GATINEAU – The basic service objective (BSO) hearing changed mid-stream when CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais made the unprecedented move of delivering a statement declaring broadband “vital” to Canadians. After that,... Continue Reading
GATNIEAU – Many broadband Internet providers say the CRTC must refrain from adopting new funding mechanisms for the deployment of high-speed networks to under-served and unserved areas of the country... Continue Reading
Outlines fresh approach to local newsOTTAWA – The national public broadcaster got a relatively easy ride at the Heritage committee on Thursday. CBC/Radio-Canada was given the opportunity to explain how... Continue Reading
"Citizen journalists" don't follow same high standards as pros, says RTDNAOTTAWA - The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) told the Heritage Committee Tuesday that there has to be a... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER - The CRTC kicked off a review this morning of several applications for new AM and FM ethic radio stations in the Vancouver and Surrey markets. The Commission will... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The local news business, while still attracting eyeballs, has ceased working from a financial perspective, Bell Canada told a Parliamentary committee on Tuesday. Echoing its appearance in front... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - The telecommunications regulator should let market forces and targeted government funding finish the broadband job, according to Quebecor Media. The company told the CRTC on Thursday that it... Continue Reading
Focus on transport, says ShawGATINEAU – The Joint Task Force (JTF) of small incumbent local exchange carriers (SILECs) in Canada offered a rather different option to the CRTC on Tuesday... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Three of the country’s smaller, but major, ISPs have told the CRTC’s basic service objective hearing that it shouldn’t micromanage the broadband file by explicitly developing mechanisms to... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Broadband has become, as CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais put it earlier basic service objective hearing, “vital” to Canadians, all Canadians. It’s perhaps even more essential to those with... Continue Reading
