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New CRTC vice-chair not afraid of tough issues: ISED PS

Media | 07/19/2017 12:22 pm EDT

ISED PS Lametti hot property for April lobbyingThe CRTC’s incoming vice-chairwoman of broadcasting, Caroline Simard, has a thorough, analytical mind and is well equipped to tackle the big issues in her new role at the telecom and broadcast regulator, according to the innovation minister’s lieutenant. David...

Ian Scott ‘collegial’ choice for new CRTC chair: former colleagues

Media | 07/18/2017 11:49 am EDT

Ian Scott ‘collegial’ choice for new CRTC chair: former colleaguesThe choice of Ian Scott as the new chairman of the CRTC was greeted positively by former colleagues who praised his experience and collegial style Tuesday, but his background...

Split CRTC into two regulators, ISOC tells gov’t

Media | 07/17/2017 4:46 pm EDT

The government should consider dividing the CRTC into separate telecom and broadcast regulators partly to ensure both issues get a fair view, according to a letter from the Internet Society of Canada (ISOC). The letter,...

Videotron facing patent infringement claim from TiVo

Media | 07/17/2017 4:26 pm EDT

Videotron facing patent infringement claim from TiVoQuebecor Inc.’s Videotron is being sued for patent infringement by TiVo Inc. and one of its...

Bell Fund can’t boost limit for interactive content: CRTC

Media | 07/17/2017 4:05 pm EDT

Bell Fund can’t boost limit for interactive content: CRTCThe CRTC has turned down a request by the Bell Fund to be allowed to devote...

Don’t move OMNI in channel line-up: Rogers

Media | 07/17/2017 1:51 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to mandate TV providers keep OMNI in the same space on their channel line-ups when the new OMNI Regional service replaces the existing local stations. Rogers told the CRTC in a...

Ken Whyte appointed fellow at C.D. Howe

Media | 07/17/2017 12:07 pm EDT

Ken Whyte appointed fellow at C.D. HoweKen Whyte, the former vice-president of public policy at Rogers Communications Inc., is joining the C.D. Howe Institute as a senior fellow. “Ken’s achievements have made him one of Canada’s most respected journalists, and he has a wealth of insights in business,...

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3

Media | 07/14/2017 3:11 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. reported stronger revenues and profits for its fiscal third quarter, the first earnings...

Cultural diversity improving on Canadian screens: report

Media | 07/14/2017 3:08 pm EDT

Cultural diversity improving on Canadian screens: reportThe Canadian TV landscape gets poor marks when it comes to the...

Rogers acquires Ontario radio stations

Media | 07/13/2017 3:40 pm EDT

The CRTC has approved the acquisition by Rogers Communications Inc.’s media division of Tillsonburg Broadcasting Company Ltd. (TBCL), which operates two English-language stations in the small Ontario town. The deal, which...

Samsung, MLB team up for VR content

Media | 07/13/2017 1:19 pm EDT

Samsung, MLB team up for VR contentSamsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will offer up virtual reality (VR) videos as part of an ongoing partnership...

John MacDonald and Susan Schaefer to leave Corus

Media | 07/12/2017 5:40 pm EDT

John MacDonald and Susan Schaefer to leave CorusTwo senior executives at Corus Entertainment Inc. are expected to leave the company by the end of...

Growth of Canadians on social networks slowing: report

Media | 07/12/2017 5:02 pm EDT

Canada’s social network usage is projected to grow steadily over the next four years but growth will slow compared to previous years, according to a report by research company eMarketer Inc. The...

AI could help grow Canadian content: CMF

Media | 07/12/2017 4:30 pm EDT

The acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI) could contribute to the discovery and growth of Canadian content, according to a mid-year trend report by the Canada Media Fund (CMF). “The progress of AI could support this...

Alaraby Television Network approved for distribution

Media | 07/11/2017 5:29 pm EDT

The CRTC approved Tuesday an application by sponsor Ethnic Channels Group Ltd. to add Alaraby Television Network to its list of non-Canadian channels authorized for distribution. Ethnic Channels group said in its...

