OTTAWA – Rules that go too far in preventing telcos from contacting customers in order to win them back is contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, say... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC’s recent decision on voice over Internet protocol telephony has rendered complaints from the Canadian cable industry pointless, said Bell Canada in a letter to the Commission... Continue Reading
TORONTO - More than 150 broadcast news executives and journalists will converge on Toronto in two weeks for the National Conference of the Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada (RTNDA).... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The Canadian cable industry wants to add six more channels to the eligible satellite list. The Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association has asked that the Commission add Radio Television... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU - The CRTC this morning approved the $13 million acquisition of religious broadcaster NOWTV by Rogers Broadcasting. According to the terms of the deal released last year, Rogers will... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Bell ExpressVu should have to carry all of a broadcasters’ signal, not just cherry-pick their local content, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters told the CRTC this week. In... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Striking telecom workers at Bell Subco, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bell Canada, are raising the stakes in their seven-week-old strike, their union said today. "We know that... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Saying it needs a new team of leaders to help it meet the challenges posed by the acquisition and integration of the Radiomédia network Corus Radio Quebec has... Continue Reading
TORONTO – One hundred and fifty delegates will converge on Toronto for the RTNDA Canada 2005 National Conference. According to the RTNDA Update this week, conference chair Melanie Kurzuk says... Continue Reading
THE WORD DIGITAL IS A conundrum to Canadian broadcasters of any stripe. It means digital specialty channels, or digital migration of analog channels, or digital over-the-air TV (better known as... Continue Reading
