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Cable / Telecom News March 18, 2022 4 years ago

CNOC asks CRTC chair to deal with backlog of decisions

Also requests he make careful decisions about his participation in certain proceedings GATINEAU – The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) today asked CRTC chair and CEO Ian Scott directly to resolve a backlog of CRTC decisions and to consider his participation in certain Commission proceedings. In a letter filed today via GCKey, which Cartt.ca has received a copy of, CNOC asks Scott “to resolve the Commission’s backlog of competition moving decisions as soon as possible,” arguing the CRTC “has accumulated a severe backlog of pending decisions and / or inactive proceedings that involve matters that are critical to… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News March 17, 2022 4 years ago

CRTC estimates $34M in broadcasting regulatory costs for 2022-23

OTTAWA – The CRTC announced today it has estimated its total broadcasting regulatory costs for the 2022-2023 fiscal year under subsection 9(1) of the Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations will be $34 million. The estimate is used to help determine the Part I licence fees paid annually by certain broadcasting undertakings. The annual adjustment amount referred to in subsection 8(2) of the regulations for 2020-2021 is $479,000, however, Part I licence fees paid or payable by licensees were remitted for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, according to Broadcasting Order CRTC 2022-70. (This was in consideration of the impact of the pandemic on broadcasters.) Taking… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News March 16, 2022 4 years ago

RT, RT France can’t be distributed in Canada anymore, CRTC says

OTTAWA and GATINEAU – The CRTC announced today Canadian television service providers can no longer distribute the Russian state-funded English-language channel RT (Russia Today) or RT France. The Commission formally removed both channels from its list of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution in Canada after determining their continued distribution “is not in the public interest,” according to a press release. “RT’s programming is not consistent with the standards against which Canadian services are measured nor the policy objectives set out in the Broadcasting Act,” the release explains. “The CRTC is also concerned with programming from a foreign country… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News March 9, 2022 4 years ago

CRTC decision on future of RT will have limited impact, ECGL argues

Interventions suggest scope of CRTC hearing could be appropriately widened OTTAWA – The CRTC’s decision on the future of the Russian state-funded English-language news service RT is unlikely to have a significant impact, Ethnic Channels Group Ltd. (ECGL) argues in an intervention submitted to the CRTC yesterday. RT came to Canada in 2009 after ECGL applied to add it to the Commission’s list of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution in Canada. The CRTC received an order from the Governor in Council last week, asking it to “hold a hearing to determine whether RT (formally known as Russia Today)… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News March 3, 2022 4 years ago

CRTC calls for comments on distribution of RT in Canada

OTTAWA – The CRTC today released a call for comments on the distribution of the Russian state-financed English-language news channel RT in Canada after receiving an order from the Governor in Council requesting a hearing be held on the matter. A motion to issue the order was passed in the House of Commons this past Monday, a day after major television service providers including Bell, Telus and Rogers announced they would be dropping RT from their channel lineups. The order, which was sent March 2, specifically asked the Commission to “hold a hearing to determine whether RT (formerly known… 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, 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 February 16, 2022 4 years ago

CRTC won’t consider CNOC request for chair’s recusal

OTTAWA – The CRTC yesterday informed the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) it will not consider the organization’s recent request for an order for CRTC chair Ian Scott to recuse himself, or be recused, from deciding telecommunications matters affecting service-based competition. The Commission further informed CNOC it will not be posting the request on its website as a Part 1 application “as the decision of a Member of the Commission to recuse themselves in respect of a matter is a decision that only the Member can make and does not engage the Commission’s processes,” a letter from the… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News February 11, 2022 4 years ago

CRTC dismisses Telus complaints against TLN

OTTAWA – The CRTC today dismissed an undue preference and undue disadvantage complaint from Telus against TLN Media Group. The complaint was made in July 2020. Telus was seeking to distribute some of TLN Media Group’s third-language services, however, “the parties have been engaging in challenging negotiations,” the CRTC’s decision says. Under the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations, Telus must carry one Canadian third-language service for every non-Canadian third-language service it offers. If possible, the services are supposed to be in the same principal language. Telus previously carried TLN, which had Italian-language programming, to meet this requirement, however the programming service became an… Continue Reading

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