How serious is the CRTC’s ‘unprecedented’ lack of commissioners?

Media | 07/10/2017 4:58 pm EDT

testAt the end of this week, following the departure of its vice-chairman of telecom, the CRTC will be left operating with only four commissioners and an interim chairwoman with...

‘Battle for the Net’ coming Wednesday

Media | 07/10/2017 2:23 pm EDT

‘Battle for the Net’ coming WednesdayMajor internet-based companies and organizations are preparing to participate in a Wednesday campaign...

Bell to broadcast VR concert footage

Media | 07/07/2017 5:03 pm EDT

Bell to broadcast VR concert footageBCE Inc.’s media subsidiary said in a press release Friday that Bell will broadcast part of a concert...

CMF appoints two board members

Media | 07/06/2017 4:51 pm EDT

CMF appoints two board membersThe Canada Media Fund (CMF) has made two new appointments to its board of directors. Michael Schmalz...

Sirius says new fund proposal to fill gaps in CanCon system

Media | 07/06/2017 2:45 pm EDT

Sirius says new fund proposal to fill gaps in CanCon systemAs part of its discretionary tangible benefits proposal, Sirius XM Canada...

CRTC approves Polish-language TV channel

Media | 07/06/2017 1:04 pm EDT

The CRTC has approved a music TV channel originating from Poland for distribution. Kino Polska Muzyka is sponsored in Canada by Ethnic Channels Group Ltd., according to the CRTC decision Thursday. The service, which is 95 per cent Polish-language and five per cent English-language, is listed as a 24-hour niche service with music video clips of the “best Polish-language popular music from the 1960s to today” while also broadcasting “profiles of Polish-language musical artists and concerts from time to time.”...

Bell launches HD radio signals in Toronto

Media | 07/05/2017 3:32 pm EDT

BCE Inc.’s media division announced that high-definition signals for its four Toronto radio stations are now available. The company said in a press release dated June 30 that Toronto AM stations Newstalk 1010 and TSN 1050, as...

Stakeholder meetings status quo for CRTC, Shoan argues

Media | 07/05/2017 3:11 pm EDT

Stakeholder meetings status quo for CRTC, Shoan arguesThe encounters with stakeholders that formed part of the rationale for his...

Videotron offering extra data to Unlimited Music subscribers

Media | 07/04/2017 3:37 pm EDT

Videotron asks for extension on Unlimited Music finaleQuebecor Inc.’s Videotron is increasing the data limits of wireless...

Shaw, Quebecor OMNI applications expedited

Media | 07/04/2017 12:03 pm EDT

The deadline for interventions in a pair of Part 1 applications to the CRTC from Shaw Communications Inc. and Quebecor Inc. has been changed from July 31 to July 14. In late June, the two companies applied for...

CRTC denies new Ottawa-Gatineau radio station

Media | 06/30/2017 4:15 pm EDT

The Ottawa-Gatineau radio market can’t sustain another station, the CRTC said in a Friday decision, and won’t consider an application for a new ethnic station in the area. The decision comes following a...

Civil society groups take aim at Five Eyes on encryption

Media | 06/30/2017 3:51 pm EDT

More than six dozen civil society organizations and individuals have come out to reiterate support for stronger data encryption in a letter addressed to a quintet of the world’s intelligence...

STB data measurement complex task, group says

Media | 06/30/2017 2:23 pm EDT

STB data measurement complex task, group saysActivity by a working group tasked with studying the implementation of an audience measurement system via...

Shaw, Quebecor ask CRTC to drop dual OMNI obligation

Media | 06/29/2017 5:28 pm EDT

Shaw, Quebecor ask CRTC to drop dual OMNI obligationShaw Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to allow it to take OMNI’s over-the-air (OTA) station out...

