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Cable / Telecom News June 27, 2022 4 years ago

Registration opens for CCSA Connect 2022

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA) announced today registration is now open for CCSA Connect 2022, which is taking place Sept. 26-28 at the Fairmont Tremblant Resort in Mont-Tremblant, Que. CCSA also released a draft program featuring the event’s lineup of speakers and sessions. For CCSA members only, the CCSA shareholders meeting will be held on Monday, Sept. 26 at 9 a.m. ET, followed by a CCSA members’ roundtable at 10:45 a.m. The conference officially begins for all delegates with the welcome luncheon at noon on Sept. 26, followed by afternoon education sessions, including one titled… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News, Radio / Television News May 11, 2022 4 years ago

NPF-PIAC petition to set aside CRTC decision on Rogers/Shaw receives support

CRTC called out for “vague”, “unenforceable” safeguards OTTAWA – Telus, Bell, Independent Broadcast Group (IBG), and the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance Inc. (CCSA) have each filed separate comments in support of the National Pensioners Federation and Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s (NPF-PIAC) petition to the Governor-In-Council, asking for the CRTC’s recent decision to approve Rogers Communications’ acquisition of Shaw Communications’ broadcasting assets to be set aside or referred back to the Commission. (Cartt.ca obtained copies of the submissions from PIAC and Bell.) Whittled down to its core, the argument put forth in NPF-PIAC’s petition and the submissions made in support of… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News April 12, 2022 5 years ago

CCSA demands CRTC action on Rogers’ impending shutdown of Shaw’s satellite service

QUISPAMSIS, NB — The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA) said today it has called on the CRTC to stop Rogers Communications “from shutting down the satellite delivery of television signals to thousands of Canadians living in rural communities and the Far North.” Just prior to the Commission’s March 24 approval of Rogers’ purchase of Shaw Communications, which includes Shaw Broadcast Services (SBS), “Shaw announced that a critical component of the SBS service, known as HITS-QT Plus, would be shut down by year end,” according to the CCSA’s press release. The CCSA has been calling on the… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News February 2, 2022 5 years ago

CCSA Connect 2022 happening Sept. 26-28 in Mont-Tremblant

QUISPAMSIS, N.B. — The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA) announced today CCSA Connect 2022 will take place in-person on Sept. 26-28 at the Fairmont Tremblant Resort in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. “What better place to finally reunite with colleagues and friends than at one of our all-time favorite venues!” reads an email alert from CCSA. The CCSA Connect 2022 conference will offer “three days of networking, educational sessions, and social activities with CCSA members, program and transport providers, equipment vendors, industry associations and consultants, and the CCSA team,” reads the email. Planning is now underway and conference details will be shared over the coming… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News November 24, 2021 5 years ago

Rogers/Shaw: Intervenors push back on Rogers claims on day two of CRTC hearing

GATINEAU – The CRTC heard how the approval of Rogers Communications to acquire Shaw Communications’ broadcast assets will impact other organizations in Canada’s broadcast system on Tuesday during the second day of the Commission’s hearing into the matter. “While the merger makes sense for Rogers and Shaw for their future, it has the unintended consequence of potentially all but destroying the independent broadcasting sector,” said Brad Danks, CEO of OUTtv and OMG Media Group, who participated virtually at the hearing as part of a panel (pictured above) representing Independent Broadcasters Group (IBG). Danks argued if the deal goes through, Rogers will… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News November 23, 2021 5 years ago

Rogers/Shaw: Rogers seeks to assure deal is in public interest on day one of CRTC hearing

Commission asks Rogers to further consider proposals from interveners By Amanda OYE GATINEAU – Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications extolled the virtue of their proposed merger on the first day of the week-long CRTC hearing into the broadcasting side of the deal while Commission panel members grilled them on safeguards and the public interest. “Joining forces with Rogers not only makes sense for Shaw, it makes sense for Canada,” Brad Shaw, executive chair and CEO of Shaw Communications told the Commission. “Combining the complementary assets of our two companies allows Rogers and Shaw to invest so much more than the sum of… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News November 8, 2021 5 years ago

Novus Entertainment’s Donna Robertson retiring after 22 years

Chris Marett to become CEO VANCOUVER — Independent service provider Novus Entertainment Inc. announced today Donna Robertson (above), the Vancouver-based company’s co-president and chief legal officer, retired on Nov. 1 after 22 years at the organization. During her lengthy tenure at the company, Robertson “was instrumental in building Novus into the largest, independent service provider in Metro Vancouver,” says a press release. “My time with Novus has been hugely rewarding because I have had the opportunity to be part of a great team,” Robertson said in the release. “Novus was one of the first companies in Canada to offer Ethernet Internet and to… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News, Radio / Television News November 4, 2021 5 years ago

C-10: The Legal Issues II

By Denis Carmel After having written what was more of a commentary than a story yesterday, let us now report on the content of the PIAC-FRPC Conference on C-10: The Legal Issues. I believe it was a great success – 141 people registered and 70 stayed until the “bitter” end. This could become a yearly event to replace the National Conference on Communications Law and Policy convened by the Law Society of Upper Canada every two years.
After the technical Zoom issues were ironed out, the webinar began with a presentation by Konrad von Finckenstein, past president of the CRTC and commissioner… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News October 18, 2021 5 years ago

Online harms consult: Submissions show concern over site-blocking proposal

Government will not publish submissions received   By Amanda OYE  GATINEAU, QC – Comments submitted to the federal government’s consultation into harmful content online highlight a multitude of issues with its proposals for addressing the issue as well as with the consultation process itself. The submissions to the consultation are not easy to come by. The deadline for comments passed in September, but the government decided it would not publish the ones it received. A spokesperson for Canadian Heritage told Cartt.ca via email the submissions will only be available if an Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request is made because the submissions… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News September 29, 2021 5 years ago

ISP Summit 2021: “Competition isn’t a cactus” says CNOC chair; it must be tended

Stein talks of “betrayal” by the CRTC and incumbent “bullies” By Amanda OYE  TORONTO – The game may not be fair, but that will not stop independent Internet service providers from competing, Matt Stein (above), chair of the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and a director of the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA) told audience members during his keynote speech Independents unite: How we are fighting for a fairer today and a stronger tomorrow, at the ISP Summit today. “The challenges our industry has faced over the past 18 months are incredible,” he said. “As independent internet service providers, we always seem… Continue Reading
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