a sound business plan that is based on its experience in the Hamilton radio market and third-party research,” and was the application that was least likely to negatively...

Canadians watching more livestreams: IAB

Media | 07/10/2018 5:11 pm EDT

Nearly three quarters of Canadians, or 73 per cent, reported having ever watching livestreamed video, according to an Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) study published in June. The activity is trending up, as half of the Canadian respondents said they watch more live video than they did a year before, the IAB said. It found that 42 per cent use branded apps or websites offered by TV networks to access livestreams, while only 31 per cent of the respondents said that they use a digital streaming subscription service not affiliated with a TV provider or broadcaster. That’s lower than...

Broadcast revenue bleeding got worse in 2017: CRTC

Media | 07/09/2018 8:30 pm EDT

Broadcast revenue bleeding got worse in 2017: CRTCAccording to the latest data from the CRTC, the Canadian broadcasting and broadcast distribution...

CRTC approves Bell’s Comedy Gold sale to Wow

Media | 07/09/2018 4:51 pm EDT

Bell to sell specialty channel to Wow in ‘strategic partnership’The CRTC has approved the sale of Comedy Gold from BCE Inc.’s Bell Media to Wow Unlimited Networks Inc....

Twitter lobbying on online ads in wake of proposed elections bill

Media | 07/09/2018 1:17 pm EDT

Twitter lobbying on online ads in wake of proposed elections billTwitter Inc. wants to make sure the government understands how online...

Joanne Levy named new CRTC commissioner

Media | 07/09/2018 12:27 pm EDT

Joanne Levy named new CRTC commissionerTV producer and former Liberal candidate Joanne Levy will be the new CRTC commissioner for the Manitoba...

Canadian broadcasters drawn by ‘ton of momentum’ in podcasting

Media | 07/06/2018 11:11 am EDT

Canadian broadcasters drawn by ‘ton of momentum’ in podcastingIn early May, the Liberal government faced questions in the House of Commons about a Canadian citizen who had returned to the country after participating in the ongoing...

Telecom industry revenues up 3.7 per cent at 2017 year end: CRTC

Media | 07/05/2018 5:13 pm EDT

Telecom industry revenues up 3.7 per cent at 2017 year end: CRTCThe CRTC released new data Thursday for the fourth quarter of 2017 that...

Rogers Medicine Hat radio station purchase OKed

Media | 07/05/2018 4:18 pm EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changesThe CRTC has approved the purchase of a Medicine Hat radio station by Rogers Communications Inc., it said...

Broadcast, telecom act review panel plans ‘outreach’ in Sept.

Media | 06/28/2018 5:32 pm EDT

The panel appointed to lead the review of the Broadcasting Act and Telecommunications Act has met for the first time this week, and will continue to meet regularly over the summer, the federal...

CRTC opens consultation on Cogeco-RNC radio station deal

Media | 06/28/2018 2:34 pm EDT

The CRTC is now accepting interventions in its review of Cogeco Inc.’s plans to buy 10 radio stations from RNC Media Inc. Cogeco is proposing a tangible benefits package of six per cent of the...

Facebook to fact-check Canadian news posts

Media | 06/27/2018 3:46 pm EDT

Facebook to penalize false news disseminatorsFacebook Inc.’s social media service will list lower on the newsfeed news items — and notify...

Gov’t announces new $35M fund for cultural content exports

Media | 06/26/2018 6:49 pm EDT

Gov’t announces new $35M fund for cultural content exportsMONTREAL — Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly outlined Tuesday the...

OTT co-productions trending up: study

Media | 06/26/2018 12:41 pm EDT

OTT co-productions trending up: studyDomestic and international content producers and over-the-top (OTT) services are continuing to partner...

Bell tops broadband speed tests, but falls in customer satisfaction survey

Media | 06/22/2018 5:06 pm EDT

In a pair of studies measuring home internet service this week, BCE Inc. was positioned at the two ends of the spectrum, topping out the list of fastest connections in Canada, but falling to near the...

Crackle ending operations following Bell partnership

Media | 06/22/2018 4:15 pm EDT

Ad-supported VOD rising as OTT grips TV marketSony Corp.’s ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) service Crackle will cease existence in Canada next week, following a content deal with BCE Inc. The update was posted on the Crackle website, which pegged June 28 as the termination date. “Thank you to all who have...

