OTTAWA – While the media and telecom world grows exponentially in the digital age, some believe the CRTC may soon become a redundant organization attempting to adapt two Acts…
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by Steve Faguy
GATINEAU – It's the most important decision about private French-language television in Canada in years, but the CRTC's renewal of licenses for major broadcasters contained few surprises.
On…
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OTTAWA – There were a lot of numbers for the roomful of lawyers to digest Thursday morning, but the reality of those figures represent just how rapidly and jarringly…
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OTTAWA – Changes may be coming to Canada's foreign investment review process just as the government opens the door to more foreign investment in the telecom industry.
The federal government…
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TORONTO – Independent producers who attended a special Banff Media Festival preview event and reception in Toronto on Wednesday were likely very encouraged to hear top Canadian media executives…
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OTTAWA – Shaw Communications has received CRTC approval to buy out the half of specialty channels Mystery and The Cave that it doesn't already own.
Both English-language category A channels are…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC on Thursday renewed the licences of the French-language television services operated by TVA Group, Astral Media, and Canal Évasion, plus maintained the existing conditions of…
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TORONTO – The shift by the music and advertising industries towards digital media distribution had a positive impact on Yangaroo’s fourth quarter and 2011 financial results.
The Toronto-based digital media…
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TORONTO – Just in time for the NBA playoffs, Rogers Digital Media has finalized a two-year deal extension with NBA.com as the exclusive Canadian representative for its online advertising.
Rogers…
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TORONTO – Wind Mobile’s legal woes appear to be over after the Supreme Court said Thursday that it would not grant Public Mobile’s leave to appeal an earlier court…
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