OTTAWA – The CRTC has released the schedule for the upcoming licence renewal hearings for the country’s private conventional televisions stations.
CTV Television plus Quebecor’s TVA Group and Sun TV Company kick off the hearings beginning April 27, which will continue daily through May 11.
Count on Cartt.ca to be there with regular reports on the proceedings.
To view the Commission’s complete agenda, click here.
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OTTAWA and GATINEAU – Telephone numbers registered on the national Do Not Call List (DNCL) will remain on the list for five years rather than three years, the CRTC has announced.
The new registration period will automatically apply to the more than 6.7 million telephone numbers already registered, plus future registrations, the statement read.
The CRTC also clarified two of its telemarketing rules. Calls from electoral candidates who are not affiliated with a registered political party are exempt from the national DNCL rules, while the second clarification concerns restrictions on calling hours for automatic dialing and announcing devices.
The…
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TORONTO – Canada’s television industry is not in crisis, Rogers told Parliament’s Heritage Committee in Ottawa on Monday.
Encouraging the Committee to evaluate CTV and Canwest’s broadcast assets “as the sum of their parts, not as though each segment were a standalone business”, the cable giant argued strongly against the notion of fee-for-carriage which has been advocated by conventional broadcasters CTV and Canwest.
"Fee for carriage would set up the worst of all public policy solutions, a two tier taxation system,” said Phil Lind, vice chairman of Rogers Communications, in an announcement. “Those who subscribe to cable or…
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MONTREAL – The CRTC has granted adult entertainer Anne-Marie Losique the French and English rights to the new adult programming channel called Vanessa.
The category two digital channel dedicated to adult lifestyle entertainment is scheduled to launch in March 2010, in SD and HD, in both official languages. Sex-Shop Television Inc. received CRTC approval for the channel early last month.
Calling Vanessa “Canada’s answer to the Playboy Channel”, Losique said that the channel’s original programming will be created and produced in Montreal.
"What I love about Quebec is our affinity for local talent, it’s as traditional as it is sexy. Vanessa will…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC will not license any new radio stations in the northern Ontario markets of Cochrane and Iroquois Falls.
After receiving applications for broadcasting licences in the two communities, the Commission called for comments and conducted a financial review of the incumbent radio stations.
Based on the comments it received and its own analysis, the CRTC determined that these radio markets of do not have the capacity to support new commercial radio stations at this time, and said that it will not accept applications for those markets for the next two years.
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has found in favour of Rogers Cable Communications over a complaint from a political candidate regarding an election debate program broadcast on its community channel Rogers TV. The Commission received a complaint from John Turmel on September 24, 2007, who, at that time, was a political candidate in the riding of Brant, ON. Brant is a mostly rural municipality located approximately 100 kilometres southwest of Toronto.
Rogers TV taped a program involving a debate between six candidates in the riding of Brant, one of whom was Turmel, on September 18, 2007. The program was to be broadcast…
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TORONTO – ACTRA said that it is “concerned” by media reports that the government may offer financial support to local television programming, but not to the “struggling” CBC.
The Canadian Press and the Globe and Mail have reported that the federal government is considering a $150-million fund to help keep community TV in business, after national networks CTV and Global indicated recently that they were willing to walk away from money-losing TV stations in small markets rather than absorb further losses.
CTV has announced plans to close a station in Brandon and two outlets in Windsor and Wingham, ON, while…
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TORONTO – It’s a years-old Commission file that is over a pretty small amount of money when you consider the size of the companies involved, but Rogers Communications intends on going to court to resolve a six-year old battle over punctuation, contract rights, and paying a million dollars more for renting space on about 100,000 hydro poles in New Brunswick.
This week, the CRTC issued what will probably be its last decision on what’s become known as the “comma case”, effectively dismissing Rogers’ complaint yet again.
With the help of RCI’s EVP…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has announced that telecommunications service providers will no longer be asked to track or report certain data in order to lighten the reporting requirements.
"As part of our ongoing efforts to reduce the regulatory burden on the industry, we reviewed the value of the reports that are submitted to us," said Leonard Katz, the CRTC’s vice-chairman of telecommunications, in the announcement. "Today’s announcement is an example of how we continue to seek more efficient and proportionate ways of regulating the Canadian telecommunications industry."
Effective immediately, requirements such as reporting on pay telephone competition, telemarketing, and tracking…
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The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit is fast approaching.
Held June 15 – 17 in Toronto, the event promises to cover all segments of the Canadian telecommunications and IT industries, and bring together leaders from all constituencies – service providers, manufacturers, applications providers, policy makers and regulators.
This year’s Summit will feature 17 keynote addresses, 70 speakers, three days of programming, plus networking opportunities with hundreds of industry leaders and customers.
Confirmed participants to date are Mike Lazaridis, president and co-CEO of Research In Motion, and Nadir Mohamed, president and CEO of Rogers Communications. The Chair of the CRTC, Konrad von…
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