OTTAWA – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Canadian Bar Association locked horns this week in a Parliamentary committee over proposed amendments to the Competition Act, which would…
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WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is considering changes to The Consumer Protection Act that will in turn provide better regulation of cell phone contracts in the province.
A public consultation…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has pushed back the date of the hearing to investigate vertical integration by six weeks.
In a notice on Thursday, the Commission said that the revised…
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OTTAWA – Budgets are set and regulations are being drafted for the new anti-spam law, an Industry Canada official told the Senate Transport and Communications committee this week.
Bill…
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OTTAWA – Despite the availability of new ways to acquire video content, there is not yet any sign of co-called “cord-cutting” among Canadians who continue to subscribe to Canadian…
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TORONTO – The Bell Fund is increasing the number of application deadlines for its development program from three times per year to 12 monthly deadlines.
The new application deadlines will be the…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor Media has priced its new senior notes due 2021 of an aggregate principal amount of $325.0 million.
The new senior notes will be sold at par, will…
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TORONTO – The Movie Network has signed a multi-year, multi-platform deal for Showtime’s acclaimed lineup of original dramas, comedies and documentaries.
The long-term deal (terms of which were not disclosed)…
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TORONTO – Peter Furnish has been hired as vice-president, marketing at Astral Television Networks, effective immediately.
Reporting to Domenic Vivolo, senior vice president, marketing and sales, Furnish will lead the…
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TORONTO – A newly formed coalition of Canada’s largest accessibility organizations, called Access 2020, will be asking the CRTC to adopt a new approach to accessibility in its May…
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