MONTREAL – It was almost a game of regulatory Call Of Duty for Bell Canada on Friday as company executives brandished figurative pistols to whack as many of its enemies... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – There’s little doubt of who’s the biggest fish in the Quebec media pond. Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau is a rock star here, drawing reporters, photographers and others... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – While one large, vertically integrated Canadian media and distribution company vehemently told commissioners why it opposes Bell’s Astral purchase another, Shaw Communications, went before the CRTC right after... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Sensing the opposition to its proposed benefits package was pretty strong, the first thing Bell Canada did Monday morning when it faced the CRTC was to boost that... Continue Reading
MONTREAL ? With a three-hour break mid-day (we were told someone had to go to a funeral, so quit complaining&), yesterday?s long hearing day featured a ton of back and... Continue Reading
WHILE BOTH SIDES OF the Bell-Astral deal debate were ensconced in Montreal hotels on Sunday polishing their lines and rehearsing their delivery in advance of the CRTC hearing starting Monday... Continue Reading
AND ON IT GOES... As we said earlier, while both sides of the Bell-Astral deal debate were ensconced in Montreal hotels on Sunday polishing their lines and rehearsing their delivery... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - The SayNoToBell.ca campaigners claim that nearly 50,000 Canadians, both consumers and industry leaders, have signed their petition urging the CRTC and government to deny the Bell/Astral merger. CRTC... Continue Reading
PARIS – Both Quebecor’s Pierre Karl Péladeau and Bell Canada’s Wade Oosterman will attend Mipcom this fall to deliver keynote addresses. The keynotes will be part of the Canada Country... Continue Reading
“OH, PEOPLE CAN COME UP with statistics to prove anything… 14% of people know that.” - Homer J. Simpson Released this week, the 240-page mound of data known as the... Continue Reading