Gov’t cites NAFTA over U.S. net neutrality rollback concerns

Media | 06/22/2018 1:33 pm EDT

Bring border privacy issues under NAFTA: GeistThe federal government is affirming its commitment to enforcing the...

Cogeco buys $8M of additional 2500 MHz spectrum

Media | 06/21/2018 5:53 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. has bought $8 million worth of the 2500 MHz paired spectrum band from Kian Telecom Inc.,...

12.5% Canadians watched pirated content in past month: MTM

Media | 06/21/2018 4:21 pm EDT

Court issues no-cost orders for customer IDs of multiple ISPsOne in eight Canadians have watched pirated TV or movie content online in...

Internet satisfaction high, but 27% don’t know their data caps: CIRA

Media | 06/20/2018 6:20 pm EDT

Just over a quarter of Canadians surveyed by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) said they don’t know how much broadband data they have, a concern a CIRA spokeswoman said could be...

EU committee approves internet filtering copyright directive

Media | 06/20/2018 4:43 pm EDT

A European Union committee has approved a controversial copyright directive that critics say could interfere with the sharing of online content. At issue are two articles under the directive. The first proposes that internet platforms like Facebook Inc. or Alphabet Inc.’s Google pay news companies to link to their content, called a “link tax.” The second includes copyright protections that would see the implementation of systems that would detect and block copyrighted material before it appears online, according to the directive. Detractors including the Electronic Frontier...

Ethics committee wants political parties to come under privacy legislation

Media | 06/19/2018 1:20 pm EDT

Ethics committee wants political parties to come under privacy legislationFollowing nine public meetings that began in March, the House committee...

‘Rare’ music industry consensus on key issues at Copyright Act review

Media | 06/15/2018 4:49 pm EDT

‘Rare’ music industry consensus on key issues at Copyright Act reviewThe House industry committee heard some familiar suggestions from a number...

Stingray to launch Quebec-focused music video channel

Media | 06/15/2018 4:33 pm EDT

Stingray to launch Quebec-focused music video channelStingray Digital Group Inc. has partnered with l'Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du...

Live TV streaming services opportunity for Corus, CEO says

Media | 06/13/2018 5:30 pm EDT

Live TV streaming services opportunity for Corus, CEO saysU.S.-based video services like Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube TV and Amazon.com...

ACTRA backs Music Canada asks on copyright reform

Media | 06/13/2018 5:14 pm EDT

Extend private copying levy: ACTRAThe Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) asked a parliamentary committee...

No clear suitor for Corus assets after report of sale: analysts

Media | 06/13/2018 1:51 pm EDT

No clear suitor for Corus assets after report of sale: analystsCorus Entertainment Inc. CEO Doug Murphy is refusing to comment on a media...

Rogers to launch more TV everywhere-style services

Media | 06/11/2018 4:55 pm EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changesRogers Communications Inc. is launching additional TV-subscription authenticated, ad-supported...

Freedom expands WiFi calling availability

Media | 06/11/2018 3:34 pm EDT

Freedom expands WiFi calling availabilityShaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile said more phones with Apple Inc.’s iOS and Alphabet...

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 device: computers, smartphones, tablets and internet-connected televisions. This number has not changed from the survey conducted in 2016, indicating that “[f]uture growth may be stifled as the penetration of smartphones and tablets approaches maturity,” according to the report. Another 35 per cent own three of the four devices. The data revealed that a subscription to Netflix Inc.’s...

Rightsholders facing ‘blasé’ attitude toward piracy, committee hears

Media | 06/08/2018 6:09 pm EDT

The popularity of fully-loaded set-top boxes, such as Kodi devices, is illustrative of an attitude of indifference toward piracy, the House of Commons industry committee heard Thursday. There is no...

Bell launches TSN/RDS streaming service for $25/month

Media | 06/08/2018 4:12 pm EDT

Bell launches TSN/RDS streaming service for $25/monthBCE Inc. has made its TSN and RDS sports channels available without a TV subscription for $24.99 a month....

Bell to launch new on-demand services, content hub

Media | 06/07/2018 5:47 pm EDT

Bell to launch new on-demand services, content hubBCE Inc. will launch two new ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) services, rebrand its entertainment...

CRTC approves 4K travel channel

Media | 06/07/2018 4:03 pm EDT

CRTC approves 4K travel channelThe CRTC has approved Travelxp 4K, a channel focusing on travel, for distribution in Canada. In a...

