OTTAWA – “Why did we find that VOIP is a telephone service? Because Canadians use it as a telephone service,” CRTC chairman Charles Dalfen said today at the Commission’s headquarters... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Did the industry have this decision pegged or what? Mere minutes after the CRTC’s voice over IP decision was put out, the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association issued a... Continue Reading
TED ROGERS TURNED TO AN old friend this week to expand his telecom empire, but was a little unclear whether or not he’ll use his new hammer to nail his... Continue Reading
TORONTO - The Canadian Coalition Against Internet Child Exploitation (CCAICE) today released its seven-point National Action Plan designed to help protect children from online sexual exploitation and to assist in... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU - The CRTC said Friday that Shaw Communications was not giving itself an undue preference when denying full pay-per-view service to Telus and it’s yet-to-be-launched digital television service, Telus... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU - TV distribution newcomer Manitoba Telecom Services had its complaint over Shaw Cablesystems distribution of certain channels denied today by the CRTC. But that doesn’t mean the rules aren’t... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON - Stressing he does not know what the CRTC’s voice over IP decision will be, Bell Canada Enterprises CEO Michael Sabia said today that if it reads the way... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The owner of Pridevision TV and OUTtv says he may be forced to take Shaw Communications to court over what he says is unfair carriage of one of... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Corus Entertainment announced today it’s been advised that the Shaw family, and entities owned or controlled by them, completed the purchase of an additional 250,000 Class B non-voting... Continue Reading
HAVING COVERED THE Cable, radio, television and telecom markets for well over seven years now, you could say I was inspired. I’ve written about so many entrepreneurs who gambled and... Continue Reading