TORONTO and MONTREAL — Rogers and Videotron announced Monday that they have closed their respective purchases of Shaw and Freedom, after the innovation minister blessed the mega-merger on Friday.
The…
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By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA – The creative industry applauded the House moving bill C-11 forward after accepting most of the Senate’s amendments Thursday night.
But the industry also held some reservations…
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By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Two years and 16 days after Rogers and Shaw announced their intention to merge, Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne indirectly approved one of Canadian history’s largest…
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By Christopher Guly
Gatineau, Que. – Neither Canadian Heritage nor the Broadcasting Act should play a role in overseeing telecommunications or the internet, Alberta Conservative member of Parliament Rachael Thomas…
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By Konrad von Finckenstein, former chair of the CRTC
The Senate will review Bill C-18, the Online News Act, next week. Hopefully it will be a thorough review and improve…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced earlier this month new features for its Optik TV product, including accessing content from multiple apps more quickly.
The product features a simplified menu to access…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC on Monday denied an arbitration request from television distributor Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley for a deal to retransmit Quebecor’s TVA Sports.
Quebecor has said it…
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By Connie Thiessen
Political leaders and Indigenous artists gathered in Montreal on Tuesday to demand that the CRTC introduce a five per cent minimum quota for Indigenous music content on commercial radio.
The demand…
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OTTAWA – The Liberal government’s 2023 budget, released Tuesday, includes a commitment from the feds to work with regulatory agencies to reduce what it calls telecom “junk fees.”
“Unexpected, hidden,…
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By Connie Thiessen
WildBrain has announced it’s reached an agreement to acquire Toronto animation pre-production studio, House of Cool, expanding the company’s pre-production capabilities for animated series, specials and features.
Under the agreement,…
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