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
TVA union asking CRTC to stop Quebecor from closing newscasts By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Bell said if Quebecor follows through on an announcement to end two newscasts without commission... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Quebecor’s TVA told Cartt that it wishes to work in collaboration with the CRTC to find a way to sustain its local programming, after the... Continue Reading
By Jonathan Daniels, pictured above, vice president of regulatory law at Bell
The CRTC recently announced the first round of consultations on the implementation of the recently adopted Online Streaming Act. Of the three sectors affected by this legislation – foreign streamers, Canadian producers and Canadian broadcasters – it is clear that broadcasters are the group in crisis mode.
It goes without saying that foreign streamers like Netflix are flourishing in Canada. Their success has benefited Canadian producers. The Canadian Media Producers Association recently noted that “in almost every way, was a record year.” Meanwhile, broadcasters are struggling.
The challenge…
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Six AM radio stations getting axed, three being sold By Ahmad Hathout MONTREAL – Bell CEO Mirko Bibic announced in an open letter Wednesday that the company is embarking on... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Unions representing workers in media production and screenwriting are asking the CRTC to reject an application by Corus to reduce its Canadian content obligations. The... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The large telecommunications companies are telling the CRTC that it’s a bad idea to temporarily mandate access to last mile fibre under the current regime... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout MONTREAL – Quebecor is asking the CRTC to provide immediate relaxation of regulatory rules that require it to provide a specific amount of local programming or else... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The Federal Court on Friday ordered broadcasters who had been restreaming Videotron’s channels to hotel rooms without consent to cease their activities and pay the... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Innovation Canada “repeatedly encouraged” the sale of Xplore Mobile’s spectrum licences in Manitoba to Quebecor, according to a company executive, after CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau... Continue Reading