CRTC consulting on radio, TV broadcasting licences

Media | 06/29/2017 4:48 pm EDT

The CRTC is asking for comment on renewals of licences held by 10 broadcasters. It said in a notice Thursday that some of the radio stations seeking renewal were previously found to be in non-compliance with their regulatory requirements and were renewed for short-term periods as a result. “The Commission notes the serious and, in some cases, recurring nature of those instances of apparent non-compliance in the current licence term,” it said. That includes Parrsoboro Radio Society’s CICR-FM in Parrsboro, N.S., as well as CFOR-FM, a commercial radio station in Maniwaki,...

TMN Go to offer downloads

Media | 06/29/2017 3:58 pm EDT

TMN Go to offer downloadsTMN Go, the TV-everywhere service from BCE Inc.’s media division, will begin allowing viewers to download content for offline viewing. The service will be available to...

Re:Sound application to overturn tariffs denied

Media | 06/29/2017 3:53 pm EDT

Re:Sound application to overturn tariffs deniedThe Federal Court has dismissed an application by Re:Sound Music Licensing Co. for a review of tariffs...

More groups petition Joly to reverse CRTC licence decision

Media | 06/29/2017 1:52 pm EDT

More creative groups are stepping up formal efforts to get the CRTC to reverse its licence renewal decision, which they say will negatively affect the production of Canadian content. On Thursday,...

Antoinette Noviello promoted at Videotron

Media | 06/29/2017 12:57 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron has named Antoinette Noviello vice-president, corporate comptroller. “Antoinette is now taking charge of all aspects of Videotron's financial and accounting operations, including credit-risk...

Financing, consumer adoption obstacles to VR: study

Media | 06/29/2017 12:42 pm EDT

A new report indicates that the number of companies operating in the virtual reality space in Canada has grown quickly in the past few years, though they say obstacles to their success include consumer adoption, financing and the maturity of the market overall. A study found that out of 200 companies surveyed that were involved in VR in 2016, 152 were active in VR a year earlier, and only 74 a year before that, while only 15 were active in VR in 2010. “The last few years have seen an explosion in companies engaging with VR, and especially in the number who have hitched their star...

TNW Wireless, iFramed sold to U.S. company

Media | 06/28/2017 5:05 pm EDT

Investel Capital Corp.’s TNW Wireless Inc. has been sold to an American holding and management company, United American Corp., the Florida-based company announced in a Wednesday press release. TNW Wireless, which serves...

Five Eyes watching online terror content

Media | 06/28/2017 1:26 pm EDT

Representatives from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have issued a statement lauding the creation of a coalition by some of the world’s biggest tech companies aimed at tackling terrorist content online. On...

Supreme Court’s Google search ban could have global implications

Media | 06/28/2017 10:07 am EDT

Supreme Court's Google search ban could have global implicationsOTTAWA — In a landmark ruling, Canada’s top court dismissed an appeal...

Tech giants coordinating to tackle terror content

Media | 06/27/2017 6:05 pm EDT

Some of the world’s largest technology and social media companies are forming a coalition to counter terrorism. The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism is being formed with the help of Facebook Inc., Microsoft...

WGC asks Joly to reverse CRTC licence decision

Media | 06/27/2017 5:50 pm EDT

WGC asks Joly to reverse CRTC licence decisionThe Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) has formalized its complaint against the CRTC’s recent TV licence...

EU fines Google 2.4B euros

Media | 06/27/2017 5:31 pm EDT

EU fines Google 2.4B eurosThe European Union has fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google 2.4 billion euros — about $3.6 billion in Canadian dollars — for giving itself an “illegal advantage” in its...

Philippe Cloutier new Videotron CFO

Media | 06/27/2017 4:49 pm EDT

Philippe Cloutier new Videotron CFOQuebecor Inc.’s Videotron has named Philippe Cloutier its senior vice-president and chief financial...

U.S. NAFTA consult targets CanCon, copyright, data rules

Media | 06/27/2017 4:11 pm EDT

U.S. NAFTA consult targets CanCon, copyright, data rulesAmerican companies and organizations took aim at Canadian cultural...