OPC says 90% budget increase would give it ‘true impact’

Media | 06/07/2018 3:55 pm EDT

Privacy sweep finds issues with some educational apps: OPCThe Office of The Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has asked the government for a 30-per-cent-increase to its budget, but said that it would need three times that amount for its work to have a significant effect. In a letter to the House of Commons ethics committee, privacy...

SCC Haaretz ruling maintains jurisdiction ‘status quo’: legal experts

Media | 06/06/2018 5:20 pm EDT

A Supreme Court of Canada ruling in an online libel case won’t change much about how court jurisdiction over online content currently works in Canada, according to legal experts. “The SCC did...

Media sector, senator back change to ad tax exemption

Media | 06/06/2018 3:47 pm EDT

Media sector, senator back change to ad tax exemptionOTTAWA — A proposal to eliminate a tax exemption for advertising on foreign digital media received...

Shoan takes another legal swing over firing

Media | 06/06/2018 3:25 pm EDT

Former CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan filed an appeal on Tuesday of a May Federal Court decision which dismissed an application for a judicial review of his second firing from the communications regulator. Federal Court Judge...

Too many emergency alerts could lead to ignorance: telecom consultant

Media | 06/06/2018 12:14 pm EDT

Too many emergency alerts could lead to ignorance: telecom consultantTORONTO — An amber alert that resulted in three emergency texts sent to...

Making net neutrality law redundant: telecom execs

Media | 06/05/2018 9:37 pm EDT

Making net neutrality law redundant: telecom execsTORONTO — If there was a single point of agreement among panelists representing both small and big...

Experts to ‘find solutions’ in broadcast, telecom review: Joly

Media | 06/05/2018 8:10 pm EDT

Experts to ‘find solutions’ in broadcast, telecom review: JolyOTTAWA — The expert panel appointed by the federal government to...

Autonomous cars still many years away: conference panel

Media | 06/05/2018 7:35 pm EDT

TORONTO — The advent of fully autonomous cars on the road is still further away than some may think, according to an executive at a company that supplies small cells. “I would wager we’re...

Apple takes aim at targeted ads with browser privacy features

Media | 06/04/2018 5:07 pm EDT

Apple takes aim at targeted ads with browser privacy featuresDuring its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday, Apple Inc....

Corus set to launch short-form content series on Twitter

Media | 06/01/2018 4:59 pm EDT

Corus set to launch short-form content series on TwitterCorus Entertainment Inc. is partnering with Twitter Inc. to bring short-form “premium content” on the social media platform. The content will be published by Corus’ social studio so.da and will include food, entertainment and pop culture, all catered to a...

ISED won’t rule out using spectrum proceeds for CanCon: Bains

Media | 06/01/2018 4:47 pm EDT

5G project gets $400M for grants, infrastructure and research centresOTTAWA — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and Heritage Minister Mélanie...

Growth of OTT doesn’t affect broadcast competition: Comp Bureau

Media | 06/01/2018 3:39 pm EDT

The growth of over-the-top (OTT) services did not change the mind of the Competition Bureau when it rejected a deal earlier this week involving two French-language channels. The bureau denied the...

Bell to sell ad space for online video company

Media | 05/31/2018 3:39 pm EDT

Bell to sell ad space for online video companyOnline video production and syndication company WatchMojo Inc. has signed an advertising sales deal with...

CRTC calls for ISPs to pay for CanCon, ‘equitable’ OTT contributions

Media | 05/31/2018 11:18 am EDT

CRTC calls for ISPs to pay for CanCon, ‘equitable’ OTT contributionsGATINEAU — The CRTC is recommending the government undertake a bevy of...

Corus and Bell terminate Historia, Series+ deal

Media | 05/30/2018 8:22 pm EDT

Corus Entertainment Inc. said it has come to an agreement with BCE Inc. to officially terminate a previous arrangement that would’ve seen two of its French-language specialty channels sold to Bell, after the Competition Bureau rejected the deal earlier this week. Corus said Monday that the two companies were exploring their options after the bureau blocked the sale of Corus’ Historia and Series+ channels. In a Wednesday press release, Corus said the decision was to forego the agreement. “Corus Entertainment will continue to own and operate Historia and Séries+ and also...

26% of Canadians access pirated content, new report shows

Media | 05/30/2018 6:16 pm EDT

26% of Canadians access pirated content, new report showsA government-commissioned report is shedding light on the extent of...

