By Howard Law
This is part three of a three-part series – read part one here and part two here.
What will “television” look like in 10 years?
Looking into the future of particular services and companies, the Commission expects that vertically integrated companies (companies that own or control programming services as well as distribution services), for their part, will continue to have the opportunity to leverage their resources and audience reach to acquire popular and lucrative programming as well as be well positioned to produce high-quality programming made by Canadians. Their critical mass provides these companies with the financial…
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AHMAD HATHOUT’S ARTICLE in the 27 April 2022 edition of Cartt.ca reports on the Commission’s proceeding looking into the possibility of subsidizing 9-1-1 services in Canada, more specifically the latest evolution of 9-1-1: NG9-1-1 service.
In 2017, five years ago, the Commission determined that Canada should migrate from E9-1-1 to NG9-1-1. In its landmark decision on the matter Telecom Regulatory Policy 2017-182, the Commission designated all Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers – small and large ILECs alike – as NG9-1-1 network providers. These companies are under no less than a condition of service, imposed via section 24 of the…
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OTTAWA – Bell and Telus fired back at Rogers over the telecom’s claim the cross-band spectrum caps proposed by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) for the upcoming 3800 MHz spectrum auction are “wildly anti-competitive”.
As Cartt.ca reported last month, comments submitted to ISED’s Consultation on a Policy and Licensing Framework for Spectrum in the 3800 MHz Band, shows the country’s telecoms are divided on which, if any, pro-competitive measures should be adopted for the upcoming 3800 MHz spectrum auction.
Rogers submitted initial comments to the consultation claiming a proposal by ISED to introduce cross-band spectrum caps (which would…
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OTTAWA – Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne today announced Canada is endorsing the Declaration for the Future of the Internet, thereby “committing to work with like-minded partners to affirm and promote the shared vision of an open, trusted and secure Internet that fosters democratic values and respect for human rights,” a press release says.
While there are many benefits of the Internet, “in recent years, the Internet has come under threat from bad actors seeking to undermine these benefits and cause harm,” the release says.
“That’s why the Government of Canada is committed to supporting an Internet…
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TORONTO – Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) announced today the launch of the Disability Screen Office (DSO) in partnership with the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada.
“With our commitment to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, AMI is currently facilitating the creation of this industry office with funding from the CMF and Telefilm Canada,” a press release explains.
Over the past year, AMI has been holding roundtable discussions to obtain feedback on the accessibility of the media industry, identify barriers and brainstorm solutions. These discussions led to the creation of the DSO.
“It became apparent that there is…
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Also launches PR and experiential arm and extends integrated offering
TORONTO – Corus Entertainment’s social-first agency so.da announced today five new senior leadership roles have been added to its team to support its continued growth and a new PR offering.
The roles have been taken on by Chaman Sandhu, Kelly Duffy, Elana Schachter, Ashley Applebaum and Michelle McTeague.
Sandhu, who has over 15 years of experience in marketing and strategy, is now so.da’s director of audience development.
“In this new role, Sandhu will lead the strategy and operations of so.da’s owned social and digital editorial content properties, and will oversee the performance analytics team,”…
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OTTAWA – Canadian Heritage announced yesterday the federal government is holding a National Culture Summit on the Future of the Arts, Culture and Heritage in Canada in a hybrid format May 2-4, 2022, to consider the recovery of the country’s cultural sectors from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The summit was initially announced in December, and postponed in January due to the ongoing pandemic.
The rescheduled event will explore four themes: the promotion of long-term competitiveness and growth, the return of visitors (as well as engaging new audiences), the role of digital platforms in Canada’s cultural sectors, and…
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By Valerie Creighton
WITH ALL THE NOISE created by the many opinions and assumptions being floated about Bill C-11, it feels like the bill’s original purpose has been lost in translation.
The summary page of Bill C-11 clearly states the primary objectives (distilled) as:
add online undertakings as a distinct class of broadcast undertakings.
serve the needs and interests of all Canadians – including racialized communities, ethnocultural backgrounds, socio-economic statuses, abilities, disabilities, sexual orientations, gender identities and ages.
provide opportunities to Indigenous persons, programming that reflects and is in Indigenous cultures and languages.
Bill C-11 is called ‘The Online Streaming Act’…
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By Howard Law
This is part two of a three-part series – read part one here.
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST the Liberals’ first attempt at passing the Online Streaming Act as Bill C-10 last spring is poised for relaunch as the House of Commons considers Bill C-11.
In my last post I described what Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is trying to accomplish with C-11. In this post we’ll take a look at the critique by the bill’s opponents.
Like previous criticism of C-10, it’s best articulated by Michael Geist’s prolific posting. His arguments have been picked up by Conservative…
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TORONTO — Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) announced today it has signed a three-year collaboration agreement with Bell Mobility Inc. to develop products and services and improve technology as it relates to 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC) for autonomous drone performance.
This follows Bell’s launch yesterday of public MEC, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) Wavelength, for its business customers.
“The collaboration is expected to lead to new solutions that will be revenue generating for DDC and will focus on the development of technologies that will evaluate, in a controlled environment, new capabilities to support Beyond Visual Line of Sight…
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