Corus sees revenue, profit boost in Q3

Media | 06/27/2017 12:46 pm EDT

Corus Entertainment Inc. reported increases in both revenues and profit Tuesday, numbers that reflected its purchase of Shaw Communications Inc.’s media division last year. For the three months ended May 31, the broadcaster’s Q3 profits rose 35 per cent to $175.8 million from $130.2 million in the same quarter last year. Similarly, revenues rose 28 per cent to $461.6 million compared to $360.8 in the equivalent period last year. Television profits rose to $171.3 million compared to $127.9 million in the same quarter in 2016, while revenues in that segment jumped to $422.3 million...

Peter Menzies leaving CRTC in July

Media | 06/27/2017 12:41 pm EDT

Peter Menzies leaving CRTC in JulyThe CRTC’s vice-chairman of telecom, Peter Menzies, is leaving the CRTC nearly a year before the end of...

CCSA leads lobbying after Hill visit

Media | 06/26/2017 2:55 pm EDT

CCSA leads lobbying after Hill visitLast month’s deluge of Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) members on Parliament Hill for the...

Sam Sniderman takes on new role at Blue Ant

Media | 06/26/2017 2:17 pm EDT

Sam Sniderman takes on new role at Blue AntSam Sniderman has been named global head of commercial affairs and production at Blue Ant Media Inc.,...

SCC sets Canadian jurisdiction in Facebook privacy case

Media | 06/23/2017 4:50 pm EDT

SCC sets Canadian jurisdiction in Facebook privacy caseOTTAWA — Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that British Columbia has...

Interactive Ontario makes changes to board, staff

Media | 06/22/2017 3:20 pm EDT

Interactive Ontario has added three new directors to its board, the industry trade association said in a press release Wednesday. Joining the board are Sean Skelton, a software engineer at Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Emma Westecott, director of the Game:play lab at OCAD University, and lawyer David Dembroski, who has served as secretary and a member of the executive committee at the organization. They replace Daniel Dales, Valerie Fox and Peter Miller, Interactive Ontario said in the press release. In addition, executive director Christa Dickenson has been named president and CEO...

VR users say it will change everyday activities: report

Media | 06/21/2017 5:09 pm EDT

Two per cent of Canadians have a VR headset: MTMEarly adopters of virtual reality (VR) technology believe VR is poised to change pastimes like social networking and video viewing, though issues...

Wawatay seeking appeal of Aboriginal radio licence decision

Media | 06/21/2017 5:04 pm EDT

Wawatay seeking appeal of Aboriginal radio licence decisionOTTAWA — Wawatay Native Communications Society will ask for an appeal of...

Time Warner programming heading to Snapchat

Media | 06/21/2017 12:38 pm EDT

Snap Inc. has teamed up with Time Warner Inc. to develop programming for the picture- and video-sharing app Snapchat, Time Warner said Monday. In a blog post, Time Warner announced a new “global partnership” that will see...

Advisory group named to drive CBC board appointments

Media | 06/20/2017 5:45 pm EDT

Advisory group named to drive CBC board appointmentsOTTAWA — A nine-member panel has been charged with vetting potential appointees to the CBC/Radio-Canada...

Blue Ant names Alex Maldini VP of international sales

Media | 06/20/2017 12:11 pm EDT

Blue Ant names Alex Maldini VP of international salesAlex Maldini is the new vice-president of international sales and acquisitions at Blue Ant Media Inc.,...

Judith LaRocque named acting CRTC chair for 4-month term

Media | 06/19/2017 5:52 pm EDT

Judith LaRocque named acting CRTC chair for 4-month termJudith LaRocque has been appointed acting CRTC chairwoman for a four-month...

Blais evokes praise, criticism as he leaves CRTC

Media | 06/19/2017 5:36 pm EDT

Blais evokes praise, criticism as he leaves CRTCNow that former chairman Jean-Pierre Blais has departed the CRTC after five years at the helm, he leaves...