There’s space for ‘positive’ political targeting, Wylie tells MPs

Media | 05/30/2018 1:43 pm EDT

There’s space for ‘positive’ political targeting, Wylie tells MPsOTTAWA — Whistleblower and data scientist Christopher Wylie testified at...

Music Canada asks MPs for action on radio royalties, copy levy

Media | 05/29/2018 4:48 pm EDT

The federal government should remove a 20-year-old radio royalty exception, allow royalties for music used in soundtracks, and extend copyright terms and the private copying levy, Music Canada told...

Cybersecurity start-up gets gov’t funding

Media | 05/29/2018 4:00 pm EDT

Cybersecurity start-up gets gov’t fundingThe federal and Quebec governments are putting roughly half a million dollars into a cybersecurity...

Historia, Series+ sale blocked in surprise move

Media | 05/28/2018 5:51 pm EDT

Historia, Series+ sale blocked in surprise moveThe Competition Bureau has blocked the $200 million sale of the Historia and Series+ channels from Corus...

Solve repackaging tiff yourselves: CRTC to Bell, Shaw

Media | 05/28/2018 5:13 pm EDT

Solve repackaging tiff yourselves: CRTC to Bell, ShawShaw Communications Inc. can repackage BCE Inc.’s Investigation Discovery and there is no need for the...

Copyright Act review shifts gears to radio, TV

Media | 05/25/2018 4:08 pm EDT

The ongoing review of the Copyright Act will begin focusing on the music, radio, television and film sectors next month. The House of Commons industry committee has heard from 100 stakeholders since the review began in...

CraveTV price increases to help make up for advertising pressure: analyst

Media | 05/25/2018 3:53 pm EDT

CraveTV price increases to help make up for advertising pressure: analystIncreasing prices for BCE Inc.’s CraveTV will help improve the...

Luce Julien named executive director of Radio-Canada news

Media | 05/25/2018 3:24 pm EDT

Luce Julien named executive director of Radio-Canada newsLuce Julien, a 23-year veteran of CBC/Radio-Canada, will become Radio-Canada's executive director of news and current affairs, following Michel Cormier’s retirement in July. The editor-in-chief of Montreal daily newspaper Le Devoir since February 2016, Julien will be...

Radio listening drops, very slightly: MTM

Media | 05/25/2018 2:45 pm EDT

Radio listening drops, very slightly: MTMA new Media Technology Monitor (MTM) report says 87 per cent of anglophone Canadians reported listening...

Balsillie-led Centre for Digital Rights registers to lobby

Media | 05/25/2018 12:33 pm EDT

Balsillie-led Centre for Digital Rights registers to lobbyA new organization called the Centre for Digital Rights (CDR) that is...

Data collection, consent guidelines published by the OPC

Media | 05/24/2018 5:29 pm EDT

Privacy sweep finds issues with some educational apps: OPCThe Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has unveiled a set...

Motion seeking to enshrine net neutrality into law passes

Media | 05/24/2018 12:56 pm EDT

Liberals signal interest in enshrining net neutrality in lawA motion asking the government to consider enshrining the concept of net...

Christianne Laizner staying at CRTC for a full term

Media | 05/23/2018 2:44 pm EDT

Christianne Laizner staying at CRTC for a full termThe CRTC’s vice-chairwoman of telecom, Christianne Laizner, will stay in her role for a full five-year term. She was named to the position last year, on an interim one-year basis, starting in September 2017. A May 17 order-in-council appointing her to the position...

Optics for gov’t could hamper tax on foreign ads proposal: Friends

Media | 05/22/2018 5:15 pm EDT

Optics for gov’t could hamper tax on foreign ads proposal: FriendsOTTAWA — A media advocacy group calling for changes that would upend the...

FairPlay meeting with legal staff, not commissioners: CRTC

Media | 05/17/2018 6:57 pm EDT

FairPlay meeting with legal staff, not commissioners: CRTCAn anti-internet piracy coalition did not end up meeting with CRTC...

Security, data concerns drive two-phone phenomenon: Bell CEO

Media | 05/16/2018 11:16 am EDT

Security, data concerns drive two-phone phenomenon: Bell CEOAs stories about security and personal data breaches make the headlines,...

