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Radio / Television News March 2, 2022 4 years ago

Rogers/Shaw: Merger will enhance City TV’s news service, won’t impact Global, committee told

OTTAWA – Two representatives from Rogers Communications appeared (virtually) before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage today to reassure committee members local news will not be worse off after Rogers merges with Shaw. As Cartt.ca previously reported, there were concerns expressed during the CRTC’s recent hearing on the proposed merger about Rogers’s plan to redirect funding Shaw has previously allocated to Corus’s Global stations to its own City TV stations. Colette Watson (above), president of Rogers Sports and Media, told the committee the deal will enhance City TV’s local news services. “Our City TV news stations are located in Winnipeg, Calgary,… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News March 2, 2022 4 years ago

TekSavvy asks federal Integrity Commissioner to investigate CRTC chair

Document filed reveals new information about 2019 meeting with Bell COO By Amanda OYE CHATHAM, Ont. – TekSavvy Solutions Inc. filed a disclosure of facts and circumstances today to the federal Integrity Commissioner regarding the actions of CRTC chair and CEO Ian Scott, which provides new information on the widely reported meeting between Scott and then Bell chief operating officer (now CEO) Mirko Bibic at an Ottawa bar. According to a public version of its disclosure, TekSavvy is arguing Scott “committed a wrongdoing within the meaning of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.” The company is seeking further investigation into this matter. The… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News March 1, 2022 4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Respectfully, minister: What’s the rush? (Updated)

By Mark Goldberg ON TUESDAY EVENING, a Twitter thread by Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez requesting a rushed CRTC review of Russia Today (RT) caught my eye: That’s right. Two weeks. The Heritage Minister, the Minister responsible for the CRTC, is asking the independent, quasi-judicial regulator to collect evidence and render a decision in two weeks on whether RT should be continue to be permitted as a broadcasting service option for Canadians. Two weeks. The Commission regularly takes two weeks just to have a decision translated. Please tell me how the CRTC can prepare a… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News March 1, 2022 4 years ago

COMMENTARY: Big Tech pay-for-news legislation is overdue

By Howard Law HERITAGE MINISTER PABLO Rodriguez’s announcement last week that the federal Liberals are about to introduce an Online News Bill means a second rescue mission in four years to steady the finances of Canadian news journalism. This time it’s not government money but industry money: a Canadian knock-off of Australia’s Media Bargaining Code will give publishers and broadcasters the leverage they need to obtain fair compensation from Google and Meta for using journalists’ news content to grow their audiences and make money on Search, YouTube and Facebook NewsFeed. We’re long past debating whether the advertising-dependent business model for… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News February 28, 2022 4 years ago

Russia Today dropped from channel lineups

PM wants CRTC to review channel’s presence in Canada CANADIAN TELEVISION SERVICE providers are dropping Russia Today (RT) an English-language international news channel funded by Russia, from their channel lineups. There has been growing concern about the channel’s presence in Canada specifically, and about Russian-funded international media around the world more generally. Many concerns relate to the dissemination of propaganda and disinformation. On Feb. 26, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez posted on Twitter, saying, “I share the concerns of many Canadians about the presence of Russia Today in our broadcasting system. We’re looking at all options.” Since then, several Canadian television service providers… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News February 24, 2022 4 years ago

Bell acquires Longueuil, Quebec-based ISP EBOX (updated)

MONTREAL – Bell announced today it has acquired EBOX, a Longueuil, Quebec-based Internet, telephone and television service provider serving consumers and businesses in Quebec and parts of Ontario. “Under Bell, EBOX will benefit from the resources and scale necessary to support the growth of the business and continue delivering improvements to the great services at competitive prices that have earned them loyal customers over the past 25 years,” a press release says. The EBOX brand and operations will be maintained and EBOX will continue operating on a standalone basis. Bell participated in a formal sale process as part of the acquisition, which… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News, OTT, Radio / Television News February 23, 2022 4 years ago

CRTC demands streamer data

OTTAWA – The CRTC today approved the launch of an annual digital media survey, to be administered to all digital media broadcasting undertakings (DMBUs) that operate in Canada, either in whole or in part, that meet certain thresholds. The thresholds outlined in the regulatory policy published by the CRTC on this matter include total annual revenues for the previous broadcast year from the Canadian broadcasting system that exceed $25 million for audio services and exceed $50 million for audiovisual services. Among other things, the survey asks for information on subscription revenues, advertising revenues, and subscriber numbers, according to the templates of… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News February 22, 2022 4 years ago

NWTel tells CRTC proposal to remove price floor test will not negatively impact competition

By Denis Carmel

GATINEAU – After a few rounds of interventions for its application to remove the floor test on its high-speed access Internet service, Northwestel (NWTel) last week tabled its reply, which concludes the regulatory process that will lead to the CRTC’s decision on the matter.

Approval would provide NWTel the regulatory flexibility that would allow it, it claims, to face competition from a new non-Canadian player, Starlink, owned by American entrepreneur Elon Musk. Starlink is scheduled to launch service this year and is already preselling high-speed Internet acess subscriptions where NWTel operates in Canada’s North. Because of… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News, Radio / Television News February 16, 2022 4 years ago

Rogers/Shaw: Standing Committee warned of consequences for local news

OTTAWA – The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage today heard from several witnesses who warned that if the proposed merger between Rogers and Shaw were to go through, there would be serious consequences for local news in Canada. The witnesses who appeared before the committee today included representatives from the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS), the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, Open Media and Quebecor Media Inc. Witnesses from the CRTC (Scott Hutton, chief of consumer, research and communications and Daniel Pye, director of television programming) were also… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News February 16, 2022 4 years ago

Bill C-11 goes into second reading

By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – Although Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, was introduced on Feb. 2, it had not yet been debated in the House of Commons – that is how the House works. The first debate happens at the second reading, which happened today. The tone of the exchanges and the positions of different party representatives can give us a sense of where this bill is going and whether we will repeat the parliamentary process of C-10, the previous version of the legislation to update the Broadcasting Act, that led to the demise of the bill even if the… Continue Reading

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