Tag: Telecom

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – CRTC waives $30M in broadcaster...

The CRTC will waive Part I licence fees for broadcasters for the 2020-21 fiscal year, representing a collective savings of $30 million for more...

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JR Shaw, 85, on Mar. 23. The founder and Executive Chair of Shaw Communications, JR Shaw developed an interest in television during his youth...

Shaw Communications founder JR Shaw dies at age 85

JR Shaw, the founder and Executive Chair of Shaw Communications, has died. He was 85. In a release, the company said Shaw passed away peacefully...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – NAB Show cancelled following COVID-19...

NAB Show, which was set to take place in Las Vegas Apr. 18-22, says that after carefully monitoring coronavirus developments over the past few...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – SAIT Broadcast Systems Technology course...

SAIT’s Broadcast Systems Technology (BSXT) program, the last broadcast engineering course of its kind left in the country, is set to fall under provincial...

TekSavvy launches complaint alleging big telco is driving up internet pricing

TekSavvy Solutions, which bills itself as the country's largest independent internet service provider (ISP), has filed a formal complaint with the Competition Bureau alleging...

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....

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...

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 – 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,...