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Media, CRTC & Telecom News – Federal leadership debate dates set

The Canadian Debate Production Partnership (CDPP), the official producer of the federal leaders’ debates, has announced that the French and English leaders’ debates will...

Competition Bureau finds Canadians with independent ISPs happier with service

The Competition Bureau’s study of competition and consumer habits in Canada’s high-speed Internet industry finds that a growing number of Canadian households are choosing...

Conference, Awards & Regulatory News – OAB opens award nominations

The Ontario Association of Broadcasters (OAB) has opened nominations for its annual awards, with the addition this year of the Inspiring Women Award, recognizing...

CRTC unveils Internet Code aimed at better informing consumers

The CRTC has published a code of conduct for Internet service providers (ISPs) aimed at providing Canadians with more safeguards against the shady practices...

OAB establishes Inspiring Women Award

The Ontario Association of Broadcasters (OAB) has opened nominations for its annual awards, with the addition this year of the Inspiring Women Award, recognizing...

Bell Media one step closer to becoming monopoly again: Quebecor

Quebecor president and CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau says Bell Media's move to acquire conventional French-language TV network 'V' would amount to giving the media...

Regulatory & Telecom News – CBSC says KiSS FM Ottawa contest violated CAB Code of Ethics

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) says a contest broadcast on KiSS FM (CISS-FM) Ottawa in January violated the CAB Code of Ethics for...

Paul Larche to receive OAB’s 2019 Ontario Hall of Fame Award

Paul Larche, president and CEO of Larche Communications, will receive the 2019 Ontario Hall of Fame Award at this fall's Ontario Association of Broadcasters...

First Indigenous woman CRTC commissioner appointed

Claire Anderson has been appointed CRTC commissioner for British Columbia and Yukon, becoming the first Indigenous woman and Yukon resident to sit on the commission and...

Videotron to challenge CRTC ruling on set-top box data sharing

Quebecor intends to challenge another CRTC ruling in court in an attempt to lift conditions of licence related to the sharing of data from...

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