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CRTC commissioner Ian Scott has responded to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s request to investigate telecom sales practices

  CRTC commissioner Ian Scott has responded to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s request to investigate telecom sales practices. In a letter addressed to PIAC...

The CRTC has dismissed a complaint by Ebox against Bell Media.

The CRTC has dismissed a complaint by Ebox against Bell Media, but says Bell does have an obligation to offer its television channels to...

MTM releases its Sneak Peek Report for the coming season

The Media Technology Monitor (MTM), a research product of CBC/Radio Canada, has released its Sneak Peek Report for the coming season. Key findings show...

Shaw is offering buyout packages to 6,500 employees as it looks to reinvent its customer service delivery model

Shaw is offering buyout packages to 6,500 employees as it looks to reinvent its customer service delivery model in a move toward more digital,...

The CRTC will not take action against The Weather Network after a viewer complained that featured temperature graphs displayed dates for only 27 or...

The CRTC will not take action against The Weather Network after a viewer complained that featured temperature graphs displayed dates for only 27 or...

Bell has experienced its second data breach in less than 12 months

  Bell has experienced its second data breach in less than 12 months. The company says fewer than 100,000 customers were affected by the breach,...

Evan Kosiner, Canadian broadcaster and philanthropist, is suing the CRTC for refusing to unpublish allegedly defamatory statements

Evan Kosiner, Canadian broadcaster and philanthropist, is suing the CRTC for refusing to unpublish allegedly defamatory statements. The suit pertains to Accessible Media Incorporated...

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has formally asked the CRTC to hold a public inquiry

  The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has formally asked the CRTC to hold a public inquiry into allegations of aggressive and misleading sales practices...

Bell Media’s appeal of the CRTC ruling banning simultaneous substitution of U.S. advertising during the Super Bowl has been dismissed

Bell Media’s appeal of the CRTC ruling banning simultaneous substitution of U.S. advertising during the Super Bowl has been dismissed by The Federal Court of Appeal. Bell has been fighting the...

Actor William Shatner, Montreal filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, and Coast Salish poet and screenwriter Lee Maracle are among the latest Canadians appointed Officers of the Order of Canada

Actor William Shatner, Montreal filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, and Coast Salish poet and screenwriter Lee Maracle are among the latest Canadians appointed Officers of the Order of Canada. New Members to the...

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