Change Bell Fund rules, media companies ask

Media | 05/15/2018 7:08 pm EDT

Change Bell Fund rules, media companies askOn Monday, the CRTC published a complaint from a group of media production companies including...

New numbers emerge in mandatory carriage renewal consultation

Media | 05/15/2018 4:31 pm EDT

The CRTC has issued a call for comments after correcting the data it used to determine wholesale rates during the regulator’s look at mandatory carriage renewals, according to a Friday letter. ...

FairPlay hits back, claims piracy cost TV providers as much as $761M

Media | 05/15/2018 3:00 pm EDT

FairPlay hits back, claims piracy cost TV providers as much as $761MThe FairPlay coalition has responded to the laundry list of criticism...

DHX sells portion of Peanuts to reduce debt

Media | 05/14/2018 5:00 pm EDT

DHX sells portion of Peanuts to reduce debtHalifax-based DHX Media Inc. announced plans on Monday to sell some of its ownership of the Peanuts brand...

ISED launches new spectrum licence program for short-term testing

Media | 05/11/2018 3:28 pm EDT

ISED launches new spectrum licence program for short-term testingInnovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada announced a...

CRTC OKs ‘vicarious living’ channel for distribution

Media | 05/11/2018 2:19 pm EDT

CRTC OKs ‘vicarious living’ channel for distributionThe CRTC has added a channel focused on “inviting and vicarious living programming” to its list of non-Canadian channels authorized for distribution Friday, following an application by Ethnic Channels Group Ltd. The American channel, called A Wealth of Entertainment,...

MPs hear about ‘surveillance capitalism,’ Google data use

Media | 05/11/2018 11:32 am EDT

MPs hear about ‘surveillance capitalism,’ Google data useOTTAWA — Two sides of the data-use debate squared off at the House ethics...

Supreme Court says it will hear Bell’s simsub appeal

Media | 05/10/2018 11:30 am EDT

SCC sets Canadian jurisdiction in Facebook privacy caseThe Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will be the final arbiter in the...

Videotron says cord-cutting stable, eying IPTV to grow TV ARPU

Media | 05/09/2018 1:37 pm EDT

Videotron says cord-cutting stable, eying IPTV to grow TV ARPUQuebecor Inc.’s Videotron said it won’t force the migration of its...

CRTC approves two new Christian radio stations

Media | 05/09/2018 12:43 pm EDT

The CRTC has issued broadcast licences for new FM radio stations in Regina, Sask. and the Sydney, Nova Scotia area, it said in a pair of decisions Tuesday. It granted an application by the non-profit United Christian...

Shoan considering “options for appeal” after dismissal of second CRTC firing review

Media | 05/08/2018 6:55 pm EDT

Shoan considering "options for appeal" after dismissal of second CRTC firing reviewIn a decision on Monday, a Federal Court judge dismissed an application by former CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan for a judicial review of his termination from the CRTC in the...

NFB, Bell Media, V Media content coming to Tou.tv OTT service

Media | 05/08/2018 1:49 pm EDT

NFB, Bell Media, V Media content coming to Tou.tv OTT serviceThree French-language broadcasters will make their content available on the...

Dennis Heaton named new president of WGC

Media | 05/07/2018 3:33 pm EDT

Dennis Heaton named new president of WGCShowrunner Dennis Heaton is the new president of the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC), the organization said Monday. The two-year term is effective May 1 and will end on April 30, 2020, a press release said. A member of the...

CRTC rejects Quebecor complaint over minimum fee guarantee

Media | 05/04/2018 4:48 pm EDT

CRTC rejects Quebecor complaint over minimum fee guaranteeThe CRTC has dismissed a complaint by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron that...

CRTC approves ‘pro-Trump’ news channel for distribution

Media | 05/04/2018 1:05 pm EDT

CRTC approves ‘pro-Trump’ news channel for distributionThe CRTC said it approved an application brought by Ethnic Channels Group...

Don’t increase carriage fees for 9(1)h services: TV providers

Media | 05/03/2018 5:33 pm EDT

TV service providers told the CRTC this week that cord-cutting by Canadians shouldn’t be the reason to give channels with mandatory carriage on basic packages higher monthly carriage fees. Shaw Communications Inc., Quebecor Inc. and Cogeco Inc. told the CRTC in a joint presentation during a hearing this week that they...

Stingray to move into radio with NewCap parent buy

Media | 05/02/2018 5:33 pm EDT

Stingray to move into radio with NewCap parent buyStingray Digital Group Inc. will enter the radio business with the purchase of Newfoundland Capital...

