Rogers busines rep says it wouldn't have entered into a major licensing deal if representations were not accurate By Ahmad Hathout Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) allegedly failed to disclose to... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Rogers is asking for the CRTC’s assistance in breaking an impasse in which the cable company and the city of Ottawa cannot come to an agreement on... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Telus reported Friday a 3.4-per-cent decline over the year in mobile wireless average revenue per user (ARPU) in the second quarter, which executives said they are clearly... Continue Reading
By Len St-Aubin, a policy consultant who has worked for clients including Netflix, and was a member of the policy teams that developed the 1991 Broadcasting Act and the 1993 Telecommunications Act
Online streaming has been the goose that laid the golden egg for original Canadian made-for-TV drama, comedy and documentaries, increasing production and budgets and winning global audiences.
Now the government and regulator are out to kill the goose. With the Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11) and the CRTC’s June 4 policy decision 2024-121, they are determined to apply to online streaming outdated and intrusive regulation that risks undermining CanCon’s…
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By Ahmad Hathout Bell CEO Mirko Bibic said Thursday that 41 per cent of the company’s new internet subscribers in the second quarter also purchased a wireless plan, which is... Continue Reading
The CRTC in a decision last week denied an April 2023 application from a group of six public interest organizations asking the commission to accelerate the payment of tangible benefits allocated to the Broadcasting... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Rogers has filed an application to the CRTC requesting that its latest gigabit internet speeds be temporarily exempt from speed matching requirements, which would otherwise provide wholesale-based... Continue Reading
Rogers announced Wednesday it has become the presenting sponsor of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) as well as the TIFF People’s Choice Awards. To kick off the 49th edition of... Continue Reading
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has published the provisional results of its 2024 auction of residual spectrum licences, which raised $5.61 million. Bell was awarded the most licences in this auction,... Continue Reading
U.K.-based start-up Lower Street announced Monday it has acquired Canadian podcast producer Pacific Content from Rogers Sports and Media. Cartt sister publication Broadcast Dialogue reported in May Rogers Sports and Media was shuttering its branded podcast... Continue Reading
