GATINEAU - The quest of both the CRTC and the federal government to ensure consumers have more choice in their TV packages is running into some difficult headwinds. Vertically integrated... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - The place, and prominence, of American specialty networks in Canadian television programming packages may soon be changing as the CRTC grapples with the part that U.S. discretionary services... Continue Reading
EMERALD PARK, Sask. - It may have taken a little longer than expected for Ag-Com Productions to bring The Rural Channel (TRC) to life, but it recently celebrated its one... Continue Reading
TORONTO - “It was not a take or leave it situation,” Ken Engelhart, senior VP of regulatory at Rogers Communications Inc., says of the roaming agreement the company signed with... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - “A suitable framework” and “a good interim measure” were the words Simon Lockie, chief regulatory officer at Wind Mobile, used to describe the federal government’s domestic wireless roaming... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - New entrants and would-be wireless providers find themselves trying to again convince the federal telecom regulator that it needs to intervene in the wireless market. At the same... Continue Reading
TORONTO and GATINEAU - Ethnic Channels Group Ltd. has lobbed pretty serious accusations at VMedia Inc., alleging the company is using the public Internet to deliver TV services and that... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Bell Canada told a Senate committee Wednesday that its new customer information collection practices and its targeted advertising program comply with current privacy laws. Its policy strikes an... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Bell Canada’s new privacy policy, implemented last fall and which sparked outcry from customers, is now under scrutiny of the Senate. The communications and broadcasting company’s practices are... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Various parties continued to question the level to which Rogers Media will use its recently acquired NHL hockey content as a component of its Canadian programming expenditures (CPE)... Continue Reading
