Tag: CRTC

All things CRTC from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

CRTC extends public consultation on CBC/Radio-Canada licence renewal

The CRTC is extending the public consultation period on CBC/Radio-Canada's licence renewal by one week. The commission says the extension follows the submission of a...

Regulatory, Telecom, & Media News – Quebecor files complaint against ICI...

Bell has applied for leave to appeal the CRTC decision forcing it to treat TVA Sports like its own RDS Sports channel. The Dec....

Radio & Podcast News – iHeartMedia cuts deep in U.S. as...

iHeartMedia, the largest radio conglomerate in the U.S. with more than 850 radio stations, has announced a new organizational structure for its Markets Group...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Rogers starting 5G rollout in...

Rogers is starting to roll out Canada’s first 5G network ahead of 5G devices becoming available later this year. The Rogers 5G network initially...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – New Order of Canada appointees...

Rideau Hall has announced 120 new companions, officers and members to the Order of Canada. Recipients from the media, broadcast, telecom and entertainment industries...

Canadian ads will be back for 2020 Super Bowl following SCOC...

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC) has quashed a CRTC order that has prohibited simultaneous substitution of American ads during the Super Bowl since 2017. In...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Top 3 captured 91% of...

The CRTC has released data on the Retail Mobile Sector as part of the most recent Communications Monitoring Report. Total revenue for the sector...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – Feds to move forward with...

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...

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,...