By Pierre Karl Peladeau, president and CEO of Quebecor The Online Streaming Act (bill C-11) has been passed. This means foreign streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon and YouTube will... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri said Wednesday that the company’s side agreements with Videotron that are part of its deal to acquire Shaw are “not much... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Rogers said Monday night it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Canadian operations of BAI Communications, which has the exclusive rights to build the Toronto Transit... Continue Reading
Clarification: A previous version of this story omitted that TekSavvy does indeed have previous experience using Bell's transport facilities where it is the dominant carrier, just not for regulated wholesale... Continue Reading
TORONTO and MONTREAL -- Rogers and Videotron announced Monday that they have closed their respective purchases of Shaw and Freedom, after the innovation minister blessed the mega-merger on Friday. The... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Two years and 16 days after Rogers and Shaw announced their intention to merge, Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne indirectly approved one of Canadian history’s largest... 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 Ahmad Hathout MONTREAL – Just over a week before the transaction deadline, Rogers president and CEO Tony Staffieri said Tuesday that the company believes Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout MONTREAL – Quebecor’s Videotron has a new beef with Bell, and it relates to prices charged by the latter for wholesale access to its fibre and transport... Continue Reading
Editor's note: This story has been updated on March 2 with a comment from Quebecor. By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – Bell is temporarily pausing its next generation 9-1-1 network until... Continue Reading