November 6, 2020 5 years ago

COMMENTARY: Don’t blame the big Canadian broadcasters. We need them

And why we must address the real challenges facing Canadian broadcasting By Kevin Goldstein IN A RECENT CARTT.CA opinion piece, OUTtv CEO Brad Danks claims Canadian broadcasting policy is biased… Continue Reading

November 5, 2020 5 years ago

CMF getting another $525,000 from Corus

TORONTO – After a query by the CRTC about an old tangible benefits package sent Corus Entertainment back into its files for a look-see, the company discovered a payout… Continue Reading

November 5, 2020 5 years ago

Ontario court denies carrier appeal in pole rate case

By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – Some of the country’s largest carriers have lost an appeal challenging the process by which the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) set higher pole attachment rates… Continue Reading

November 5, 2020 5 years ago

CMF doubles emergency funding for racialized creators

TORONTO – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) today announced it has doubled, to $8 million, the Covid emergency relief funds available to support screen-based creators, organizations and businesses from… Continue Reading

November 5, 2020 5 years ago

Three executives depart as CBC restructures scripted content unit

Broadcaster now in search of four new directors TORONTO – CBC today said it is restructuring its scripted content team so it can “be more effective and responsive to the… Continue Reading

November 5, 2020 5 years ago

Shaw’s broadband gets even faster

CALGARY – Shaw Communications’ top-end broadband service got even faster today. The company launched Fibre+ Gig 1.5, which it says is “a new internet plan designed to provide gamers, streamers… Continue Reading

November 5, 2020 5 years ago

ISP Summit 2020: Why has ISED ceded the digital file to Heritage?

And can we please deal with all the delays? By Lynn Greiner TORONTO – The regulatory world is a strange and often not-too-wonderful place, and annually the ISP Summit’s regulatory panel… Continue Reading

November 5, 2020 5 years ago

Broadcasting Act: Changes “needed to happen three years ago”

Briefing call shows urgency, sticking points, for large players on broadcast changes By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – As major Canadian broadcasters fired off rote responses to media requests saying they are… Continue Reading

November 5, 2020 5 years ago

ISP Summit 2020: Nothing is coming yet to update the Telecom Act

TORONTO – The day after the Heritage Minister tabled amendments to the Broadcasting Act in the House of Commons, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Navdeep Bains,… Continue Reading

November 5, 2020 5 years ago

ISP Summit 2020: How operators must adapt quickly to deploy to the next gen broadband home

By Lynn Greiner TORONTO – Especially in today’s world, everyone needs fast, reliable Internet, which increasingly includes fast, reliable Wi-Fi At this week’s tenth annual ISP Summit, a panel composed of… Continue Reading