By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – Corus CEO Doug Murphy reiterated Thursday the need for the CRTC to take immediate action on lessening Canadian content requirements ahead of the implementation of... Continue Reading
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
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 Caroline Paquet, pictured above, president of Cogeco Media
In today’s world where everything is moving too fast, we often take for granted things that seem unchangeable. It’s only when they’re gone that we realize we should have acted while there was still time. Commercial radio stations across the country, particularly those operating in the regions, could be facing this situation if nothing is done to help them.
Cogeco Media is 21 stations in the various regions of Québec: Montréal, Québec City, Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke, Gatineau, Saguenay, Lac St-Jean, St-Jérôme and Lachute. It’s also more than 650 employees across the province who…
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OSGOODE – Bell and Cogeco will get a combined $71 million from the federal and provincial governments to provide high-speed internet access to more than 22,000 homes in 74 rural... 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
OTTAWA – The CRTC is requesting information surrounding the status of negotiations for access to the incumbents' wireless networks by regional service providers. In a letter dated June 1, the... Continue Reading
But Cogeco said it could still impact project cost and delivery in Ontario By Ahmad Hathout The replacement of utility poles preserved with pesticides using a toxic chemical called pentachlorophenol... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – Executives from the largest telecoms said Wednesday that they are seeing more bundled services as the current and future competitive play in a post Rogers-Shaw... Continue Reading
They warn the CRTC about competitive impact of Freedom sale to Videotron OTTAWA – The country’s largest telecoms are asking the CRTC not to forcibly allow the large enterprise and... Continue Reading