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Pruneau new head of Videotron, among Quebecor senior management appointments

Quebecor has started the year by announcing two head office appointments and a new president and CEO of Videotron. Jean-François Pruneau is the new head...

CRTC, Telecom and Conference News In Brief – BCAB changing format, timing of annual conference

The British Columbia Association of Broadcasters (BCAB) has announced that it’s moving its annual conference from mid-May to October and trying on a new...

BCAB changes format and timing of annual conference

The British Columbia Association of Broadcasters (BCAB) has announced that it's moving its annual conference from mid-May to October and trying on a new...

CRTC takes steps to make lower-cost data-only wireless plans available

The CRTC has announced that Bell, Rogers and Telus will offer data-only wireless plans for as low as $15/month, as part of the regulator's effort to...

Canadian Media News In Brief – PETA threatens legal action against Astral Media

The Canadian Media Concentration Research Project has released its report looking at the network media economy, including the state of competition in the mobile...

CRTC and Telecom News In Brief – More groups say they won’t participate in CRTC ‘Internet Code’ proceedings

The CRTC proceeding into a proposed code of conduct for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) is meeting with growing opposition. A who’s who of Canadian...

VICE calls it a “dark day for press freedom” as SCOC rules against reporter’s right to protect source

VICE Canada is calling it "a dark day for press freedom." The Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC) ruled today that VICE Media reporter Ben Makuch...

Vividata and Ipsos partnering on new “future-proof” media measurement tool

Vividata and Ipsos have announced that they're partnering to create a "future-proof" methodology to measure the Canadian media and consumer market. “As the media world...

Telecom and CRTC News In Brief – CCTS says telecom and TV complaints up 57 per cent

The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) has published its 2017-18 Annual Report, noting a 57 per cent increase in the number of...

Telus, Shaw tell CRTC no need for national, multi-ethnic TV service

As a third day of CRTC hearings continued Wednesday on a national multi-ethnic television service and who might operate it, the commission heard from...

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