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Accessibility reporting should apply to resellers: Bell, Shaw

Media | 04/06/2021 5:57 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsBCE Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. are taking issue with TekSavvy Solutions Inc.'s assertion that it will be unfairly burdened by regulations that will require companies to make their services more accessible to Canadians with disabilities. The CRTC is set to implement...

Numerous groups urge CRTC not to cut CanCon quotas for radio

Media | 04/01/2021 4:39 pm EDT

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviewsNumerous advocacy groups and smaller broadcasters are recommending that the CRTC avoid cutting Canadian Content quotas for radio stations. These views come from a broad group of intervenors, writing in response to the Commission’s consultation on Canadian commercial...

Experts question effectiveness of online harm regulator

Media | 03/31/2021 6:03 pm EDT

Experts question effectiveness of online harm regulatorPanelists reflecting Wednesday on Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s...

Canadian radio broadcasters ask CRTC for space to compete with streamers

Media | 03/30/2021 5:35 pm EDT

Canadian radio broadcasters ask CRTC for space to compete with streamersThe CRTC needs to do away with restrictive regulations, argue multiple...

Heritage committee wants Zuckerberg’s answers

Media | 03/29/2021 7:53 pm EDT

International legislators flag regulatory options for data giantsDuring a hearing on Facebook, Inc.’s relationship with the federal government Monday, multiple members...

CRTC imposes 75k CASL fine on spammer

Media | 03/29/2021 7:08 pm EDT

An individual who allegedly sent more than 670,000 spam emails is being fined $75,000 - the largest-ever penalty for violating Canada’s anti-spam legislation, the CRTC announced Monday.  Between December 2015 and May 2018,...

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 giants like Netflix, Inc. under the regulator's remit, chair Ian Scott said effectively that they're used to it.  Speaking to MPs at a Friday meeting of the House of Commons Heritage committee, Scott told NDP MP Heather McPherson "we're in the business of regulation, so I think we're probably used to parties,...

GoldTV site-blocking order runs “roughshod” over parliament’s authority: TekSavvy

Media | 03/25/2021 7:57 pm EDT

Telecoms’ site-blocking court request ‘draconian,’ TekSavvy arguesIs a Nov. 2019 court order mandating a number of...

CRTC report floats idea of Indigenous content quotas

Media | 03/25/2021 7:43 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC has released the findings from its first phase in the development of a new Indigenous...

CBC seeks local content exemptions for Olympics

Media | 03/25/2021 5:09 pm EDT

CBC/Radio-Canada is once again asking the CRTC to temporarily relieve it of its local programming and described video obligations for the period of this year’s Tokyo Olympics. In its part 1 application to the CRTC, posted...

Smaller broadcasters, telecoms fret over CRTC’s accessibility reporting proposals

Media | 03/23/2021 6:19 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsOrganizations representing smaller Canadian broadcasters and telecoms have...

ShavaTV piracy pair found in contempt of Ontario court

Media | 03/23/2021 5:57 pm EDT

ShavaTV piracy pair found in contempt of Ontario courtTwo people who had been allegedly selling subscriptions to pirated content...

Federal court dismisses telecom carriers attempt to get SOCAN royalties back

Media | 03/22/2021 7:03 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc., and Quebecor Inc.’s collective bid to get back millions in royalties they say they paid to the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada...

Local news funding needed in C-10: Bell

Media | 03/22/2021 6:07 pm EDT

Local news funding needed in C-10: BellAs the House of Commons Heritage committee hearings on the government's proposed update to the...

CRTC’s botnet-blocking proposal draws telecom opposition

Media | 03/17/2021 4:37 pm EDT

CRTC’s botnet-blocking proposal draws telecom oppositionTelecommunications companies big and small have expressed opposition to a...

