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Subscriber fees outstripped ad revenue 5:1 in 2018: report

Internet advertising continued to soar in 2018 to an estimated $7.7 billion—up from $6.8 billion over the previous year, however subscriber fees outstripped ad...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Feds to move forward with tax on foreign digital giants

The Government of Canada will move forward with a plan to tax large, foreign digital companies like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook, according to...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Canadian telecom and TV complaints up 35% for 2018-19

The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) year-end report indicates complaints from Canadian telecom and TV customers were up another 35% for 2018-19,...

Bell’s proposed ‘V’ acquisition threatens to crush competition, says Quebecor

Quebecor is asking the CRTC to outright deny Bell Media's application to acquire the French-language V network. In its intervention to the commission, filed Friday,...

Telecom and TV customer complaints up 35%, according to CCTS year-end report

The latest report from the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) indicates complaints from Canadian telecom and TV customers were up another 35%...

CRTC, Telecom & Media News – CRTC hosts Facebook consultation on CBC/Radio-Canada

The CRTC wants to know if you see yourself reflected in CBC/Radio-Canada’s programming. It’s asking Canadians for their opinions as part of the public...

Stabbing footage aired without warning violated code: CBSC

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) says CTV Toronto violated several codes when it aired cell phone footage of a stabbing without warning to...

Hodan Nalayeh posthumously receives JHR human rights reporting award

Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) has posthumously awarded its 2019 JHR Award in Extraordinary Achievement in Human Rights Reporting to Hodan Nalayeh. Nalayeh, a Somali-Canadian journalist,...

CRTC opens public Facebook consultation on CBC/Radio-Canada

The CRTC is asking Canadians for their opinions on CBC/Radio-Canada programming as part of the public broadcaster's licence renewal process. "CBC/Radio-Canada plays an important role...

Media, Regulatory & Telecom News – Matt Devlin named Sports Media Canada’s Broadcaster of the Year

Toronto Raptors play-by-play announcer Matt Devlin has been named Sports Media Canada’s Broadcaster of the Year. Devlin was among eight honourees in the annual...

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