GATINEAU – If BCE is going to own CTV (and with it, French sports channel RDS) plus the piece of the Montreal Canadiens it currently holds, then there must be... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – While producers and others argued how and where the $220-million BCE/CTV benefits package should be spent, the two largest carriers without broadcast or specialty TV divisions warned the... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Seems as though Telus has a thing for former Canadian Cable Television Association presidents...Former CBC executive vice-president Richard Stursberg made his first official industry appearance since he was... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Tuesday afternoon, BCE president and CEO George Cope (who looked a little grey as he fought through a bad cold) was unequivocal when it came to MPEG-4 video... Continue Reading
MONTREAL and VANCOUVER - The resurgence in the Canadian economy has boded well for the telco industry in Canada.Videotron said that it created 827 new jobs in 2010, driven by... Continue Reading
LOS GATOS, CA – Netflix has done so well since its launch in Canada four months ago that it is planning to expand in to a second international market later... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC has sided with Telus and Bell in a complaint against Videotron over exclusivity of some of its video-on-demand content.In separate applications made last June, Telus and Bell claimed... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Citing BCE’s monopoly over the distribution of Montreal Canadiens content in the Quebec market, if its acquisition of CTVglobemedia is approved, Quebecor Media Inc. (QMI) is asking the... Continue Reading
THE CRTC MUST ENSURE that independent broadcasters have sufficient access to distribution in the wake of the BCE Inc. proposed acquisition of CTVglobemedia, say those ‘casters.As well, the Commission has... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The complexity – some might say silliness – of Canada’s telecommunications foreign ownership rules were on full display last week as the Federal Court heard arguments on a... Continue Reading
