Chaiman Blais should not have been witness and adjudicator
TORONTO – Former Ontario CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan won his first day in court over CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais.
Federal Court justice…
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Bill would force ISPs to censor the Internet
IN A LETTER WHICH suspends a CRTC application made by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre which said Quebec’s new web-blocking…
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THE CRTC ISSUED a decision ACTRA didn’t like and criticized it in a press release last week. CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais didn’t much care for that press release and…
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TORONTO – The CRTC has corrected a portion of its controversial Certified Independent Production Funds (CIPFs) policy framework decision after being called out on a misattributed quote by…
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TORONTO – Global News is expanding its early-evening national newscast Global National to four additional television markets plus will soon launch new local morning shows in two of them,…
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OTTAWA–GATINEAU – Kellogg Canada Inc. has served up $60,000 as part of a settlement over alleged violations to Canada's anti-spam legislation, plus agreed to improve its spam compliance program, the…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC’s decision to revoke paid advertising on Radio 2 and ICI Musique “shows a lack of understanding about the reality of public broadcasting”, says CBC/Radio-Canada.
Responding to…
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TORONTO – As the puck prepares to drop on the World Cup of Hockey 2016 later this month, Sportsnet unveiled its lineup of sponsors for its English-language coverage that…
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TORONTO – Regardless of whether they are focussed on their schooling, their careers, or starting families, television reaches at least 94% of Canadians millennials every week, according to new…
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This is not another new policy review
GATINEAU – Canada’s major broadcasters say that a time when consumers have more TV viewing choices resulting from new flexible channel packaging rules…
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