Canadians watching more movies online: MTM

Media | 06/19/2017 5:25 pm EDT

More anglophone Canadians are watching movies online, as the popularity of over-the-top (OTT) services continues, according to the latest Media Technology Monitor (MTM) report. The Thursday report by MTM, a project...

Increase indigenous representation at CRTC, conference hears

Media | 06/19/2017 5:18 pm EDT

Increase indigenous representation at CRTC, conference hearsOTTAWA — All of the country’s cultural institutions need a rethink when it comes to reflecting the reality of aboriginal people in Canada, an indigenous broadcasting conference heard Saturday, with ideas ranging from creating a dedicated office at the CRTC, to...

Facebook no place for terrorists, company says

Media | 06/16/2017 4:14 pm EDT

Facebook Inc. said it wants to be a “hostile place” for terrorists, and outlined Thursday a series of steps it’s taking to counteract terrorism on its platforms. These actions include using artificial intelligence to...

Reconciliation to play role in new CRTC chair’s mandate: Joly

Media | 06/16/2017 3:03 pm EDT

Reconciliation to play role in new CRTC chair’s mandate: JolyOTTAWA — The next chair of the CRTC will have a more explicit focus on...

Stingray to double number of employees

Media | 06/16/2017 1:50 pm EDT

Stingray to double number of employeesStingray Digital Group Inc. said in a press release Friday it is expanding its head office in Montreal...

Extension request for Unlimited Music shutdown denied

Media | 06/16/2017 11:58 am EDT

Videotron asks for extension on Unlimited Music finaleThe CRTC said Thursday it won’t give Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron extra time to shut down its...

Opposition MPs say conflict of interest in Heritage office

Media | 06/15/2017 5:26 pm EDT

Opposition MPs say conflict of interest in Heritage officeAlphabet Inc.’s Google Canada lobbied Leslie Church, its former communications head and now chief of staff to Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, on several occasions this year, meetings that are being criticized by Opposition MPs. The issue came up for the second day in...

‘Level playing field’ for foreign digital news services: committee

Media | 06/15/2017 4:52 pm EDT

‘Level playing field’ for foreign digital news services: committeeOTTAWA — After a year of study and hearing from 131 witnesses, some of...

Committee’s ISP tax proposal a non-starter: PM

Media | 06/15/2017 4:29 pm EDT

Committee’s ISP tax proposal a non-starter: PMOTTAWA — A House of Commons committee recommendation to expand the five-per-cent contribution broadcast...

Aboriginal radio licence decision ‘major disappointment’: Wawatay

Media | 06/14/2017 6:06 pm EDT

The CRTC has approved five urban radio licences in markets across the country to serve Aboriginal peoples, a decision one Ontario Aboriginal radio station said will result in fewer hours, and less...

Act now on copyright infringement ‘shakedown’ letters: Masse

Media | 06/14/2017 5:07 pm EDT

Act now on copyright infringement ‘shakedown’ letters: MasseThe federal government shouldn’t stand idly by, awaiting the looming...

Blais pans, prophesizes in end-of-term speech

Media | 06/13/2017 1:48 pm EDT

Blais pans, prophesizes in end-of-term speechCRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais used what may prove to be his final address as head of the telecom...

Blais confirms CRTC departure: report

Media | 06/12/2017 5:11 pm EDT

CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais did not reapply for his job as CEO of the country’s telecom and broadcast regulator, according to a report by the Canadian Press. The wire service reported Monday that Blais “says he believes...

CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: study

Media | 06/12/2017 3:04 pm EDT

CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: studyCanadians rely heaviest on CBC/Radio-Canada and the CRTC to protect...

Indigenous Screen Office coming to Canada

Media | 06/12/2017 2:06 pm EDT

A new office to support indigenous creators will open its doors, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly announced Monday at the Banff World Media Festival. The Indigenous Screen Office is a collaboration between the Aboriginal Peoples...

