TORONTO – Add Netflix to the list of stakeholders keeping a watchful eye on the controversial issue of usage-based billing (UBB).
After its CEO Reed Hastings said last week that…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is calling for comments on a consolidated list of satellite services to be authorized for analog and digital distribution.
Specifically, the Commission hopes to combine…
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MONTREAL – Rob Braide has been named VP of content and regulatory affairs for Stingray Digital Group.
In this role, he will oversee all aspects of the company’s music services…
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GATINEAU – The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) asked the CRTC to stick to its guns on the tangible benefits policy resulting from BCE’s proposed acquisition of CTV.
Appearing Thursday morning at the…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable urged the CRTC to keep close watch over the potential merger between Bell and CTV in order to “preserve competition and protect consumer interests”.
Appearing Wednesday morning…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media has beefed up the websites of two of its top radio stations, allowing them the ability to publish real-time content that can then be easily…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has released its new rules for video-on-demand (VOD) services, plus exemptions for small VOD undertakings.
Highlights from the decision include:
– the definition of gross…
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MONTREAL and OTTAWA – Just in time for Super Bowl, CTV Montreal has completed the installation of its over-the-air high definition transmitter in Montréal.
The station’s programming is now available to…
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MONTREAL – Bell opened the doors to its new Bell Business Apps Store on Wednesday which offers small and medium businesses (SMBs) one-stop access to a range of web-based software…
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OTTAWA – The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology wants to talk to CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein about usage-based-billing.
Faced with a public furor over the issue,…
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