Focus on competition at ‘day of action’ following Rogers-Shaw deal

Media | 03/16/2021 6:10 pm EDT

As news of Roger’s Communications Inc.’s deal to acquire Shaw Communications Inc. sparks discussions on what it may mean for the wireless market in Canada, advocates say competition and other considerations will be important for the public’s best interests in the future.  During an “Affordable Internet Day of Action” panel discussions hosted by multiple groups Tuesday, the day’s conversations centred around affordable Internet access for all and the state of the national market,...

Internet Society expresses concern over CRTC botnet blocking plan

Media | 03/16/2021 4:02 pm EDT

The Internet Society (ISOC) has highlighted what it says are “significant risks” in the CRTC’s proposal for Canadian ISPs to be required to block malicious botnet traffic on their networks....

Regulatory approval of Rogers-Shaw deal will hinge on wireless: Execs, analysts

Media | 03/15/2021 8:30 am EDT

Plan comes together for TV subs boost in Shaw Q3: MehrFrom the perspective of Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Joe Natale,...

C-10 regulations ‘Kafkaesque’: Quebecor’s PKP

Media | 03/12/2021 5:42 pm EST

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau told MPs at a Friday meeting of the House of Commons Heritage committee that the government initiative to overhaul the Broadcasting Act, known as Bill C-10, should focus more on deregulating existing traditional Canadian media.  "For traditional broadcasters -- those that showcase...

C-10 policy direction draft will be subject to public scrutiny before being issued

Media | 03/08/2021 6:15 pm EST

Stakeholders from across the broadcasting sector will have a chance to comment on a draft of the policy direction that will shape how the CRTC applies the forthcoming update to the Broadcast Act,...

Cogeco accuses Wildbrain of “glaring abuse” of CRTC process over Part 1

Media | 03/03/2021 5:26 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsCogeco Inc. has responded to a Part 1 from television company Wildbrain, calling the company’s attempts to invoke the CRTC’s standstill rule “a glaring abuse of the...

Helped by Fizz, Quebecor reports strong Q4 earnings

Media | 02/25/2021 5:42 pm EST

Helped by Fizz, Quebecor reports strong Q4 earningsQuebecor Inc. has continued to grow its revenues in spite of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, according to...

Half of Canadians want CanCon regs for music streaming services: CRTC survey

Media | 02/23/2021 5:19 pm EST

Half of Canadians want CanCon regs for music streaming services: CRTC surveyA new survey suggests that just over half of Canadians believe that...

Broadcast Act update needs to do more for BIPOC: REMC 

Media | 02/22/2021 5:55 pm EST

People of colour have long been underrepresented on Canadian airwaves, and the government's proposed update to the Broadcasting Act, known as Bill C-10, is a "chance to heal these wounds," according...

CRTC renews shorter term licences for B.C., N.B. radio stations after non-compliance

Media | 02/19/2021 3:53 pm EST

The CRTC has renewed the licence for a pair of BCE Inc.-owned radio stations in British Columbia and New Brunswick, though the regulator has decided to keep both stations on a shorter leash because of...

Facebook’s Australian news blockade won’t deter us: Guilbeault

Media | 02/18/2021 4:50 pm EST

Gov’t to introduce web giant, CanCon, news legislation in fall: GuilbeaultThe day after Facebook Inc. made good on its threat to block all news from...

Bloc pushes for web giants to support Canadian media

Media | 02/17/2021 5:10 pm EST

The Bloc Québécois is pushing the federal government to take “urgent” action to support local media by imposing new taxes on web giants such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc.  In the House of Commons...

MPs highlight need for more regulation, enforcement of social media platforms in Canada 

Media | 02/11/2021 5:23 pm EST

In a Friends of Canadian Broadcasting panel on Thursday, MPs from the three major parties indicated support for additional regulations and enforcement to manage threats of...

Tait again calls for digital flexibility

Media | 02/09/2021 4:30 pm EST

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024CBC/Radio-Canada president Catherine Tait doubled down on its request for greater flexibility to spend on digital services, saying it was needed in order for the CBC to be “a relevant 21st century digital media company”. In an interview at the Canadian Media Producers...

