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Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Jim Pattison Broadcast Group rebrands as Pattison Media

Jim Pattison Broadcast Group has announced it’s rebranding as Pattison Media Ltd. to reflect the company’s evolution beyond terrestrial radio and television. President Rod...

Jim Pattison Broadcast Group rebrands as Pattison Media

Jim Pattison Broadcast Group has announced it's rebranding as Pattison Media Ltd. to reflect the company's evolution beyond terrestrial radio and television. The rebrand...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Pandemic telco complaints up six per cent

The CRTC has published the findings of its initial engagement phase as it looks to modernize the Indigenous broadcasting policy. Between June 2019 and...

CAB calls for radio Cancon reduction, common ownership changes

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) has submitted its intervention to the CRTC as part of the commission's review of the commercial radio policy...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Bell prepared to ‘significantly’ ramp up response to access requests

Bell says in anticipation of an increase in the volume of access requests in coming months in Quebec, it’s prepared to respond quickly to...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Proposed Rogers/Shaw merger raises competition, ownership concerns

Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications are to be combined in a $26 billion transaction, subject to regulatory approvals. The combined company would create a...

Proposed Rogers/Shaw deal ignites competition, ownership concentration concerns

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is among the organizations and policy experts expressing concern about a proposed transaction that would see Rogers Communications...

Rogers and Shaw to be combined in $26B transaction

Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications are to be combined in a $26 billion transaction, subject to regulatory approvals. In a company announcement, Rogers said the...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – WildBrain accuses Cogeco of violating Wholesale Code

Cogeco is accusing WildBrain of abusing the CRTC process in response to a Part 1 filed by the parent company of Family Channel in...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – SCOC declines to hear big telco wholesale rate appeals

The Supreme Court of Canada has released its decision, declining to hear appeals by the big telecoms seeking to overturn the CRTC’s 2019 decision...

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