OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has made another move with plans to establish a do not call list for consumers to stop unwanted telemarketing.
The commission has put out a…
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TORONTO – CanWest Global Communications Corp. has been given an extension for closing financing to purchase Alliance Atlantis from Aug. 7 to Aug. 15.
In a news release, CanWest…
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TORONTO – The Directors Guild of Canada is adding its name to the list of production industry professions upset at the recommendations by the CRTC’s task force looking into…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC is calling for public comments on the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ proposed voluntary Equitable Portrayal Code to guide how identifiable groups are portrayed on radio…
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HALIFAX – Unionized workers with Bell Aliant have ratified a new four-year collective agreement.
Members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Atlantic Communications Council (CEPACC) ratified…
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REGINA – The government of Saskatchewan is rolling out free wireless in the business districts of its cities, which it says is Canada’s largest outdoor wireless network and the…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Competition continues to grow for Canadian companies in the telecommunications industry, the CRTC says in its 2007 telecom monitoring report.
Total revenues for the industry as a…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has granted a Cat 2 licence to operate a horror genre specialty channel, over the objections of The Movie Network and MPix.
The commission has…
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by Myron Love
WINNIPEG — CJOB, Winnipeg’s most listened to radio station, is applying to the CRTC to simulcast on FM as well as AM.
“It’s not that we…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC is deregulating the first residential telephone markets in Canada, in Fort McMurray, and parts of the Maritimes.
The ILECs, TELUS and Bell Aliant, will no…
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