GATINEAU – While the Competition Bureau argued Monday it’s better not to regulate fibre facilities, others countered that Canada is far too big for facilities based competition and that the... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - Here we go again.Several years after the CRTC set the rules for mandated access to essential broadband facilities, the big telecommunications service providers (TSPs) and their smaller competitors... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The massive shift in advertising dollars from television to digital, the growing impact of over the top (OTT) and spectrum rights were among the big issues highlighted by... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Spectrum set asides, eligibility to purchase set-aside spectrum, and the band plan remain the primary sticking points for Canada’s wireless service providers in reply comments to Industry Canada’s... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – It doesn’t matter what the recently amended Telecommunications Act says regarding rate caps for wholesale roaming, the CRTC still has a duty to forbear from regulation if it... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - The screen went black for about 15 minutes Friday morning at the CRTC’s Let’s Talk TV policy hearing when chairman Jean-Pierre Blais abruptly called for a break after... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - Canada’s independent and ethnic broadcasters faced off before the CRTC on Thursday, with the more established Category A services arguing the removal of buy-through provisions which sustain their... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Independent ISP TekSavvy Solutions told the CRTC Tuesday it would love to become a broadcast distributor because that’s what its customers are asking, but added it can’t enter... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - The CRTC briefly changed the channel on Monday. The Let‘s Talk TV policy hearing turned its attention away from the impact that Netflix and over the top (OTT)... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The non-vertically integrated cablecos, Cogeco and members of the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) entered the Let’s Talk TV policy hearing discussion fray on Thursday with both arguing... Continue Reading