Bill C-10 only a ‘temporary approach’ to regulating online services: Friends

Media | 02/05/2021 5:39 pm EST

Bill C-10 only a ‘temporary approach’ to regulating online services: FriendsIn a preliminary study on the government's overhaul of the Broadcasting Act...

Bell says it will spend an extra $1B on networks

Media | 02/04/2021 4:56 pm EST

Bell says it will spend an extra $1B on networksBCE Inc. announced Thursday morning that it would increase its typical capital expenditure by between $1...

Clearview AI engaged in illegal mass surveillance: privacy commissioners

Media | 02/03/2021 6:43 pm EST

Experts say there is no road map for a Facebook-OPC court fightThe facial recognition technology company used by dozens of police...

Official language minority groups ask to be included in Broadcasting Act overhaul

Media | 02/01/2021 5:44 pm EST

The government’s draft legislation to reform Canada’s Broadcasting Act must be amended to explicitly include official language minority communities, stakeholders told the House of Commons heritage committee Monday, during its first hearing into Bill C-10. Representatives of the Fédération culturelle...

CBC defends its digital switch, terms of trade reluctance

Media | 01/28/2021 6:01 pm EST

CBC president Catherine TaitOn the final day of three weeks of CRTC hearings into CBC/Radio-Canada's license renewal, the public broadcaster Thursday tried to push back against some of the criticism levelled at it by intervenors. CBC's digital spending does not degrade its news coverage, and the...

Rogers revenues, profit fall due to roaming and overage drops

Media | 01/28/2021 3:08 pm EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionRogers Communications Inc. announced a seven-per-cent fall in revenues and...

CMPA wants CRTC to stand firm on terms of trade with CBC

Media | 01/27/2021 6:13 pm EST

CMPA wants CRTC to stand firm on terms of trade with CBCThe Canadian Media Producers Association has called on the CRTC to force...

PIAC, CMG criticize CBC’s request for digital flexibility

Media | 01/26/2021 6:13 pm EST

The new digital initiatives from CBC/Radio-Canada like the English-language Gem and its French counterpart ICI Tou.tv have not yet shown themselves to be good enough to fulfill the broadcaster's...

Directors, writers demand CBC transparency on digital spending

Media | 01/25/2021 6:18 pm EST

To begin the third and final week of the CRTC's hearings on CBC/Radio-Canada's license renewal, organizations representing the directors and writers for Canada's film and television industry have...

Court should strike portions of OPC affidavit: Facebook 

Media | 01/21/2021 6:30 pm EST

On the second day of a preliminary hearing into a dispute between Facebook and the federal privacy watchdog Thursday, the social media giant presented arguments to a Federal Court judge that the court...

Facebook, OPC square off in court over Cambridge Analytica report

Media | 01/20/2021 5:05 pm EST

CRTC consulting on new radio stations in Northern OntarioThe motto of Facebook Inc. is, famously, "move fast and break things." ...

Advocates call for end to digital media exemptions for CBC

Media | 01/18/2021 5:40 pm EST

Senate committee to look into issue of tax on foreign adsThe advocacy group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has called on the CRTC...

Cogeco launches IPTV

Media | 01/18/2021 5:25 pm EST

Cogeco Inc. has officially launched its IPTV service, dubbed Epico. Epico, which runs on the MediaFirst platform, is now available to the “majority of Cogeco customers in the territories served by the company,” according to a press release Monday. “This new service will allow customers...

Numeris’ video audience management system to go national

Media | 01/18/2021 4:39 pm EST

Broadcasters suing pirate ‘IPTV’ providerAudience measurement company Numeris will fully roll-out its video audience management (VAM) nationally in mid-2023 after delivering preliminary datasets to members for its Ontario and Quebec panels.  The non-profit organization announced last week in a release that the...

Court certifies TVA Sports class action

Media | 01/14/2021 5:54 pm EST

Quebec’s Superior Court has certified a class action lawsuit on behalf of BCE Inc. TV subscribers who lost access to Quebecor Inc.’s TVA Sports after Quebecor cut the signal in the spring of 2019.  La Presse reported...

