MONTREAL - CBC President and CEO Hubert Lacroix isn’t sugar-coating the news. He isn’t going to pretend that the 657 full-time equivalent jobs being cut this month — and the... Continue Reading
BASED ON THE DOZENS of submissions from radio companies and other groups to the CRTC, the answer is a resounding… maybe.Whether to bring the proprietary digital broadcasting format which has... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Some would-be Montreal television producers have had it with Vidéotron's community television service in the city, so much so that they have filed a complaint with the CRTC... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Quebecor doesn't mince words in its complaint against the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund: "The decisions made by the board of directors of the Bell Fund in... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - We're about a month away from all Canadian television distributors being required to make all Canadian national news channels available to all of their subscribers, but one seemingly... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - A complaint before the CRTC accuses a big Canadian TV broadcaster of behaving poorly by giving itself an undue preference by outright refusing to air advertising from a... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - In contrast to high-profile hearings to discuss the proposed acquisition of Astral Media by BCE, or the shorter hearing for Corus's acquisition of assets BCE was required to... Continue Reading
FOR A YEAR NOW, Sam Norouzi has been working tirelessly toward getting a new conventional television station on the air.It's not something you see much these days. Unlike specialty channels,... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - Broadcasters, distributors and special interests all took predictable stances on the CRTC's proposed framework for the distribution of national news services in interventions published this week. The comment... Continue Reading
MONTREAL — Vincent Geracitano runs the gamut of emotions describing the future of his television channel: pride, enjoyment, worry, but mostly anger about how it's being taken away from him.... Continue Reading
