Rogers Communications last week announced it has received clearance from the Competition Bureau to proceed with its acquisition of Bell’s 37.5-per-cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE). Rogers said the... Continue Reading
Kids and family entertainment company WildBrain announced Tuesday it has signed a global distribution deal with the LEGO Group to bring animated content from four popular LEGO franchises to WildBrain’s YouTube network... Continue Reading
Bell Media announced Monday the official rebranding and programming slate for its suite of currently branded Discovery channels and Animal Planet, which will sport their new channel names as of... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout The Federal Court of Appeal ruled Monday that the major foreign streamers may have a legitimate grievance against the imposition by the CRTC of a base financial... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen The CRTC has issued an order prohibiting Gill Broadcasting from illegally operating a South Asian radio station in Winnipeg. The decision follows numerous complaints from Winnipeg multi-ethnic... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout After five years of injunctions against a host of unlicensed content, Canada’s major broadcasters earlier this week filed a notice to the Federal Court ending their legal... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen The CRTC has released the mandatory bargaining framework that will apply when major online platforms and eligible Canadian news organizations negotiate agreements under the Online News Act. The Act sets out a... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC said Thursday that it has streamlined the process by which it evaluates Broadband Fund applications to speed up the process and has given indigenous communities... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Representatives from the country’s largest telcos urged Senate members to consider legislation that would make copper theft a serious crime to deter what they say is becoming... Continue Reading
In a decision published on its website Wednesday, the CRTC has approved Access Communications Co-operative’s April application to acquire Regina community radio station 91.3 FM CJTR from non-profit corporation Radius Communications. The CRTC said... Continue Reading