Corus revenues down 10 per cent

Media | 01/12/2021 6:58 pm EST

Corus Entertainment Inc. reported Tuesday its first-quarter revenues were $420.3 million, down 10 per cent from the same period a year earlier. Profits, meanwhile, were down three per cent to $178.6 million in the three-month...

As he steps down, Bains says telecom affordability ‘won’t go away’

Media | 01/12/2021 7:58 am EST

Gov’t tables PIPEDA reform, new consumer privacy legislationThe affordability-focused initiatives Navdeep Bains put in place will...

COVID impact on CBC not as significant as expected, Tait says

Media | 01/11/2021 6:20 pm EST

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024The COVID-19 pandemic dropped CBC/Radio-Canada’s revenues by 11 per cent,...

Intervention deadline extended for commercial radio review

Media | 01/11/2021 5:37 pm EST

The CRTC has extended its deadline for interventions to its commercial radio policy framework review following a procedural request from various associations representing the music sector. Interventions, which were initially due on Feb. 1 are now due on Mar. 29, the CRTC announced Monday, with replies due on April 28. In announcing its intention to review the framework last January, the regulator said the review would include media consolidation rules, quotas of Canadian content and limits on the amount of top 40 songs that can be played in Ottawa and Montreal. BCE Inc.’s senior...

Big changes at Bell Media as six execs depart their jobs

Media | 01/06/2021 5:46 pm EST

BCE Inc.’s Bell Media division is starting off the year with significant changes to its executive roster, including the departures of its vice-president of regulatory affairs Kevin Goldstein,...

Court won’t hear appeal over CRTC’s radio licence denial

Media | 01/04/2021 4:52 pm EST

The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected an application for leave to appeal by a broadcaster whose radio licence was denied renewal by the CRTC. The CRTC denied the licence renewal for Groupe...

CBC refuses to provide CRTC information about diversity of production staff

Media | 12/18/2020 2:59 pm EST

In the lead up to its license renewal hearings in January, CBC/Radio-Canada has declined to provide the CRTC with statistics about the diversity of its in-house production staff. Following a...

CRTC study: virtual BDU services could slow decline of Canadian TV

Media | 12/17/2020 5:15 pm EST

A new CRTC study suggests that the decline of broadcast television could be slowed — but not stopped — if TV providers invest in virtual or online broadcast distribution undertakings (vBDUs). ...

Government asks court to throw out Bell challenge to CRTC fine

Media | 12/15/2020 6:17 pm EST

In seeking to appeal a $17.9 million fine imposed by the CRTC in October for misallocating local programming spending, BCE Inc. has failed to demonstrate that the CRTC denied it a level of procedural...

Senator proposes Broadcasting Act amendment banning branded content on CBC

Media | 12/14/2020 5:39 pm EST

Prince Edward Island senator Percy Downe has announced that he will introduce an amendment that will prevent CBC/Radio-Canada from publishing or broadcasting sponsored content. Following on from...

Michel Lorrain steps down from Cogeco media division

Media | 12/14/2020 5:29 pm EST

Michel LorrainPresident of Cogeco Inc.'s media division Michel Lorrain has stepped down from the position, the company...

CRTC says Tandem can be discussed at CBC licence renewal hearing

Media | 12/11/2020 4:49 pm EST

The CRTC will not open a new Part 1 or consultation in response to a letter from a number of ex-CBC/Radio-Canada employees criticizing the public broadcaster’s new branded content scheme, Tandem. ...

CBC employees pen open letter, petition gov. seeking CRTC investigation of branded content

Media | 12/09/2020 5:38 pm EST

CBC board postings extendedImpatient with the progress of a month-old Part 1 application at the CRTC, a group of some 500 current and former CBC/Radio-Canada employees have authored an "Open Letter to...