Joly notes creator ‘anxiety’ over CRTC licence renewal decision

Media | 06/09/2017 4:52 pm EDT

Joly notes creator ‘anxiety’ over CRTC licence renewal decisionHeritage Minister Mélanie Joly acknowledged the “anxiety” members of the creative community are experiencing following the CRTC’s licence renewal decision, but didn’t...

CRTC rejects Toronto area radio expansion, approves SW Ont. station

Media | 06/09/2017 12:28 pm EDT

Two Ontario markets with prospective applications for broadcasting licences can’t sustain any new radio stations, the CRTC said Friday. In separate decisions posted online, the regulator said...

Bell to sell specialty channel to Wow in ‘strategic partnership’

Media | 06/08/2017 3:24 pm EDT

Bell to sell specialty channel to Wow in ‘strategic partnership’BCE Inc.’s media division said Wednesday that it’s entered into an...

‘Alternative video’ services more satisfying than pay TV: study

Media | 06/08/2017 3:10 pm EDT

Non-traditional TV subscribers, such as those who use over-the-top (OTT) services, are more satisfied than those with traditional pay-TV subscriptions, a new J.D. Power survey suggested. Customers...

Rightsholders ask court for I.D. of customers of 13 ISPs

Media | 06/08/2017 1:55 pm EDT

Rightsholders ask court for I.D. of customers of 13 ISPsThree movie studios have gone through the Canadian court system to identify...

Analytics, applications opportunities in IoT: Telus’ Cihra

Media | 06/07/2017 5:42 pm EDT

Analytics, applications opportunities in IoT: Telus’ CihraTORONTO — The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) also presents a chance for telecoms to monetize the data coming from IoT devices, said Michael Cihra, vice-president of IoT and emerging markets at Telus Corp. “The one area that we also spend some time on now that...

Thursday Night Football touches down at Bell Media

Media | 06/07/2017 3:31 pm EDT

BCE Inc.’s properties have scored the broadcast rights to the National Football League’s Thursday Night Football games, Bell Media announced Wednesday. The regular-season games will air on TSN, CTV Two and RDS as of the...

Canadian Film Centre, Bell Media team up for VR, AR project

Media | 06/07/2017 3:04 pm EDT

The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and BCE Inc.’s media division have teamed up to develop virtual and augmented reality projects, the duo said in a Wednesday press release. "We're very excited to...

CTV joins local news expansion parade

Media | 06/07/2017 12:15 pm EDT

An additional nine local CTV stations across the country will begin airing an early evening newscast this fall, BCE Inc.’s media division said Wednesday. “Local news is an essential institution that unites communities...

Rogers Media Sales signs with weather, food brands

Media | 06/06/2017 4:26 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. announced Tuesday its media sales division had signed two deals that “expand reach and deliver brand-safe, premium-content environments to advertisers.” In a press release, the company said the...

New TV, streaming offerings eyed to help stem piracy

Media | 06/06/2017 3:26 pm EDT

New TV, streaming offerings eyed to help stem piracyTORONTO — Products like new streaming TV services and sports-focused TV-everywhere offerings will help...

Bloc MPs push heritage minister on CRTC licence decision

Media | 06/06/2017 12:07 pm EDT

Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly is facing more calls to order the CRTC to review its licence renewal decision, this time from the Bloc Québécois. On Monday, Bloc MP Xavier Barsalou-Duval noted...

Videotron ‘author’ of own misfortune: consumer advocates

Media | 06/05/2017 5:01 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron made its bed and now it has to lie in it, according to consumer and digital rights advocates who opposed the company’s request for a delay in complying with the CRTC’s...

Rogers to expand CityNews nationally

Media | 06/05/2017 4:36 pm EDT

Rogers to expand CityNews nationallyRogers Communications Inc.’s media division will be expanding its CityNews program outside of Toronto...

Radio still big among Canadians: MTM

Media | 06/05/2017 2:19 pm EDT

Radio still factors heavily into the daily lives of anglophone Canadians, with local stations providing some of the most popular content, according to a new Media Technology Monitor (MTM) report. The Thursday report by MTM, a project of CBC/Radio-Canada, noted that 88 per cent of anglophones over 18 still listen to AM/FM radio content, with the average respondent listening to nine hours per week on traditional receivers — defined as a car radio, clock radio alarm or stereo system. About four in five use traditional receivers, with about 56 per cent of respondents indicating they use...

