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GATINEAU – The CRTC announced this morning it has dismissed a proposed website-blocking regime which would address copyright piracy, dubbed FairPlay Canada by its backers.
The Commission ruled it does not have the jurisdiction under the Telecommunications Act and so it did not consider the merits of the proposal, saying in a release this is best considered under the Copyright Act, over which it has no jurisdiction.
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Sportsnet #IceSurfing debuts October 9
TORONTO – With the puck set to drop on the 2018-2019 NHL season on Wednesday, Sportsnet’s opening week of NHL broadcasts will feature 11 national matchups with all seven Canadian teams in action.
Returning for another season starting this week are Hockey Night in Canada on Saturdays, Rogers Hometown Hockey on Sundays and Scotiabank Wednesday Night Hockey on Wednesdays.
To complement its national and regional televised NHL coverage, Sportsnet is also launching the inaugural season of Sportsnet #IceSurfing on Twitter. Hosted by Sportsnet personality Jeff Marek alongside analyst Jason York and Steve Dangle, #IceSurfing follows the…
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GATINEAU – If Iristel wants to make sure hospitals can reach patients who are also its customers on the phone in order to call them in for surgery, then the company should stop illegally boosting network traffic so those calls make it through, Telus told the CRTC in a letter today (September 28).
This week, the CBC posted a story detailing how a hospital could not reach a cancer patient in Behchoko, NWT (about 100 kms northwest of Yellowknife) in order to call her in for surgery. She is an Ice Wireless customer – which is a…
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AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE of Canada’s fastest-growing telecommunications company, I understand corporations operate to make a profit. Profits build shareholder value and create jobs.
And in competitive environments, corporations will battle. I get that. My company is currently entangled in a heated dispute with Telus Corp. in Canada’s North. Of course, we think we’re right and Telus thinks something else. Lawyers are involved. The regulator is involved. Even politicians are beginning to take notice.
The problem is that innocent Canadians are involved, too.
And this week, I received a phone call from a CBC reporter that underlined that…
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TORONTO – Sportscaster Bob Cole is set to kick off his 50th – and final – season calling games for Hockey Night In Canada.
Sportsnet said that Cole, 85, is scheduled to do play-by-play for 10 NHL games, all of which will come in the first half of the 2018-19 season.
His first game of the year will be on Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday, October 6 for the game between Montreal and Pittsburgh. Further details of a tribute in his honour will be announced at a later date.
“There are so few broadcasters and voices in sport that transcend the…
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OTTAWA – Three of Canada’s largest wired and wireless operators, and one independent, assembled on Parliament Hill Wednesday afternoon to discuss revisions to the Copyright Act.
Independent ISP Teksavvy had the stage first and vice-president of regulatory and carrier affairs, Andy Kaplan-Myrth, reiterated his company’s commitment to network neutrality and the privacy rights of their customers, including when it comes to copyright. He reminded the politicians on the committee TekSavvy’s appearance at the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, was as a far different operator than the likes of Bell, Rogers and Shaw. Teksavvy is just an ISP and…
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MONTREAL – Rogers said Wednesday that it has improved wireless service around Parc Delpha –Sauvé and Baie Saint-Francois in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield as part of its multi-year network plan to bring gigabit LTE and 5G to its customers.
Rogers and Fido customers will now have a faster, more reliable and consistent wireless experience in this residential, commercial and recreational area.
"Our customers want high quality wireless access wherever they are, whether it's working on the go, staying connected while running errands on Victoria Street, or using their device while relaxing in the park or on a boat," said Edith Cloutier, Rogers’ president of…
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TORONTO – To compete with OTT players, does ad-funded TV in Canada need a ‘Big Hairy Audacious Goal’ to focus the entire industry? If so, what would that rallying cry look like?
The BHAG was one of the stated aims of an industry panel session on the future of ad-funded TV in Canada at the Future TV Advertising Forum Canada at the Steam Whistle Brewery in Toronto last week.
The panel did not unite over a single big hairy goal, but did identify some smaller furballs – like broadcasters needing to collaborate more on content creation, strengthening channel branding and…
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OTTAWA – After having paused for Parliament’s summer recess, the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology reconvened in the nation’s capital on Wednesday to continue its statutory review of the Copyright Act.
Representatives from the Canadian Network Operators Consortium, Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinema, the Movie Theatre Association of Canada and the Professional Music Publishers' Association faced the committee this week. (Some larger organizations will face the committee next week from the likes of Bell, Quebecor, Rogers, Stingray Digital, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Teksavvy and Shaw Communications.)
Canadian Network Operators Consortium (a group of independent ISPs)…
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VANCOUVER – Rogers and the University of British Columbia (UBC) are teaming up to build a real-world 5G hub on the UBC campus in Vancouver that will be “a testbed and blueprint for 5G innovation in Canada.”
Thursday’s announcement said that the three year, multi-million dollar partnership will see 5G-ready network equipment and infrastructure deployed at UBC starting early next year, designed to study 5G applications such as monitoring cars and traffic to develop smarter and safer cities. Other research interests include autonomous vehicles, machine learning, artificial intelligence and network slicing technology for use in robotics, farming and medical applications.
Rogers said…
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