President says organization will submit a comprehensive application "promptly" By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC has denied Vues & Voix a three-cent increase in the rate broadcasters must pay to carry... Continue Reading
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an application for leave to appeal from Canada’s largest broadcasters regarding a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that supplanted a Copyright Board decision regarding rate setting for the retransmission of distant... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout The attorney general, on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED), is asking the Federal Court of Appeal to intervene in SaskTel’s challenge to the CRTC’s... Continue Reading
The total economic impact of Canada’s media and advertising sector contributed $22.6 billion to the country’s GDP in 2024, but the sector faces critical job losses due to declining digital... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC on Friday set the final wholesale access rates to the bundled fibre networks of the incumbent telcos, keeping them “similar” to the existing rates set... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Cabinet has declined to overturn petitions challenging the CRTC’s decision to allow the three largest telecommunications companies access to the wholesale internet framework, arguing the regulator has... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout The Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) has been approved Monday for a three-cent increase in the price broadcasters must pay to carry the service, despite the CRTC... Continue Reading
Telecom said it is starting to deploy AI for ‘ARPU management’ By Ahmad Hathout Cogeco said Friday it launched Welo in the United States, a digital brand equivalent to its... Continue Reading
TekSavvy says regulator lacking teeth on the matter By Ahmad Hathout Despite CRTC letters asking them to maintain access, Cogeco and Eastlink have told the regulator they intend to move... Continue Reading
The CRTC in a letter last week told Eastlink to maintain Fibernetics’s access to its network, after the latter asked the commission to stop Eastlink from decommissioning coaxial facilities that the independent ISP uses... Continue Reading
