GATINEAU – Barring a last-minute agreement, Torstar and Rogers Communications will ask the CRTC to finally settle the dispute between the two companies over the carriage of Torstar shopping…
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GATINEAU – Thanks to the “certainly created in the industry by the new Canada Media fund and the need to give this fund time to establish itself,” the CRTC…
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TORONTO – Telus TV launched Astral Media’s Playhouse Disney channel today.
As of today, Telus TV subscribers in BC and Alberta who subscribe to Family Channel, can tune into channel…
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IROQUOIS, Ont. and MELBOURNE, Australia – Canadian broadcast gear maker Ross Video said today it has agreed to buy Codan Broadcast Products Pty Ltd of Melbourne, Australia from Codan…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – With change swirling all around, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance has hit on a very apropos keynote speaker for its September annual conference: Donald Sull, author…
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GATINEAU – The five-year term of commissioner Michel Arpin, the CRTC’s vice-chair broadcasting, expires at the end of August and according to sources, the Prime Minister’s Office has been…
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TORONTO – While Rogers Communications’ Q2 2010 financial results are expected to be pretty good when they are released on Tuesday, at least one industry analyst is expecting to…
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TORONTO – While its primary channel was a very popular destination for those wanting to watch some of the World Cup soccer games in Italian, for example, another arm…
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GATINEAU – The squeaky wheel gets the, well, the expanded regulatory proceeding.
Today the CRTC said it would restart its look at regulatory symmetry in the telecom world when it…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC will have the opportunity to bless the marriage of CanWest and Shaw at a hearing scheduled for September 20, 2010.
The $2 billion deal was Continue Reading