Shoan files for appeal of second dismissal

Media | 06/05/2017 12:13 pm EDT

Twice-fired CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan has filed his application for judicial review, appealing his second removal from his post as the regional representative for Ontario. In a notice of application filed at the Federal Court...

Bell can’t limit TV customers to one custom package: CRTC

Media | 06/02/2017 1:08 pm EDT

Allowing customers to only select TV channels à la carte after they’ve taken advantage of one 10-channel small package doesn’t comply with the CRTC’s pick-and-pay rules, BCE Inc. was told....

Public conversation needed on right to be forgotten: Google Canada

Media | 06/02/2017 12:53 pm EDT

OTTAWA — Before any right to be forgotten rules are instituted in Canada, there needs to be a fulsome public discussion, Colin McKay, head of public policy and government relations at Alphabet...

CRTC calls for renewal of broadcasting licences for TV services

Media | 06/02/2017 11:36 am EDT

The CRTC has called for those holding TV service broadcasting licences that expire at the end of August 2018 to apply for their renewal. In a notice posted Thursday, the commission said licensees...

NorthVu drops Bell IPTV patent case

Media | 05/31/2017 5:05 pm EDT

NorthVu Inc. has abandoned an appeal it filed with MediaTube Corp. in a dispute with BCE Inc. NorthVu filed a notice of discontinuance on May 23 in an appeal the two parties launched in February, against a January Federal Court decision that found Bell did not infringe a patent belonging to the two companies. NorthVu and MediaTube had claimed Bell and its Bell Aliant division used their patent, which allows TV signals to be more efficiently managed by sending only those signals the user selects, in its Fibe TV IPTV offering. The appeal filed by MediaTube continues....

Canadian content finding home in Europe: report

Media | 05/30/2017 4:23 pm EDT

Canada Media Fund (CMF)-supported content has seen a healthy export market in Europe, rivalling Canada’s number one export market in the United States, according to a new report sponsored by the Canadian Media Producers...

Joly ‘studying’ CRTC licence decision after criticism

Media | 05/30/2017 1:36 pm EDT

Joly ‘studying’ CRTC licence decision after criticismHeritage Minister Mélanie Joly told a parliamentary...

Judy Gladstone to head Documentary Organization of Canada

Media | 05/29/2017 5:50 pm EDT

The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) said in a press release Monday Judy Gladstone is taking over as its executive director. She replaces Pepita Ferrari in the role. Between 1997 and...

Few policy details from new CPC leader

Media | 05/29/2017 4:56 pm EDT

Few policy details from new CPC leaderConservatives elected Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer as party and official Opposition leader over 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...

Rogers targets gamers with new e-sports content, peering deals

Media | 05/25/2017 4:58 pm EDT

Rogers targets gamers with new e-sports content, peering dealsRogers Communications Inc. has begun marketing itself as the Internet...

Videotron asks for extension on Unlimited Music finale

Media | 05/25/2017 2:13 pm EDT

Videotron asks for extension on Unlimited Music finaleQuebecor Inc.’s Videotron is asking the CRTC for more time to comply with...

Blue Ant buys Racat in int’l expansion move

Media | 05/24/2017 4:17 pm EDT

Blue Ant Media Inc. has acquired Racat Group, with international assets that include production houses and mobile game developers. As part of the deal, announced Wednesday, Blue Ant gets Racat’s New Zealand-based natural...

CPC members less supportive of CBC funding: surveys

Media | 05/24/2017 3:18 pm EDT

CPC members less supportive of CBC funding: surveysThe Canadian public and the Conservative Party of Canada members have differing views when it comes to what the country should do about funding for CBC/Radio-Canada, according to surveys commissioned by Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. While 82 per cent of the Canadian...