CRTC seeks further information on telecoms’ paper billing practices

Media | 12/03/2020 3:15 pm EST

A CRTC consultation on paper billing practices in the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors is continuing, with the commission requesting that all major companies respond to a series of...

Sales tax for foreign digital services coming July 1

Media | 11/30/2020 6:07 pm EST

Sales tax for foreign digital services coming July 1The federal government plans to begin imposing sales taxes on foreign digital services on July 1, 2021...

Journalistic exemption under PIPEDA should apply to Google: CBC

Media | 11/26/2020 6:16 pm EST

CNOC calls for gov’t funding to keep Canadians connectedIn a case that could determine whether a "right to be forgotten" exists in...

Bell seeks to challenge CRTC community programming fine in court

Media | 11/25/2020 6:48 pm EST

BCE Inc. has filed an application for leave to appeal a $17.9-million penalty imposed by the CRTC last month for violations of its broadcasting license, arguing that the CRTC failed to give the...

Rogers cuts jobs in TV, radio

Media | 11/23/2020 5:31 pm EST

Rogers Communications Inc. has cut an unspecified number of jobs from its sports and media divisions, citing the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement emailed to The Wire Report, a Rogers Sports & Media spokesperson explained that the restructuring would allow the company to focus more on “multiplatform experiences,” amid broader shifts in the industry. “We are modernizing our business to position us for growth as we face the continued effects of a seismic shift in the media industry from traditional to digital and the challenges of the global pandemic." A number of reports stated that jobs were cut at CityTV stations in Calgary and Vancouver, and included employees from local Breakfast Television productions, as the company moves towards a national version of the morning show, which is set to premiere in...

OPC expresses concern over privacy rights in government’s PIPEDA update

Media | 11/20/2020 2:31 pm EST

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has responded to the Liberal government’s proposed new privacy legislation for the private sector — while the office “welcomes” Bill...

CanCon relief will help commercial radio compete with Spotify: Bell Media 

Media | 11/19/2020 5:40 pm EST

CanCon relief will help commercial radio compete with Spotify: Bell Media Canadian content programming relief from the CRTC would allow BCE Inc.'s...

CRTC to release report on impact on online services on TV soon

Media | 11/17/2020 6:27 pm EST

The CRTC will release a report detailing the impact of online services on the state of video and television and video distribution in Canada and some nine other countries before the end of the year,...

Gov’t tables PIPEDA reform, new consumer privacy legislation

Media | 11/17/2020 5:54 pm EST

Gov’t tables PIPEDA reform, new consumer privacy legislationThe federal government introduced sweeping private-sector privacy law...

Government launches Privacy Act consultation

Media | 11/16/2020 6:34 pm EST

The federal government today announced that it is launching a public consultation on reviewing the Privacy Act, Canada's public sector privacy law.  In a Monday evening release, the Department of Justice said that members of...

OPC seeks right for Canadians to push back on AI decision making 

Media | 11/13/2020 8:14 pm EST

Experts say there is no road map for a Facebook-OPC court fightThe Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has issued its...

Former CBC employees ask CRTC to investigate branded content

Media | 11/13/2020 5:44 pm EST

A group of former CBC employees have asked the CRTC to look into CBC/Radio-Canada sponsored content program Tandem. The Friday Part 1 application, which is not yet available on the regulator’s...

CRTC consulting on its commercial radio policy

Media | 11/13/2020 10:17 am EST

The CRTC has launched a consultation to review its regulatory framework for the commercial radio sector. It said in Thursday’s notice of consultation that it’s looking to “update the regulatory framework to best serve the...

CRTC asks CBC to provide info about diversity of its production staff

Media | 11/11/2020 4:39 pm EST

In anticipation of CBC/Radio-Canada’s January license renewal hearings, the CRTC has requested that the broadcaster collect file information about staff diversity on its productions. In a letter to CBC executive director of corporate and regulatory affairs Bev Kirshenblatt, the commission asked the broadcaster to provide statistics about the number of individuals from marginalized groups who held key roles (such as producers, editors, directors, writers, and lead performers) on all CBC...

