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Cable / Telecom News November 15, 2021 4 years ago

CTS 2021: Videotron licenses in West in line with CRTC’s vision, chairman says

By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – CRTC chairman Ian Scott (above) said Monday the contested acquisition of 5G spectrum licenses by Quebecor’s Videotron in Western Canada is an example of what the regulator envisioned when it made the decision to allow regional competitors to force negotiations for wireless network space from the larger providers. The regulator’s April decision allows regional carriers to negotiate access to the wireless facilities of the incumbents – Rogers, Bell, Telus and Sasktel – as long as they have spectrum and network facilities in the area they want to provide mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service…. Continue Reading

Radio / Television News November 15, 2021 4 years ago

Rogers/Shaw: CRTC says hearing will begin as planned Nov. 22

GATINEAU – The CRTC has officially denied the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and National Pensioners Federation’s (PIAC-NPF) procedural request to delay the hearing into the broadcast side of the deal between Rogers and Shaw. PIAC-NPF had requested the hearing be delayed because of uncertainty around who was on the company’s board of directors, which arose when Edward Rogers, as chair of the Rogers Control Trust, decided to change five directors by written resolution – a move the company said was not valid. The matter ended up in front of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. In letters sent… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News November 12, 2021 4 years ago

The Cartt.ca Podcast: AMI CEO David Errington talks trashing tropes and thoughts on C-10

By Bill Roberts Well, I’ve got a great candidate to fill the next opening for a CRTC Commissioner: David Errington (above), president and CEO of Accessible Media Inc. (AMI). Solid leadership credentials and a builder with 30 years of top-drawer media creds who has coached AMI into a world-leading organization that entertains, informs, and empowers over five million Canadians living with disabilities. AMI, unique in the broadcasting world, has been recognized nationally and internationally for its award-winning programming and by Amazon Prime Video, which has picked up three of AMI’s original TV series. Operating on multiple platforms, this is a story of… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News November 9, 2021 4 years ago

Spam Reporting Centre receives 154,406 complaints from April-September

GATINEAU — ISED Canada’s Spam Reporting Centre (SRC) received more than 154,406 complaints from April 1 to Sept. 30, 2021, or an average of 5,939 per week, according to the CRTC’s most recent snapshot of its actions to enforce Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). The enforcement measures the CRTC took during this time period include 253 notices to produce and 16 preservation demands. No monetary penalties were issued during this six-month period. Since CASL came into force in 2014, the CRTC’s enforcement efforts have resulted in payments of more than $1.4 million, including approximately $805,000 in administrative monetary penalties and $668,000 from… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News November 9, 2021 4 years ago

CNOC asks CRTC to review and vary in-building fibre decision

GATINEAU, QC – Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) filed an application late last month asking the CRTC to review and vary its July 27 decision, announced in Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2021-239, not to mandate access to fibre in-building wire (IBW) in multi-dwelling units (MDUs) across the country. In the application, CNOC asks the CRTC to “etermine that mandated wholesale access to fibre IBW will be provided pursuant to a single, nationwide wholesale rate, and… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News November 8, 2021 4 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 8, 2021 4 years ago

Rogers will not appeal Friday’s B.C. Supreme Court decision

Focus now on Shaw as company tells CRTC hearing must proceed as planned TORONTO – Rogers Communications Inc. announced Sunday evening it will not seek an appeal of Friday’s British Columbia Supreme Court ruling, which settled the matter of who is actually on RCI’s board of directors. This would seem to put an end weeks of drama over who controls the company. On Friday, Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick ruled in favour of Edward Rogers, chair of the Rogers Control Trust, who was seeking orders related to the board changes he made by written resolution in late October, which were… Continue Reading

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

Wellness company for seniors fined for telemarketing violations

OTTAWA and GATINEAU – The CRTC announced today CA Diffusion, a Laval, Quebec-based company known as Physaro, will pay a $200,000 penalty for making non-compliant telemarketing calls. An investigation showed CA Diffusion, which “specializes in the direct sale of wellness products geared toward seniors,” violated the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules several times between September 2018 and July 2019, according to a CRTC press release. “During that period, millions of unsolicited calls were made to Canadians – some of which were made to telephone numbers registered on the National Do Not Call List (DNCL) and outside of the permissible calling hours,” the release… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News November 3, 2021 4 years ago

Tempers flared at PIAC, FRPC webinar on C-10

By Denis Carmel Bill C-10 has turned into a cultural piñata… again. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) organized a legal conference on Bill C-10 today, which featured two sessions asking the following questions: Does the bill’s section 3 hit the mark as a 21st century broadcasting policy and, will the bill’s grant of discretion to the CRTC ensure implementation of the country’s broadcasting policy? Vast program. The first panel was comprised of Doug Barrett, Timothy Denton, Peter Grant and Philip Palmer, which ensured that not only was the topic not covered, instead they provided… Continue Reading
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