By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – The Federal Court has again denied movie studio Voltage Pictures its request for the court to allow it to group a bunch of alleged copyright…
Continue Reading
News companies deliver millions worth of engagement to Big Tech
By Greg O’Brien, news director of CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario
We’ve let the tech giants control the narrative for far too…
Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen
Corus Entertainment has made changes to its Original Programming team that have impacted what the company says is a “handful of roles.”
“As part of managing the post-pandemic…
Continue Reading
By Konrad von Finckenstein, former chair of the CRTC
The passage of C-18 seems certain to lead to a confrontation, lengthy litigation and probable impasse between Google…
Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Bell has joined other broadcasters in requesting amendments to its Canadian content spending obligations at least until the next licence renewal period.
In a Part 1…
Continue Reading
By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA — As Bill C-18 received royal asset Thursday after a 56-22 Senate vote this afternoon, Meta – one of the two web giants directly…
Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC said SiriusXM cannot defer its obligations to funds supporting Canadian content from the 2021-2022 year because it hasn’t shown a financial need to do so.
The…
Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has found TVA’s failure to clearly disclose sponsored content on its public affairs program Salut Bonjour amounted to a Code of…
Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Rogers and Quebecor’s Groupe TVA have jointly filed a request asking the Federal Court to order people behind IP addresses allegedly illegally streaming live Major…
Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Quebecor announced Tuesday it will abandon its plan to cancel two weekend newscasts but will “carry out further staff reductions” in the alternative to weather…
Continue Reading