Bell’s Bibic gives a ‘tip of the hat’ on Broadcast Act update

Media | 11/05/2020 6:26 pm EST

Bell's Bibic gives a 'tip of the hat' on Broadcast Act updateBCE Inc. CEO Mirko Bibic praised the updates to the Broadcasting Act...

Quebecor Q3 revenues tick upwards, driven by wireless

Media | 11/05/2020 5:20 pm EST

Quebecor Q3 revenues tick upwards, driven by wirelessQuebecor Inc. posted its third-quarter earnings on Thursday morning, with revenues slightly up, boosted...

Digital platforms won’t fight or flee new regulations, Guilbeault says

Media | 11/04/2020 5:46 pm EST

Digital platforms won’t fight or flee new regulations, Guilbeault saysHeritage Minister Steven Guilbeault isn’t concerned about potential...

Broadcast Act updates not comprehensive enough: NDP, Conservatives

Media | 11/03/2020 6:44 pm EST

Broadcaster pushes for new multilingual channel as COVID lobbying continuesThe Liberal government’s proposed updates to the Broadcasting Act have...

CRTC to have ‘roughly nine months’ to act on Broadcasting Act update

Media | 11/03/2020 11:11 am EST

CRTC to have ‘roughly nine months’ to act on Broadcasting Act updateThe Liberal government’s long-awaited update to the Broadcasting Act confirms that the CRTC is able to regulate online services such as streaming platforms and leaves it to...

CanCon relief proposal ‘overly broad’, redundant: creative groups

Media | 11/02/2020 6:41 pm EST

In its reply to interventions on the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' request for a policy of "deemed compliance" in Canadian programming expenditures, the Canadian Media Producers Association...

Community radio pushes back on CAB CanCon relief request

Media | 10/30/2020 12:41 pm EDT

The National Campus and Community Radio Association, Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada and Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec have filed a joint intervention arguing...

OPC failed to observe ‘bedrock rules of evidence’ in court: Facebook

Media | 10/27/2020 10:33 am EDT

International legislators flag regulatory options for data giantsFacebook Inc. is asking a judge to throw out significant chunks of an...

CRTC says Bell ‘misallocated’ $35.9M of community TV funds

Media | 10/23/2020 5:43 pm EDT

BCE Inc. misclassified a number of self-promotional productions as community programming, and misallocated $35.9 million to its CTV networks, the CRTC said Thursday. In its decision renewing a...

Rogers Q3 buoyed by wireless adds, sports advertising

Media | 10/22/2020 5:50 pm EDT

Security, data concerns drive two-phone phenomenon: Bell CEORogers Communications Inc. showed a rebound in its third-quarter earnings report Thursday, with media and...

TV advertising declines slow down for Corus in Q4

Media | 10/22/2020 5:32 pm EDT

TV advertising declines slow down for Corus in Q4Corus Entertainment Inc. continues to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the rate of decline...

Broadcasters shouldn’t use COVID to change CanCon obligations: WGC

Media | 10/21/2020 6:28 pm EDT

Broadcasters suing pirate ‘IPTV’ providerWhether or not there is a pandemic, large broadcasters want to do away with...

Proposed Quebec privacy law overhaul ‘concerning’: Bell lawyer

Media | 10/20/2020 6:17 pm EDT

Proposed Quebec privacy law overhaul ‘concerning’: Bell lawyerSpeaking Tuesday morning at an online event, Bell assistant general counsel...

Increased offer for Cogeco rejected by Audet family

Media | 10/19/2020 5:00 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. and Altice USA Inc. upped their offer in a joint takeover bid of Cogeco Inc. from $10.3 billion to $11 billion over weekend, a bid that was rejected by the controlling shareholder of the company, the Audet family.  The offer, in which Rogers would take over Cogeco's Canadian operations while Altice takes over assets south of the border, would see Rogers increase its own offer by $300 million, from $4.9 billion up to $5.2 billion. "As we did on September 2nd, 2020, following the announcement of their first unsolicited proposal, members of the Audet family...