Reality TV streaming service launching in Canada

Media | 05/02/2018 4:40 pm EDT

Reality TV streaming service launching in CanadaHayu, a streaming service from Comcast Corp.'s NBC Universal focusing on reality TV programming, will...

Quebecor buying Groupe Serdy for $24M

Media | 05/01/2018 5:26 pm EDT

Quebecor buying Groupe Serdy for $24MQuebecor Inc. will add two new channels to its stable of specialty services with the acquisition of...

Privacy commish flags ‘flaw’ in new elections bill

Media | 05/01/2018 2:42 pm EDT

Privacy commish flags 'flaw' in new elections billOTTAWA — Proposed legislation that will require federal political parties to have and make public privacy policies covering the collection and use of electoral information is a “small” step in the right direction, but a lack of enforcement is a major concern in the...

CRTC OKs Shalom World despite opposition from ZoomerMedia

Media | 05/01/2018 12:52 pm EDT

CRTC OKs Shalom World despite opposition from ZoomerMediaA new specialty channel focusing on Catholic programming won’t compete...

Amazon to quadruple Vancouver workforce

Media | 04/30/2018 5:34 pm EDT

Amazon to quadruple Vancouver workforceAmazon.com Inc. will add 3,000 new employees in Vancouver, B.C., the company said in a press release on...

Privacy heads ask for data protection in smart cities challenge

Media | 04/27/2018 5:13 pm EDT

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) is asking the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities to consider how privacy protocols were implemented when selecting smart cities challenge winners....

Don’t allow social media data use by political parties: professor

Media | 04/27/2018 4:11 pm EDT

Don’t allow social media data use by political parties: professorOTTAWA — There is no reason for political parties to be using social...

Voltage asks SCC for ‘teeth’ in notice-and-notice

Media | 04/26/2018 5:23 pm EDT

Voltage asks SCC for ‘teeth’ in notice-and-noticeVoltage Pictures LLC’s lawyer told the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) Thursday that while the “sky isn’t quite falling” when it comes to the damaging effects of piracy, it needs to be easier for rightsholders to go after those infringing their intellectual property....

No more settlement demands in notice-and-notice letters: gov’t

Media | 04/26/2018 4:56 pm EDT

Innovation Canada is pledging to regulate what makes up and goes into notice letters, it said as it announced its new intellectual property strategy Thursday. The government is looking to ban...

CRTC rejects CUPE ask to pull digital media exemption

Media | 04/25/2018 4:45 pm EDT

The CRTC will not do anything about a Part 1 application filed by CUPE’s Provincial Council for Communications (CPSC) asking it to drop its regulatory exemptions for digital services because the arguments made in its Part 1 are...

Rogers, Bell add junk food bill concerns to lobby efforts

Media | 04/25/2018 2:54 pm EDT

Rogers, Bell add junk food bill concerns to lobby effortsRogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. have registered to lobby the...

Senate committee to look into issue of tax on foreign ads

Media | 04/24/2018 5:58 pm EDT

Senate committee to look into issue of tax on foreign adsOTTAWA — The chairman of the Senate transport and communications...

Cogeco picking up 10 RNC radio stations for $18.5M

Media | 04/24/2018 2:25 pm EDT

Cogeco picking up 10 RNC radio stations for $18.5MCogeco Inc. has reached a deal with RNC Media Inc. to acquire 10 of RNC’s radio stations. The deal,...

Changes coming to Facebook advertising programs: eMarketer

Media | 04/23/2018 8:36 pm EDT

Advertisers on Facebook Inc. should expect changes — like less reliance on third-party data and better consent tools — to the platform after the privacy breach revelations this spring, says...

Dispute over reselling wholesale service to other ISPs in front of CRTC

Media | 04/23/2018 5:26 pm EDT

Frontier Networks Inc. is turning to the CRTC in a disagreement over whether the small telecom can resell wholesale internet service from Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink, according to a CRTC...

Facebook to register to lobby

Media | 04/23/2018 5:08 pm EDT

Facebook to penalize false news disseminatorsFacebook Inc. will add itself to the federal lobbyist registry, the company said after its head of public...

CBS All Access launches early in Canada

Media | 04/23/2018 1:28 pm EDT

CBS All Access launches early in CanadaCBS 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...