Tag: Internet

All things Internet from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

Competition Bureau seeking consumer input for Broadband Market Study

Canada's Competition Bureau has launched public consultations to better understand what influences consumer choice when buying internet services. The bureau is asking Canadians to fill...

CRTC reveals criteria to tap $750M Broadband Fund

The CRTC has revealed the criteria that will be used to evaluate applications for funding from its $750-million Broadband Fund, established to improve broadband internet...

Senate report urges feds to revisit tax deductibility of foreign internet...

The federal government should study the idea of changing tax measures that encourage advertisers to spend money with foreign companies like Facebook and Google,...

Facebook remains most popular social network among Canadian anglophones

The Media Technology Monitor's (MTM) latest report indicates 72 per cent of Canadian anglophones are now using an online social network at least once a...

The 2018 Digital Publishing Awards, recognizing excellence in the content and...

The 2018 Digital Publishing Awards, recognizing excellence in the content and creation of Canadian digital publications, were handed out May 29 in Toronto. The...

CBC Arts has debuted eight-part digital series Off Kilter

CBC Arts has debuted eight-part digital series Off Kilter. The mockumentary follows ballet choreographer Milton Frank as he attempts to remake himself “into the...

An Interview With Dr. Michael Geist

On the first Broadcast Dialogue podcast of 2018, publisher Shawn Smith talks to University of Ottawa law professor Dr. Michael Geist, who holds the...

Quebec will impose a provincial tax on Netflix whether Ottawa likes...

Quebec will impose a provincial tax on Netflix whether Ottawa likes it or not, according to a letter obtained by La Presse. In the...

Bell has called on the federal government to support mandated piracy...

Bell has called on the federal government to support mandated piracy website blacklisting, criminalize copyright violations and overhaul the retransmission system for broadcasters that...

The CRTC has opened the door for greater competition in the...

The CRTC has opened the door for greater competition in the broadband internet market by setting interim wholesale rates for broadband internet access in...