The Opportunity
Knowledge Network, British Columbia’s Public Broadcaster is seeking a Director of Broadcast Engineering & Information Technology to lead the technical design, management and execution of our broadcast television channel, our corporate IT infrastructure and to provide support for the operation of our streaming platforms.
Knowledge Network provides a distinct television and streaming service for British Columbians. The Knowledge brand is unique – we are not selling a product but providing a service that embodies the values of community, curiosity and understanding. Our broadcast engineering and IT team provides the technological leadership and management for a linear television channel, two…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Bell has filed a petition to cabinet asking for it to rescind a decision by the CRTC that mandated, on an interim basis, access to its last mile fibre facilities on an aggregated basis.
The CRTC mandated in November that Bell and Telus provide access in Ontario and Quebec to their last mile fibre network within a six-month period under the aggregated regime, which allows competitors to bundle the telcos’ traffic transport mile. The decision is interim until the CRTC makes a final decision on that regime at the conclusion of its wholesale internet review.
Bell, which is already…
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By Ahmad Hathout
After receiving multiple applications over three years, the CRTC on Monday opened a proceeding on the regulation of small cell wireless equipment on telco support structures, as competitors accelerate their 5G deployments.
The regulator wants to hear from interested parties about whether it has jurisdiction over wireless facilities on those telco structures, whether the current telco support structure tariffs encompass those wireless facilities, and whether there should be a requirement for attaching telecoms to get a permit to hook up those facilities to those structures.
The commission said in the notice Monday that it holds the preliminary view that…
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By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA — Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge expects that a “growing sector” will emerge from the regulatory broadcasting framework the CRTC plans to release later this year in implementing the federal Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11.
“The reason why we created the CRTC and legislation around the Broadcasting Act was to make sure that Canadian content was easily found and accessible to Canadians, so could tell and watch their own stories,” she said Thursday at the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) annual conference in Ottawa.
“The other part was making sure that…
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By Brad Danks
Many of us are former Blackberry owners and have probably heard of former Co-CEO of BlackBerry, Jim Balsillie. More recently you may have learned even more about him through Glenn Howerton’s outstanding portrayal of him in the Canadian Content film, “Blackberry.” Apparently Balsillie called the performance “brilliant” although he said it was, in his view, 5% true and 95% fictional. However, you probably did not know that Balsillie has something important to say that is relevant to the current debate on the definition of Canadian Content.
Balsillie is now the Chairman of the Council of Canadian Innovators. This group…
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Execulink said rate reduction would improve business case for disaggregated adoption
By Ahmad Hathout
Bell and Rogers are accusing Quebecor of trying to relitigate issues on the disaggregated regime outside of the CRTC’s existing proceeding in the matter, adding the parent company of Videotron and Freedom is flip-flopping on a regime it previously thought should have been abandoned.
Quebecor filed a Part 1 application in December asking the regulator to align the access rates to large last mile fibre networks for both disaggregated and aggregated regimes in order to remain competitive. Quebecor pointed to the costs of the disaggregated…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Bell is accusing Quebecor of refusing to discuss issues related to a standard access agreement required to lease capacity from its wireless network, flipping the script on the telecom that filed a Part 1 to the CRTC alleging an undue delay in accessing that network.
By the time of the Part 1 application filed last month, the CRTC had already selected on October 10 Bell’s price for access to its network through an arbitration process. But Quebecor alleged in the undue preference complaint that Bell has delayed that access by requiring that it sign a…
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The CRTC on Monday distributed several letters to telecom industry players requesting information on recent incidents in which 911 callers were unable to access service in French, according to the letters.
The letters were sent to mobile service provider Rogers, VoIP service provider Transat Telecom and third-party call centre Northern 911.
In two separate incidents, which have been reported on by La Presse here and here, 911 calls were delivered to Sudbury-based Northern911 and served in English, despite the fact the callers who…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Bell is reiterating its claim that a building manager has illegally disconnected its services by removing some 18 feet of wire after the manager said it has not removed all the wiring in the multi-dwelling unit in Kitchener.
Bell filed a Part 1 in November asking the CRTC to get involved in restoring access to the building at 203 Mausser Ave. after it alleged the management had removed in late September its wiring and internal terminal and was seeking a “less invasive” alternative wireless solution. Bell said it was rebuffed and refused access.
The building management…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Telus announced Thursday it has launched a new trio streaming bundle for those who want certain streaming services in one package.
The newest edition to the Stream+ roster includes a Stream+ Basic option, which includes Netflix with ads, Disney+ with ads, and Prime Video, all for $20 per month; and a Stream+ Premium option that doesn’t include ads for the former two services for $38 per month.
The bundled package also includes a full membership to Amazon’s Prime fast-shipping service, which comes bundled with the ecommerce giant’s video service. Amazon announced it will be running ads…
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