OTTAWA – The CRTC on Monday denied an arbitration request from television distributor Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley for a deal to retransmit Quebecor’s TVA Sports. Quebecor has said it... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout MONTREAL – Just over a week before the transaction deadline, Rogers president and CEO Tony Staffieri said Tuesday that the company believes Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout MONTREAL – Quebecor’s Videotron has a new beef with Bell, and it relates to prices charged by the latter for wholesale access to its fibre and transport... Continue Reading
Editor's note: This story has been updated on March 2 with a comment from Quebecor. By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – Bell is temporarily pausing its next generation 9-1-1 network until... Continue Reading
By Christopher Guly OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his displeasure Friday with actions by Google to take its opposition to bill C-18, the Online News Act, to users... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout MONTREAL – Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau said on the company’s fourth quarter conference call Thursday that he is “not surprised” by the “little progress” the company... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Rogers, Shaw and Quebecor have once again agreed Friday to delay the date of their respective transactions, as the previous deadline has come and after the innovation minister... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen Quebecor Media has announced it’s cutting 240 jobs, including 140 positions across TVA Group’s broadcasting, publishing and film production divisions. The restructuring was announced Thursday as Montreal-headquartered... Continue Reading
Government "disagreed" with incumbent arguments about direction usefulness and legality By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Innovation Canada has kept its proposed policy direction to the CRTC largely intact, as the... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Officials from Innovation Canada pushed back Tuesday against the claim that the current spectrum auction and deployment framework needs a revision to deal with providers... Continue Reading