By Connie Thiessen Rebecca Hanson has been named the new director general of NABA, the North American Broadcasters Association, the non-profit that takes action on technical, operational and regulatory issues affecting broadcasters... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – A trio of travel vacation productions has been granted a review of a decision by Canadian Heritage to deny them tax credits on the basis... Continue Reading
By Christopher Guly OTTAWA – The creative industry applauded the House moving bill C-11 forward after accepting most of the Senate’s amendments Thursday night. But the industry also held some... Continue Reading
By Konrad von Finckenstein, former chair of the CRTC The Senate will review Bill C-18, the Online News Act, next week. Hopefully it will be a thorough review and improve... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Telus announced earlier this month new features for its Optik TV product, including accessing content from multiple apps more quickly. The product features a simplified menu to access... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC on Monday denied an arbitration request from television distributor Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley for a deal to retransmit Quebecor’s TVA Sports. Quebecor has said it... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen Political leaders and Indigenous artists gathered in Montreal on Tuesday to demand that the CRTC introduce a five per cent minimum quota for Indigenous music content on commercial radio. The demand... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen WildBrain has announced it’s reached an agreement to acquire Toronto animation pre-production studio, House of Cool, expanding the company’s pre-production capabilities for animated series, specials and features. Under the... Continue Reading
By Konrad von Finckenstein, former chair of the CRTC, and Philip Palmer, former general counsel at the Justice Department focused on communications law
The Online News Act, Bill C-18, states…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC ruled Thursday that Rogers gave itself and its own sports channels an unfair preference by refusal to carry for broadcasting Timeless’s OneSoccer. Timeless first brought the... Continue Reading