CBC putting branded content initiative on ‘pause’

Media | 10/07/2020 11:08 am EDT

CBC putting branded content initiative on ‘pause’The branded content initiative launched by CBC/Radio-Canada last month has been put on hiatus while the...

Google $1B news initiative won’t stop new legislation, gov’t says

Media | 10/01/2020 7:34 pm EDT

Gov’t to introduce web giant, CanCon, news legislation in fall: GuilbeaultAn announcement Thursday from Alphabet Inc.'s Google that it would put...

Production sector to receive $50M in gov’t insurance support

Media | 09/25/2020 4:52 pm EDT

Production sector to receive $50M in gov’t insurance supportIndependent producers will be able to access a $50 million insurance...

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promises

Media | 09/23/2020 2:54 pm EDT

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promisesIn Wednesday’s throne speech kicking off Parliament’s return, the...

Back to Parliament: your (pandemic) preview

Media | 09/22/2020 12:43 pm EDT

TrudeuCabinetRetreat2020Given the precarious situation around the now-escalating COVID-19 pandemic, what will actually be included in Wednesday’s speech from the throne, and in the government’s priorities in the following weeks, is more uncertain than ever. With a day to go, even the details of...

$1B of production at risk due to lack of insurance: CMPA, AQPM

Media | 09/18/2020 4:34 pm EDT

$1B of production at risk due to lack of insurance: CMPA, AQPMSome 214 "camera-ready" film and television projects, employing 19,500...

CRTC consulting on broadcasters’ request for emergency relief

Media | 09/17/2020 4:58 pm EDT

The CRTC Thursday launched a consultation on a request submitted by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters in mid-July that asked for emergency regulatory relief to address the impacts of the...

COVID has created a CanCon crisis, and Corus won’t waste it: CEO 

Media | 09/15/2020 5:37 pm EDT

The production slowdown stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns has created a crisis for Corus Entertainment Inc. in terms of meeting its CRTC-mandated Canadian programming expenditures (CPE),...

Google not shielded by journalistic protections, OPC tells court

Media | 09/11/2020 1:57 pm EDT

CNOC calls for gov’t funding to keep Canadians connectedPrivacy commissioner Daniel Therrien has urged Federal Court to find the...

Radio station appealing CRTC licence denial in court

Media | 09/09/2020 4:44 pm EDT

After the CRTC refused to renew its broadcast licence earlier this summer, Groupe Médias Pam Inc. has turned to the Federal Court of Appeal, asking it to overturn that CRTC decision. In July, the regulator denied the renewal...

Conservatives name new innovation, heritage critics

Media | 09/08/2020 4:36 pm EDT

Conservatives name new innovation, heritage criticsNew Conservative leader Erin O’Toole shuffled his shadow cabinet Tuesday, with new faces appointed to...

Refusal to sell Cogeco is ‘definitive,’ Audet says

Media | 09/08/2020 1:34 pm EDT

Refusal to sell Cogeco is ‘definitive,’ Audet saysLouis Audet, former CEO of Cogeco Inc. and current executive chairman of...

Bell argues site-blocking doesn’t need CRTC approval

Media | 09/04/2020 5:18 pm EDT

BCE Inc. has asked a Federal Court of Appeal judge to throw out an appeal of Canada's first ever site-blocking court order, saying that TekSavvy Solutions Inc.'s appeal of the order is grounded in...

Guilbeault doubles down on web giant legislation plans

Media | 09/03/2020 5:06 pm EDT

Guilbeault doubles down on web giant legislation plansHeritage Minister Steven Guilbeault Wednesday denounced what he called "threats" from Facebook Inc. to block the sharing of news content on its platforms if an Australian proposal to force the company to pay local news outlets for content makes its way into law.  In a...