TORONTO – CRTC telecommunications executive director Chris Seidl has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at next month's 2015 Canadian ISP Summit.
His session is entitled ‘Understanding CRTC Telecommunications Decision 2015-326’ (a.k.a. the wholesale wireline services decision). Come find out about the new wholesale wireline services policy and the implications it may have for your business.
Scheduled for November 9 – 11, 2015 at Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre in Toronto, this year’s theme of ‘Business Excellence’ will celebrate successes, achievements and innovations within the ISP and tech space, with particular attention on the changing economic, social and technological landscape. The conference's…
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QUEBEC’S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY doesn’t want Canada’s broadcasting regulator to review regulations on broadcasting.
At least that’s the conclusion that one could reach through a literal reading of a motion passed unanimously in the legislature last week.
The motion, presented with less than an hour’s notice by Parti Québécois culture critic Véronique Hivon on Sept. 29, states that the Assembly “denounces the will of the CRTC to review the requirements for French-language music broadcast in Quebec” and reiterates the importance of French-language music quotas on radio stations. It passed 100-0.
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GATINEAU – After 27 years at the CRTC in various roles, secretary-general John Traversy has decided he will retire as of December 11, 2015.
He has held the position since former SG Robert Morin retired in 2011. Prior to that he was executive director, telecom for five years. The secretary general is the top operations job at the Commission, overseeing all of the administration. Every complaint, submission and other filing which telecom and broadcasting companies make to the Regulator have Traversy’s name at the top.
“Over the years, I had the opportunity to work on countless files in both the Broadcasting…
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IT’S THE VERY LAST item in a 600-page budget document and since it was announced in March literally nothing has happened with it, but the Quebec government’s proposal to block illegal gambling websites has disturbed the Internet Society enough that six months later, it sent a letter to the government warning it about the consequences.
The letter, dated Aug. 4 but published on Sept. 24, lays out in simple terms the problem with the yet-to-be-proposed legislation, saying it would cost more to implement than it will gain in additional revenue, that it would…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has released its greatly anticipated Wholesale Code, intended to help simplify, and perhaps smooth the waters, in many aspects of the relationship between television service providers and television channel owners.
The Commission said Thursday that BRP 2015-438 governs certain aspects of the commercial arrangements between broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs), programming undertakings, and exempt digital media undertakings.
“It will ensure that subscribers have greater choice and flexibility in the programming services they receive, that programming services are diverse, available and discoverable on multiple platforms, and that negotiations between programming services and BDUs are conducted in a fair…
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HAMILTON – Community television will never be the same in Canada.
Cable 14 Now launched Tuesday in the Steel City allowing Hamiltonians the opportunity to watch live and on-demand HD video of local content on web-connected devices at their convenience. The online service is the product of three local companies working together as Cable 14 partnered with Clearcable networks in Hamilton and Ancaster’s Hifyre, a digital media company.
“This will allow the cross-pollination of community channels across the country,” Rob McCann, president of Clearcable told Cartt.ca at the launch event. “We will be launching another (online service) in Quebec…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has issued revised standard conditions of licence for new and existing Canadian discretionary services operating as national news services, the latest in series of changes in the wake of its Let’s Talk TV proceeding.
The Commission said Wednesday that licensing criteria for national news services “must better reflect the national nature of these services and that these services must demonstrate the capacity to gather news and report events happening throughout Canada”.
Among other conditions, expectations, and encouragement, the CRTC also decreed that the types of programming broadcast by national news services should be comprised almost exclusively of…
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PARIS – The plethora of viewing options has created a legion of “content bulimics”, escalating content discovery and promotion to “a global challenge”, says CRTC broadcasting vice chair Tom Pentefountas.
Speaking Monday at the Culture et médias au défi de l'attention conference in Paris, Pentefountas invited the world to take part in the Commission’s upcoming Discoverability Summit, an event designed to examine and understand the new consumption habits of listeners, viewers and Internet users.
“The Summit, as well as the preliminary discussions, will be opportunities to bring together key creators and thinkers in the industry, and government and university representatives from Canada…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – CRTC employees were honoured at a ceremony at Rideau Hall Wednesday for the Commission’s work on modernizing northern telecommunications.
The CRTC received a Public Service Award of Excellence in the “Excellence in Policy” category. Further to a public hearing, the CRTC developed a regulatory policy for the modernization of the Northwestel network, which will result in improved broadband Internet services and the delivery of advanced wireless services. Canadians living in the North will have access to affordable telecommunications services that will allow them to participate in the digital economy, reads the Commission’s news release.
The Public Service Award…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has officially kicked off its review of the policy framework for local and community television programming.
The Commission said Monday that in addition to building on the determinations made during the Let’s Talk TV proceeding, it hopes that the review will achieve the following outcomes:
– Canadians have access to locally produced and locally reflective programming in a multi-platform environment;
– Both professional and non-professional independent producers and community members have access to the broadcasting system; and
– Locally relevant news and information programming is produced and exhibited within the Canadian broadcasting system.
As per BRP 2015-24 in…
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